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Discover how Synonym revolutionizes DeFi with its universal cross-chain credit layer for busy professionals. Learn about its seamless borrowing, lending, and earning capabilities across any blockchain, powered by Wormhole technology and enhanced by Arbitrum and Circle’s CCTP-enabled USDC.

Monad is an EVM Layer1 that achieved its targeted 100,000 TPS through parallel execution technology. As of January 2025, following its successful mainnet launch in late 2024, Monad now processes over 70,000 TPS in production. Its ecosystem has expanded to over 50 projects, with PancakeSwap reaching $250M TVL and LayerZero enabling sub-second cross-chain transactions. Recent technical advancements include 35% faster transaction confirmations and improved MonadBFT security. The Monad token shows strong performance with a $680M market cap and 63% staking participation. This article explores Monad's architectural design, technological innovations, key features, and latest ecosystem developments.

Layer3 connects users and project owners, acting as an ad distribution platform. Users participate in project tasks on the platform for token airdrops and reward incentives, while project owners join the platform for traffic. Since its launch, Layer3 has attracted a significant fan base and has guided users towards on-chain interactions in DeFi, NFT, and DAO fields. Users can earn NFTs and Experience Points (XP) as rewards upon task completion, and these NFTs are eligible for trading. Recently, the protocol announced the introduction of its native token, L3, and plans to host a Genesis airdrop event. The snapshot was already complete, and the detailed tokenomic model will be revealed in June.

At the Austin Bitcoin++ conference in early May, core Lightning Network developer Rusty Russell made a very radical proposal in the first talk of the conference to re-enable most opcodes previously disabled by Satoshi Nakamoto. Try to explore the entire feature space by driving and analyzing a full recovery of the scripts.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the "21st Century Financial Innovation and Technology Act," aimed at establishing a regulatory framework for the cryptocurrency market, protecting consumers, and promoting innovation. Prominent investment firm a16z has provided a detailed analysis of the bill.

Uniswap launched the ERC-7683 standard, aiming to improve cross-chain technology and provide users with one-click cross-chain services. Project parties such as Optimism and Krystal also hope to liberate liquidity and bring more vitality to the chain. ERC-7683 is in the review and discussion stage and is expected to be officially implemented after further refinement and approval. In the near future, Uniswap and AcrossProtocol will hold an exchange meeting to introduce the practical application and more details of the ERC-7683 standard.

"How to Legally and Compliantly Issue Tokens is the top priority for Web3 projects to clarify, but this is by no means the end. Achieving decentralization for the project is the ultimate goal. Decentralization not only brings about the next positive development for the project but also provides more compliance space. Therefore, from the perspective of Web3 legal practitioners and a series of articles from a16z on decentralization and token issuance, this article will explain why decentralization should be achieved, why decentralization brings compliance space, and provide some compliance strategies, aiming to provide a preliminary compliance framework for Web3 project token issuance."

The Taiko project is a Layer 2 solution leveraging zkEVM technology dedicated to extending the functionality of Ethereum through the decentralized Ethereum equivalent of zkRollup. It allows developers and users to seamlessly extend Ethereum without changing existing decentralized applications (dApps). Key features of Taiko include fully EVM-compatible zkEVM Type 1, open source code, complete decentralization, and transaction sequencing by Ethereum validators. The Taiko protocol ensures transaction correctness and network security through smart contracts and decentralized verification. Additionally, Taiko includes innovations based on Contestable Rollups (BCR) and Booster-Based Rollups (BBR), as well as TKO tokens for validator rewards, transaction fees, and network governance.

This article examines the connection between market volatility and news during a bull market. It highlights that while over-focusing on market news can be misleading, completely ignoring it might cause you to miss vital information.

This article lists seven signals to determine the end of a bull market, including a decline in trading volume and increased market volatility. It also discusses the definitions of bull and bear markets and their potential benefits, such as wealth creation during a bull market and buying opportunities during a bear market.

APX Finance is a decentralized exchange for crypto and forex trading, featuring both an order book system for off-chain transaction matching and a peer-to-peer model for on-chain perpetual contracts, all secured by two separate oracles.

Beefy (BIFI) is a decentralized, multi-chain yield optimizer that maximizes returns through auto-compounding strategies across various DeFi protocols.

Uniswap launched the ERC-7683 standard, aiming to improve cross-chain technology and provide users with one-click cross-chain services. Project parties such as Optimism and Krystal also hope to liberate liquidity and bring more vitality to the chain. ERC-7683 is in the review and discussion stage and is expected to be officially implemented after further refinement and approval. In the near future, Uniswap and AcrossProtocol will hold an exchange meeting to introduce the practical application and more details of the ERC-7683 standard.

The report delves into the characteristics of South Korea’s cryptocurrency community and the trends to watch in 2023. The report notes that communities play a key role in the success of cryptocurrency projects, especially when it comes to decentralized governance. The South Korean market’s high interest in cryptocurrencies, especially compared to stock investments, and the Upbit exchange’s leading position in global trading volume are analyzed. Cryptocurrency community platforms in South Korea, including Telegram, KakaoTalk, Coinpan, DCInside, X (Twitter), Discord, and Naver Cafe, are studied and their characteristics and user behaviors are discussed. In addition, Google Trend data was analyzed to explore the Korean community’s interest in keywords such as Bitcoin, NFT, airdrops, and Ethereum. The report also covers hot topics in the Korean community in different months, as well as information sources and influence analysis of Telegram channels.

Celestia, a modular data availability network