Chain Catcher Annual Recommended Articles: 60 Articles to Review the Extraordinary 2021

Organizer: Gu Yu

2021 was a year of explosive growth in the cryptocurrency industry, as well as a year when high-quality content emerged in abundance. In this article, Chain Catcher has selected some original and translated articles from 2021 based on readership and influence, categorizing them into types such as opinions, research, events, and investigations, to help everyone gain a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the significant changes that occurred in the cryptocurrency industry this year.

Opinions/Statements:

《The Rise of Web3: 10 Ways to Transition from the Geopolitical Era to the Technological Political Era》
《Zuckerberg's Open Letter: Why Are We Renaming to Meta?》
《Coinbase Founder Details: Our Mission, Strategy, and Culture》
《Using SOS, DOGE, etc. as Examples, Why is Attention the Only Scarce Resource in the Cryptocurrency Industry?》
《Vitalik: Token Voting Should Not Be the Only Legitimate Form of Governance Power Decentralization》
《Vitalik: The Era of Crypto Cities Has Arrived, Detailing Three Major Experiments and Trends》
《Vitalik: Legitimacy is the Most Scarce Resource in the Crypto Ecosystem》
《Multicoin Capital: The Four Major Investment Focuses and Eleven Investment Directions for the Future》
《Bank for International Settlements Report: Why is Complete Decentralization of DeFi an Illusion?》
《Facebook's Financial Head David Marcus: Why Must the Way Money Flows Change?》
《The Future of Work is DAO, the Future of Income is "X-to-earn"》
《Bitcoin: The Ultimate Offshore Bank of the 21st Century》
《rekt: The Illusion of Solana's TPS》
《How Crypto Shapes the Digital Revolution》
《From Punks, Apes to Penguins: How Avatar NFTs Become a New Cultural Paradigm》

Industry/Project Research:

《StarkWare: Why Does Ethereum Need Layer 3 Solutions?》
《Why Will DeFi Options Vaults Change the Rules of the DeFi Game?》
《a16z's Latest Research: Reputation-Based Dual Token Economic Model》
《Analyzing Solutions to DeFi Liquidation Issues from Three Dimensions》
《The Automation Race of DeFi Smart Contracts: Gelato, Keep3r, and Chainlink Keepers》
《Coinbase's In-Depth Long Article on the Rise of Web 3.0》
《Grayscale's Metaverse Web 3.0 Full Report: Concepts, Opportunities, and Economic Scale》
《Understanding the Evolution of Four Key Financial Terms in DeFi: Liquidity, Leverage, Risk, and Arbitrage》
《Why is Optimistic Rollup More Representative of Ethereum's Scaling Future than ZK Rollup?》
《A Comprehensive Overview of the Six Directions and Underlying Development Logic of the DeFi Derivatives Market》
《Arrington Capital: An In-Depth Analysis of Polkadot's Parachain Design Philosophy and Operational Mechanism》
《1confirmation Investment Notes: Why Did We Lead the Investment in OpenSea in 2018?》
《Race Capital Releases Investment Memo: Why Did We Invest in FTX in July 2019?》

Stories/Investigations

《The History of MetaMask: Initially Rejected by YC, Now with Over 80 Million Users》
《From Forced Delisting to Becoming a Big Winner in the Crypto Market, How Did Animoca Brands Achieve This?》
《Creating a Chain Game with Over 2.6 Million Daily Active Users, How Did Axie Infinity Founder Trung Nguyen Achieve This?》
《Investors Who Bet on Solana in 2018: Many Report Holding Until Now, with Returns Exceeding $1 Billion》
《Coinbase's Early Investor Garry: A Review of the Birth of 6000x Returns》
《The Economist Special Report: How CZ, SBF, Armstrong, and Hayes Became the Most Powerful Figures in Crypto?》
《While Silicon Valley Giants Hesitate, Their Employees Are Flocking to the Crypto Industry》
《Bloomberg's In-Depth Investigation: Where Exactly is USDT's $69 Billion Reserve?》
《Raising $2.2 Billion, How Did the World's Largest Crypto Fund a16z Come to Be?》
《CoinList Account Grey Market Investigation: Account Creation, Maintenance, and Resale 》
《BSC: The Barbarians at the Gates of Ethereum》
《In-Depth Analysis of the "Harvesting Techniques" of Leveraged Tokens》
《Airdrop Feast: The Frenzy of the Wool Party and the Embarrassment of Project Parties》

Interpretation of Important Events:

《Reviewing the Uniswap Grant Incident: What Kind of Organization is the DeFi Education Fund that Made Millions?》
《SushiSwap Token Sale Proposal Sparks Community Doubts, May Become a Classic Case of DeFi Governance》
《A Dark Day in DeFi Security History: Over 20 Projects Stolen from Chainswap Cross-Chain Bridge》
《Anchor Discloses Abnormal Liquidation Situation: Over $46.24 Million in Assets Liquidated, 239 Affected Users》
《Poly Network Hacked, Becoming the Most Severe Security Incident in DeFi History》
《The Entire Process of the Most Intense Debate of the Year: Three Arrows Capital Founder's Tweet Provokes Collective Attack from Crypto KOLs》
《ConstitutionDAO Fails to Bid for a Copy of the U.S. Constitution, Over $45 Million to be Refunded to 17,000 Donors》
《Twitter Founder Criticizes Web3 and Crypto Venture Capital in a Series of Tweets, Provoking Discontent Among Crypto KOLs》
《Breaking Down Coinbase's IPO Documents: PE Ratio May Exceed 300 Times, a16z and USV Become the Biggest Institutional Winners》
《Amidst External Doubts and Protests, Bitcoin Officially Becomes Legal Tender in El Salvador》
《In the U.S., a Battle for the Crypto Industry is Underway》

Guides/Advice

《New York Magazine: From Ordinary Person to Crypto Person, How to Cautiously Fall into the "Rabbit Hole"》
《2022 Newcomer's Guide to the Crypto Industry: How to Navigate Bull and Bear Markets?》
《Senior Crypto Trader: 20 Tips for Newcomers》
《From On-Chain Interaction to Community Participation: A Beginner's Guide》
《Decentralized Community Building Guide》
《Comprehensive Overview of On-Chain Operation Tools》
《Essential Guide to Avoiding Pitfalls in On-Chain Operations》
《Guide to Obtaining DeFi Airdrop Opportunities (Updated December 2)》
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