1. Pantera Capital Partner: Understand Vega, a specific application chain that focuses on derivatives transactions

We are in the midst of a transition from centralized finance to decentralized finance. Vega is a Web3 native derivatives layer designed to lead the derivatives market process. Vega is an application-specific proof-of-stake blockchain for high-throughput derivatives trading at a scale comparable to centralized competitors. The network is fully community owned and operated, ensuring true decentralization from the moment the network is launched. Because Vega is a specific application chain, it can be easily extended to different centers, allowing new forms of liquidity while expanding. click to read

2. Report on developer activity and contribution in the encryption field in 2023

As of June 1, 2023, the number of monthly active open source developers is 21,300. There are more monthly active developers today than before the cryptocurrency market hit an all-time high in November 2021. However, the number of developers has declined over the past year. click to read

3. Ideas and views of Web3 entrepreneurs in 2023

Recently, I have been in Shanghai for nearly 5 months, during which I met many excellent Web2 to Web3 application entrepreneurs. Here are some of their recent thoughts and opinions, for reference only. In addition, they are quite upset about Elon's limitation of Thread, because it makes it difficult to read long texts. click to read

4. Mint Ventures: MakerDao’s hidden worry is not just the exposure of RWA

This issue of Clips focuses on the recently popular RWA leader and DeFi blue-chip project MakerDao. The author tries to analyze the internal and external reasons for the rise of MKR, and evaluates its advantages, challenges and long-term hidden dangers from the perspective of Maker's business. *The content of the following article is the author's staged opinion as of the time of publication. There may be errors and prejudices in facts and opinions. It is only for discussion and we look forward to corrections from other investment and research peers. *click to read

5. Opinion: Taking Lens and dYdX as examples, why is it not a good idea to bet 100% on Ethereum?

The crypto community has been weird the last few days, with the Ethereum maxi (maxi) exhibiting a righteous to self-righteous attitude rivaled only in annoying terms by the Bitcoin maxi.

I see. This situation started with the Multichain vulnerability, which unfortunately affected the Fantom blockchain the most. I don't know why this makes ethereum maxi feel better than others, since similar bugs can basically happen to ethereum as well. click to read