Weekend Recommendations | CSRC's Yao Qian Talks Web3; 27 Tips for Spotting Potential Airdrops; Q2 Crypto Market Predictions
11 articles take you to review this week's hot topics.Organizer: Richard Lee, Chain Catcher
1. “Time Magazine Cover Story: Vitalik is Worried About the Future of the Crypto Industry”
After being nominated as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of the year, Ethereum founder Vitalik graced the cover of Time magazine this Friday, further highlighting the influence of Ethereum and the crypto industry.
At the same time, Time magazine published an interview with Vitalik, discussing his early growth, personal thoughts, and the early development of Ethereum. In the interview, Vitalik expressed concerns about the dangers faced by overly eager investors, skyrocketing transaction fees, and shameless displays of wealth that have dominated public perception of cryptocurrencies.
2. “CSRC's Yao Qian Talks Web 3.0: The New Generation of Internet is Approaching”
Yao Qian, head of the Technology Supervision Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, published an article on Web 3.0 in China Finance magazine on March 17. After 30 years of development, the internet is at a crucial point in its evolution from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0. Strengthening forward-looking research and strategic forecasting on Web 3.0 is undoubtedly significant for the future construction of internet infrastructure in China. In the article, Yao Qian analyzes the possible forms of Web 3.0 and provides relevant insights based on domestic and international internet development practices and technological evolution trends.
3. “Yuga Labs' Monkey Metaverse Ambition: Moving Towards the Marvel Universe of Web 3.0”
The BAYC development team Yuga Labs brought continuous highlights to the sluggish crypto market this week. As one of the most influential players in the NFT industry today, how did Yuga Labs come to be? Why have they been so successful? Yuga Labs has the ambition to build a metaverse, but will the "Ape Metaverse" become the Marvel Universe of the Web 3.0 generation? This article also provides answers from a cultural perspective.
With a total market capitalization of $1.7 trillion and over $30 billion in venture capital flooding into the cryptocurrency space in 2021, major firms like Sequoia and a16z, along with recent entrants like Bain Capital, are establishing their crypto businesses, while many smaller companies are still unprepared to enter the Web 3.0 world. Now is the time to take a step back and reflect on what I have learned from experience—more importantly, to open the door for new investors in the Web 3.0 world.
5. “27 Suggestions for Ambushing Potential Airdrops in 2022”
Airdrops are a new growth hacking technique. The author LazzarEnne has received airdrops of tokens such as $UNI, $ENS, $dYdX, $INCH, $SNX, $GFI, $ILV, $ICP, $NOTE, and $INST. In this guide, he predicts the most important protocols that may conduct airdrops in 2022 and provides operational guidelines on how to obtain them.
6. “An Overview of the DeFi Landscape in the Terra Ecosystem: More Efficient 'Money Legos'”
With the gradual implementation of key protocols like Astroport and Mars Protocol, the future DeFi landscape of the Terra ecosystem is becoming clearer, with composability and network effects starting to emerge. This article provides a panoramic view of the DeFi ecosystem within the Terra blockchain.
"New public chains" and "ETH 2.0 and Layer 2" are two major factions in the competition for public chains. Recently, as new public chains Solana and Avalanche have reached new heights due to the "public chain war," several Layer 2 networks are gearing up. From the perspectives of TVL scale and development momentum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Metis, and zkSync are currently the four most competitive smart contract platforms in the Layer 2 network. CatcherVC attempts to analyze the development status of these four platforms from multiple angles, including network traffic, user numbers, asset scale, and market capitalization.
8. “Multicoin Capital Partner: Why We Invest in the Aptos Public Chain?”
Recently, Aptos Labs announced the completion of a $200 million financing round, led by a16z crypto, with participation from Multicoin Capital and others. In this article, a partner from Multicoin Capital provides a detailed interpretation of the project's technical features and development background.
9. “How EthSign Connects the Web 2 and Web 3 Worlds Through Electronic Protocol Signatures?”
With the rise of trends such as paperless offices, remote work, cross-border trade, and internet finance, electronic signatures have begun to see widespread application. However, electronic protocols face risks such as non-standard operations, susceptibility to tampering, loss, and difficulties in verifying the identity of electronic signers.
ETHSign is a decentralized electronic protocol signature platform established in 2019. Users can bypass authoritative intermediaries to achieve peer-to-peer transactions and collaborations. After both parties sign, the data will be stored on blockchains like Ethereum, with the validity of the contract proven by numerous nodes on the chain rather than by authoritative intermediaries.
10. “Ansem's Grand Article: The Upcoming Recovery of the Crypto Market in Q2 and Investment Predictions”
How will the crypto market evolve in the second quarter? Renowned crypto market researcher Ansem recently wrote an article predicting that the market will see a recovery in the second quarter and provided specific analyses and introductions to projects worth paying attention to.
11. “Jump Crypto: Five Basic Ways for DeFi Players to Earn Stable High Returns”
In this article, a well-known venture capital firm studies yield farming from the perspective of basic principles and provides a detailed introduction to five basic ways for DeFi investors to earn stable returns: operating networks, providing loans, offering liquidity, managing protocols, and promoting protocols.
