ChainCatcher news, Imron Khan and Qiao Wang, founders of the Web3 venture accelerator AllianceDAO, recently pointed out in a podcast that most projects combining AI and blockchain are currently somewhat forced. Truly successful projects should allow AI to naturally integrate into blockchain applications, enabling users to experience enhanced product performance without overly focusing on the underlying technology.In response to market trends, they emphasized three directions: first, rumors about the U.S. potentially establishing a Bitcoin strategic reserve have attracted market attention, and if implemented, it would significantly boost institutional investment demand; second, in the competitive landscape of public chains, Solana has become the top choice for entrepreneurs due to its strong performance, with rapid ecosystem expansion, while Coinbase's Base public chain faces challenges due to insufficient liquidity.At the same time, new public chains like Sui and Aptos are challenging traditional L2 solutions; finally, tokenization is becoming a new entrepreneurial model, such as the Vine founder's plan to relaunch the app through token issuance, and the TRUMP token leveraging political influence to achieve market cap growth. This model may reshape project fundraising and user participation mechanisms.

ChainCatcher news, Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi expressed a viewpoint during a podcast interview: almost all important crypto projects are created by industry natives rather than traditional elites from Google or Harvard. He cited examples such as Ethereum and the decentralized exchange Uniswap, which are all created by industry natives deeply involved in cryptocurrency.

ChainCatcher news, "Crypto Tsar" David O. Sacks has been appointed by Trump as the White House Director of Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency. As one of the co-founders of PayPal and a well-known investor in Silicon Valley, Sacks has long held a positive attitude towards cryptocurrency. The projects he follows on Twitter cover multiple key areas of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, including Bitcoin, the Ethereum ecosystem, decentralized finance (DeFi), Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions, and more. In addition to some top projects that have received significant funding, such as Solana (SOL), Filecoin (FIL), and Tezos (XTZ), Sacks also pays attention to innovative projects focused on specific areas, such as the prediction market Augur (REP, $5.3 million funding), the digital identity platform Civic (CVC, $35.75 million funding), and the decentralized governance platform Aragon (ANT, $26 million funding). Furthermore, Sacks's focus on infrastructure projects is particularly evident, including Cosmos (ATOM), Gnosis (GNO), and Lisk (LSK). Given Sacks's influence in Silicon Valley and the crypto space, the projects he is interested in are likely to gain more attention and development opportunities in the future, especially in his new role as the White House Director of Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency.David O. Sacks demonstrates strategic insight into the crypto industry through his venture capital firm Craft Ventures. The portfolio of Craft Ventures covers multiple key areas, particularly the Bitcoin ecosystem. Notably, its investment in the decentralized exchange dYdX (DYDX) has surged by 18.27% in the past 24 hours, while the decentralized domain project Handshake (HNS) has skyrocketed by 75.73%. Additionally, Craft Ventures has invested in several Bitcoin-related projects, including Lightning Labs, River Financial, and Fold. This investment strategy focused on the Bitcoin ecosystem resonates with Sacks's previously emphasized vision of Bitcoin as the "new world currency."

ChainCatcher news, according to Rootdata, the cryptocurrency projects invested by Craft Ventures, the venture capital firm founded by the new AI and cryptocurrency advisor to the White House, David O. Sacks, include: dYdX, Lightning Labs, River Financial, Kresus, Set Protocol, FOLD, Harbor, Handshake, Voltage, Galoy, Lumina, Rare Bits.Previous news, Trump appointed David Sacks as the head of the cryptocurrency sector.

ChainCatcher news, according to Rootdata, the cryptocurrency projects invested by Craft Ventures, the venture capital firm founded by the new AI and cryptocurrency advisor to the White House, David O. Sacks, include: dYdX, Lightning Labs, River Financial, Kresus, Set Protocol, FOLD, Harbor, Handshake, Voltage, Galoy, Lumina, Rare Bits.Previous news, Trump will appoint David O. Sacks as the "Crypto Czar".

ChainCatcher news, well-known investor Naval posted on X stating: Most crypto projects will fail because the founding teams become wealthy too quickly, and you can't recruit new members. In response, Multicoin founder Kyle commented that yes, the best founders are not entirely driven by finances.It is reported that Naval is a well-known angel investor in Silicon Valley, having invested in famous tech companies like Twitter and Uber. He is also a successful entrepreneur, having founded the equity crowdfunding platform AngelList.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Gnosis has announced the establishment of Gnosis VC, launching a $40 million fund to support early-stage projects in the following areas:Decentralized infrastructureReal-world assetsFinancial infrastructure

ChainCatcher news, CoinFund founder and CEO Jake Brukhman posted on the X platform stating that the following are the things he is looking for amidst the noise of the bull market (from specific to macro):Decentralized AI:Companies focused on solving Web3 AI inference challenges and making it accessible for Web2.Enterprises capable of effectively addressing verifiable inference issues.Companies supporting open public networks, promoting decentralized training, and competing with large tech firms.Companies dedicated to optimizing decentralized training data pipelines.Institutional Adoption:Public networks open for use by institutions and enterprises (possibly blockchain-based).Compliant revolutionary DeFi products that eliminate counterparty risk, such as fully decentralized dark pools.Leading companies leveraging stablecoins to drive B2B payment developments.Companies providing stablecoin-related services to support the future development of stablecoins.Blockchain Infrastructure: Early projects with potential in scalability, interoperability, API services, intent, zero-knowledge, MPC, and other areas.Consumer Cryptocurrency: Crypto projects with innovative non-SaaS business models.

ChainCatcher message, VanEck portfolio manager Pranav Kanade emphasized on X that Memecoins have four key aspects that all teams in the cryptocurrency space should learn from.Simplicity: Many teams over-design their tokens without realizing that: time + capital + attention = scarcity.Last year, about 600,000 tokens were issued, intensifying the competition for the aforementioned scarce resources due to the ease of token issuance.Instead, the focus should be on: simple token design, a clear vision, and demonstrating how the execution of that vision creates wealth for token holders.High liquidity, low fully diluted valuation (low entry valuation);Founder/team alignment: We can only become wealthy by achieving goals/delivering products as promised;High transparency (for example, disclosing the cost basis of venture capitalists, which is often hard to find).

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, crypto analysts say that if crypto projects want to continue to receive healthy venture capital funding, the altcoin market needs to experience a significant rebound.Will Clemente, co-founder of Reflexivity Research, stated that unless altcoins see a "substantial bull market," fewer crypto projects will receive funding support, and the overall valuation of the altcoin market will decline.He said, "Given the increase in supply in the market, I expect funding to be more dispersed, and I am not confident about the occurrence of this rebound."