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Aesthetic Ability: The Invisible Tool Shaping Life and Business
In early summer, in a refined restaurant located on the fifth floor of Guomao, the surrounding environment unmistakably highlights the price tags. In such a consumer society, it inevitably prompts reflection: what creates the gap between people? After graduation, where is one’s core competitiveness reflected? The answer may be: aesthetic ability.
Various brands within the international trade exhibit a desirable exquisite aesthetic, stimulating consumer desire. Upon closer inspection, you will find that every detail has been carefully designed, conveying unique brand values. Aesthetics is not just a visual enjoyment, but an innate perceptual ability, a means of externalizing wealth and taste.
For many years, numerous luxury brands have successfully equated themselves with "luxury" through carefully crafted visual symbols. Some brands create a sense of high-end experience effortlessly, regardless of location, through unique store designs. This is precisely why some are willing to spend

Recently, the meme coin projects VIRGEN and NOTHING on a well-known platform have gained widespread attention, achieving success due to their friendly issuance mechanism and team reputation. However, the emergence of low-quality projects in the market has raised concerns, necessitating the need to curb bad projects through rules and market mechanisms to form a unique ecosystem.

With the May Day holiday approaching, we can't help but recall the origin of this International Labor Day. It originated from the large-scale strike by workers in Chicago, USA, on May 1, 1886, fighting for an 8-hour workday.
Every year at this time, there are always some individuals who brand themselves as economic experts advocating for the abolition of labor laws and promoting a completely free employment system. However, we need to recognize that economic theories and viewpoints often carry specific biases. Even if someone tries to disguise their stance, as long as they express opinions, their inclinations will become evident.
Most of these so-called economic experts speak from the perspective of business owners. Their rhetoric may well confirm the criticism of a certain literary master who once said, "the lackey of capitalists."
This literary master once sharply pointed out that such people often fawn over the rich while roaring at the poor. Even without a specific employer, they instinctively flatter all the wealthy and attack all the poor.
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Labubu is a popular plush toy designed by the artist Long Jiasheng. Its unique mystery box sales model has attracted a large number of consumers, with sales reaching 6.3 billion RMB in the 2024 series. However, the associated token is facing a big dump in price, highlighting the speculative nature of virtual assets and the risks of market bubbles.

The U.S. Senate passes the stablecoin bill, shifting focus to the House of Representatives.
The U.S. Senate passed the significant GENIUS Act on Tuesday, marking a major step forward for the U.S. federal government in regulating stablecoins. The passage of the bill has also put pressure on the House of Representatives to plan the next phase of digital asset regulation. This is the first time the Senate has passed such important cryptocurrency legislation.
The main sponsor of the bill, Republican Senator Bill Hagerty, expressed gratitude to some colleagues for their support before the formal vote. Less than a week ago, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill, with many expecting it to pass smoothly.
Next, the focus will shift to how the House of Representatives will advance relevant legislation. In April of this year, the House Financial Services Committee introduced its own stablecoin bill - the "Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability to Promote a Better Ledger Economy Act." However, the bill has not yet been proposed.

Labubu and Moutai: The Collision and Integration of Old and New Consumption
A large financial institution in the United States recently released a report that conducted an in-depth comparison between the emerging trendy toy IP Labubu and traditional liquor giant, attempting to explore whether this is a historical replay of the consumption cycle or a profound paradigm shift.
Analysts from the institution pointed out that although Labubu and Moutai both possess the attributes of social currency, there are essential differences in their social functions. The social attributes of Labubu are more based on the shared interests and values of the younger demographic, whereas Moutai relies more on power and hierarchical relationships. This difference reflects the fundamental distinction between "new consumption" and "traditional consumption."
Analysts believe that, similar to Moutai, Pop Mart also faces the dual challenges brought by the IP cycle and investment attributes. If there is a long gap between Labubu and the next hit IP, the company’s global growth may slow down.

The modular blockchain project Celestia is embroiled in a public relations crisis due to allegations of executives cashing out and interest transfers, leading to a significant decline in ecosystem activity and token performance. Although the co-founder stated that the company has sufficient funds, it still faces severe market and technical challenges.

The cornerstone of trust in the Web3 world: Repeated games and funding networks
In the Web3 ecosystem, we often consider immutable code as the ultimate guarantee of trust. However, this is merely the starting point of trust building. For digital assets, an immutable ledger is indeed reliable enough—such as Bitcoin's hard cap of 21 million coins, which lays the foundation of confidence in the blockchain world. The balance of an ERC20 token, the ownership of an NFT, or the completion of a cross-chain transaction has sufficient credibility as long as it is recorded on the chain, without relying on human factors or emotional judgments.
But for commercial entities, financial institutions, protocols, and project teams, an immutable ledger is just a basic function, an entry threshold. What truly earns trust is not that it "cannot be changed," but that it "cannot leave" and "does not want to leave" this ecosystem.
The path of trust in Web3 does not merely exist in consensus mechanisms.

The US inflation data for May showed lower than expected, leading to a Rebound in risk assets, but the crypto market first rose and then fell. Activity among large holders increased, resulting in significant transfers of Crypto Assets, and market sentiment gradually recovered. In the short term, it may face fluctuations, with a focus on the 108,720 point support level, while the medium-term trend remains bullish.

March 9, 2020, is destined to be recorded in the annals of financial history.
After the U.S. stock market encountered "Black Monday" in 1987, the circuit breaker mechanism was born. In the following decades, this mechanism was only activated for the first time on October 27, 1997, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 7.18%, the largest single-day drop since 1915.
However, on March 9, 2020, under the impact of multiple factors such as the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. presidential primary elections, and the plummeting oil prices, the U.S. stock market crashed again, triggering the second circuit breaker in history and causing turmoil in global stock markets.
At the same time, the cryptocurrency market was not spared either. Bitcoin, known as "digital gold," saw a decline of nearly 20% in just two days, dropping from $9,170 to $7,680, consecutively breaking through the two key support levels of $8,000 and $7,800. The liquidation amount of contract trades on several major exchanges reached nearly $700 million.

Rug Pull eyewash sweeps through the Crypto Assets world, leaving millions of investors as victims.
The Crypto Assets sector is facing an astonishing wave of eyecatching scams. According to data platform statistics, as many as 304,000 tokens exhibit varying degrees of Rug Pull behavior, with hundreds of "trap coins" appearing online every day. This criminal model, known as "Rug Pull" (carpet pulling fraud), is sweeping through the entire Crypto Assets world in an industrialized manner.
Data shows that there are 266,000 independent deployer addresses active on the Ethereum network, specifically engaged in the creation and promotion of fraudulent tokens. These "developers" utilize low-threshold coin issuance tools and a large user base to precisely cast their bait. Although the average profit of a single scam project on Ethereum is about $1.65 million, its massive base has resulted in a total income reaching an astronomical figure of $502 billion.
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The Truth About Liquidity: 2024 Exchange Coin Effect Research Report
1. Research Introduction
1.1 Research Background
Since the beginning of this year, the market has sparked widespread discussion on VC tokens with high fully diluted valuations ( FDV ) but low circulating market capitalization ( MC ). With new tokens issued in 2024, the MC/FDV ratio has fallen to its lowest level in the past three years, indicating that a large number of tokens will be unlocked and enter the market in the future. Although the initial circulation is low, the market may push prices up in the short term due to increased demand, but this rise lacks sustainability. Once a large number of tokens are unlocked and enter the market, the risk of oversupply intensifies, and investors begin to worry that this market structure may not provide lasting support for price increases.
As a result, many investors' interest has started to shift from these VC tokens to Meme coins. The characteristic of Meme coins is that most tokens are fully unlocked at TGE, resulting in a higher liquidity.

The development of blockchain protocols is similar to the natural laws in the universe, showcasing a system composed of rules and consensus. Human imagination drives technological advancement, and blockchain continually evolves from this, marking the transition from data to value. In-depth research into protocols can enable the blockchain industry to develop in a safer and more efficient manner.

New Star of 3A Chain Games Big Time: Innovative Attempts at Game Quality and Economic Models
On October 11th, the highly anticipated AAA blockchain game Big Time officially launched its three-month preseason. Developed by industry veterans, this game emphasizes quality and playability, with gameplay similar to Diablo. Big Time also has a mechanism for earning money, allowing players to obtain the in-game token BIGTIME by farming dungeons and defeating monsters.
Recently, multiple trading platforms have launched the BIGTIME token, which has seen a significant price increase in a short period of time. This wealth effect is attracting more and more new players to enter the market, potentially triggering a new wave of gaming economic boom.
Game Overview
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Digital asset trading giant enters a new chapter: partnering with top racing teams to open a new landscape in the industry.
In the world of racing where speed and innovation intertwine, every moment can change the outcome, and every breakthrough is key to reaching the pinnacle. This February, a leading global digital asset trading platform announced an official partnership with a top racing team, marking a resonance in the spirit of innovation between two extreme challengers from different fields.
This collaboration not only reflects the significant progress of the trading platform in its globalization strategy but also coincides with the milestone of its twelfth anniversary. The platform has also released a brand new Chinese name, symbolizing a future that connects users to the world of digital assets with a more open attitude. At this critical moment, the platform's founder and CEO has put forward new strategic goals—creating a "next-generation super unicorn exchange" to welcome the next development cycle of the digital asset industry with a fresh look.

The Hong Kong Virtual Asset Market Through the Eyes of HashKey Exchange Executive Heddy Tsang
For Heddy Tsang, the responsible person and exchange supervisor of HashKey Exchange, "pulsation" is the keyword that resonates the most with her. Since the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission issued its position paper on the regulation of virtual asset trading platforms in November 2019, the virtual asset market in Hong Kong has undergone tremendous changes. In April of this year, Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs were listed in Hong Kong, and in the second half of the year, brokerages have been entering the market one after another, vigorously promoting virtual asset trading services. As one of the only two licensed exchanges in Hong Kong, HashKey Exchange has undoubtedly become an important window for observing the development of the virtual asset market in Hong Kong.
HashKey Exchange, which just celebrated its one-year anniversary, has delivered an impressive report card: a total trading volume of

Bitcoin is experiencing a pullback in profits after fluctuating at high levels, but long-term investors are still accumulating coins. Despite facing certain pressures in the market, the future direction will be influenced by macroeconomic factors and policy changes, and investors need to follow closely.

The new President of South Korea, Lee Jae-myung, is actively promoting the development of digital assets. He has proposed a series of measures to support virtual asset ETFs, allow institutional investment, relax exchange regulations, and adjust tax policies, aiming to attract young voters and enhance market competitiveness, striving to make South Korea a "digital asset center."