Weekly Recommendations | Review of Binance Launchpad Historical Data; Looking at the Decentralization Path of MEV from FlashBots
Jump Trading faces a setback; a quick look at the financial blockchain network Canton Network planned by Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and others.Organizer: Cookies, ChainCatcher
1. “One Year After the Terra Collapse: The Market is Improving, but the Shadow Remains”
Do know that being caught and the subsequent long trials and sanctions will not put an end to the entire event. But in this year, what have we lost and gained after the Terra collapse? This article will quickly review and (incompletely) sort out the important events and impacts one year after the Terra collapse.
2. “Bloomberg: The Story of the Crypto Winter”
A series of implosions in the crypto space have led to a sharp decline in the value of cryptocurrencies. Some believers have lost confidence, others blame the devil—while some have had a harder time. This article explores what happens after the failure of blockchain prophecies.
3. “IOBC Capital: The Path to MEV Decentralization from FlashBots”
Flashbots has launched a series of solutions regarding MEV, dedicated to establishing a fair, transparent, and secure trading environment. This article will review the efforts Flashbots has made for MEV decentralization.
The past year has undoubtedly been a year of multiple setbacks for the traditional high-frequency trading giant Jump Trading, which made a high-profile entry into the crypto industry with Jump Crypto in 2021.
From the cross-chain bridge Wormhole being hacked to the death spiral of Terra, followed by the FTX collapse and severe damage to the heavily invested Solana ecosystem, Jump Crypto has suffered significant financial losses. Recently, it was revealed that Jump Trading exited the U.S. crypto trading market due to tightening regulations, and it also faced a collective lawsuit from Terra investors, with the SEC confirming that it had profited nearly $1.3 billion from trading in Terra.
5. “Analysis of the Current Development of Cross-Chain Aggregation”
Whether it is asset cross-chain or information/data cross-chain, there are currently too many cross-chain bridges and various cross-chain protocols in the market. According to Chainspot, there are about 114 cross-chain bridges and over 130 networks in the market, making the field crowded.
In this context, cross-chain aggregation has become a necessity. Whether from asset cross-chain or data/information cross-chain, how to better integrate official bridges, third-party bridges, and various cross-chain solutions, while introducing more liquidity, is a problem that cross-chain aggregators need to solve.
On May 8, the privacy cross-chain protocol Webb Protocol announced the completion of a $7 million seed round financing, co-led by Polychain Capital and Lemniscap. With the backing of well-known capital and substantial funds, Webb Protocol has become a hot topic in the crypto community. It raises curiosity about why this somewhat unfamiliar cross-chain product, which only emerged due to financing, has garnered such high attention.
7. “Litecoin is About to Halve, Market Indifference and Future Prospects Analysis”
Although Litecoin's halving event is approaching, the market's attention seems low, raising concerns about its future. In this article, researcher Alex will explore the psychology of the halving event, whether Litecoin still needs to exist, and the market's reaction to it.
8. “Reviewing Binance Launchpad Historical Data, Analyzing Long-Term Returns of Holding BNB”
Binance Launchpad has recently faced negative reviews, but the sentiment of "one cannot be poor in education" still reflects the warmth and goodness that Launchpad has brought to the crypto community. We have dug into the historical data of Launchpad from 2021 to the present, using data to compare and assess the current yield level of Launchpad, exploring the reasons behind the "lackluster" reviews, and calculating the long-term return rate of holding BNB against ETH staking returns, providing a comprehensive analysis of the issue of "BNB's yield."
9. “Chainalysis: Introduction to Monero, the Pioneer of Privacy Coins, and Its Regulatory Status”
Nearly a decade later, Monero (XMR) has become the highest market cap privacy coin, sparking important discussions about the role of privacy and traceability in the blockchain ecosystem. The features that enhance Monero's anonymity have led people to believe it is often used for illegal purposes such as money laundering. While these activities do occur, Monero is also used for many legitimate purposes.
Canton Network will launch in July, with companies including Goldman Sachs, Cumberland, S&P Global, SBI Digital Asset Holdings, Umbrage, Microsoft, Paxos, Deloitte, and CBOE participating. It will test its interoperability across a range of applications and use cases.
11. “Multicoin Capital: From UGC to UGP, Web3 Consumer Brands and Co-Creation”
Many argue that co-creation will ultimately lead to the democratization of the creator class, redefine fan culture, and turn fans into creators. However, this discussion overlooks the impact of co-creation on brands, which may be greater than the impact on the co-creators themselves. On-chain co-creation will give rise to better products, stronger communities, and a beautiful flywheel of capitalist consumption. To incentivize this behavior, brands must first recognize and reward it—Web3 achieves this through membership, sourcing, reputation, and profit-sharing.
12. “ERC-6551: The Game Changer for NFTs”
ERC-6551 is a historic milestone in the NFT space, opening up a world full of new possibilities by turning NFTs into their own smart contract accounts.
