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The U.S. stock market has been a bit interesting lately. I just saw the U.S. employment data: non-farm payrolls increased by 130k in January, the largest gain since April last year, directly exceeding market expectations. The unemployment rate also unexpectedly fell to 4.3%, and hourly wages rose 0.4% month over month. It looks like after a period of weakness, the labor market is starting to show some resilience.
But there’s an interesting twist here: the increase in non-farm payroll jobs in 2025 was revised significantly downward, from an average of 49k per month to only 15k. Analysts believe

Recently, someone asked me what Astar really is, so I decided to organize my understanding.
Astar Network is actually a Layer 1 platform built on Polkadot, mainly aiming to create a multi-chain smart contract hub. It supports both EVM and WASM environments, which means developers can write contracts using Solidity or Rust, offering good flexibility. Cross-chain interoperability is also a core selling point of Astar; through deep integration with the Polkadot ecosystem, DApps can operate across multiple blockchains.
Regarding the ASTR token, it plays many roles within the network. Staking, gove

Recently, I’ve been observing an interesting phenomenon. Most retail investors’ strategies are actually very simple—buy in, hold, and pray they don’t lose too much. But what are the real institutional players thinking? Their top priority is always capital preservation.
I’ve noticed a classic timing model called the Fabian Timing Model. This thing has existed for many years, and its core logic is so simple it’s almost shocking. It only tracks three indices: the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the Dow Jones Utility Average. The rules are just two, with no emotional bias at all. Wh

I just saw that Pi Network has taken new actions again, and this update from App Studio feels quite interesting. Mainly, it has strengthened the usage scenarios of $PI , and it also specifically caters to creators, indicating that the ecosystem is gradually expanding.
This round of Pi updates focuses on practicality, not just empty slogans. For content creators on the platform, it provides more tools and support, allowing the entire ecosystem to come alive. It seems they are seriously building the ecosystem, not just a static project.
Are you using Pi? Has this update been helpful to you?

Just came across a funding update that’s definitely worth paying attention to. Paxos Labs—a company focused on stablecoins and DeFi infrastructure—has recently secured $12 million in funding, led by Blockchain Capital. Joining in afterward are Robot Ventures, the Maelstrom family office, and Uniswap Labs.
As for Paxos Labs, it actually spun out from Paxos as an independent division. Its core business is to help enterprises issue branded stablecoins, while also providing an all-in-one solution for DeFi integration. In simple terms, customers can use its software suite to create their own stable

Recently, I noticed a pretty noteworthy trend. a16z, this top Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has just announced a major funding round—$15 billion, distributed across five funds. That number sounds pretty intense, because, according to what they said themselves, it already accounts for more than 18% of the entire U.S. venture capital market in 2025.
How is the money allocated? $6.75 billion is for investing in startups, $1.7 billion goes into infrastructure, and another $1.7 billion is for various application projects. In addition, $1.176 billion is specifically dedicated to U.S. energy-r

Recently looked at JCT's 1-hour chart, the price is currently around 0.001574, feeling that the bulls and bears are fighting quite intensely. JCT's stock price has already broken below the recent equilibrium level, now sticking close to the low area of 0.001527, which should be a key support level.
In terms of indicators, there is some disagreement; MACD and RSI are both signaling bearishness, but Momentum and MFI are showing some bullish signals, suggesting the bulls are trying to defend here. However, selling pressure still seems to dominate, and unless JCT can recover the supply zone at 0.0

Just saw that Ethena's Ethereal DEX has launched on the mainnet, and I think this project is pretty interesting. Ethereal, this decentralized exchange, was approved through community voting and is now open for some users to try out, mainly for trading USDe, this synthetic stablecoin.
What's interesting is Ethereal's architecture design, which runs on a custom EVM application chain and uses Arbitrum to handle transaction execution and settlement. This design is probably intended to reduce costs while maintaining efficiency. Additionally, it supports perpetual contract trading for USDe, effectiv

Recently, I noticed a quite interesting phenomenon—despite the less optimistic environment in the crypto market, on-chain AI agent infrastructure is booming across major public chains.
Solana, with its sub-second confirmation times and low fees, has become the preferred platform for AI agent execution. They have launched the AI Agent Registry hosting layer on the mainnet, integrating identity verification, with over 9,000 agent deployments within the ecosystem. Framework projects like SendAI's Solana Agent Kit, ElizaOS, and Rig are rapidly iterating, and ecosystem participation is quite high.

I recently came across some very interesting research data about the tax reporting behavior of Bitcoin investors. Assistant Professor Tyler Menzer from Texas Christian University spent several years analyzing data from the IRS, and the conclusions are quite eye-opening.
According to their findings, between 2013 and 2021, although about 12% to 21% of American adults had held cryptocurrencies, only 6.5% had actually reported transactions to the IRS. In other words, most cryptocurrency holders did not proactively report their taxes. Menzer candidly stated in an interview: this group has distinct

I just saw the news about PayPal, saying they are not negotiating with Stripe or other companies to sell, but rather preparing for defensive measures against hostile takeovers. Sounds pretty tense.
It’s said that PayPal has been working with investment banks these past few months, probably because the stock price has fallen so sharply that management is worried the company could be targeted. After the previous CEO was replaced, bankers started to get involved.
Thinking about it, that makes sense. PayPal, as such a large payment platform, integrates so many functions—from credit cards to virtua

Bitcoin is currently fluctuating within this range. I have been observing the candlestick movements on higher timeframes. The key lies in the upcoming closing performance; once Bitcoin breaks above this range's upper boundary or gets pushed back down, the market's next direction will become clearer. So now, it's about waiting for that confirmation signal to see whether Bitcoin will surge upward or drop downward. This kind of range-bound consolidation tests patience the most, but it also makes it easiest to identify the true direction.

The market has been quite active lately, with several major moves happening in the AI space alone. Last week, Anthropic announced a partnership with Intapp to launch enterprise-grade AI agents, and it also developed a range of plugins with partners such as FactSet—deeply integrating AI tools into areas like investment banking, accounting, and law. After the news broke, the software sector overall rebounded, suggesting that the market’s concerns about AI disrupting industries have eased somewhat.
Meta also wasn’t idle. It signed a massive agreement with Super Micro Semiconductor to deploy 6 gig

Recently, the actions focused on the global markets are quite interesting. The escalation of tensions in the Middle East directly pushed energy prices higher, with WTI crude oil soaring above $82, hitting a new high in over a year. However, Trump later stated he would work to ease the oil price pressure, and crude oil ultimately gave back its gains, closing up only 3.63%, unable to break through the $80 level. But the underlying issues reflected here are even more worth paying attention to—if the conflict continues to escalate, the rise in energy costs combined with economic slowdown could mak

I recently looked at the market outlook and felt the volatility was quite large. The U.S. January nonfarm data was released, showing an added 130,000 positions, significantly above expectations, and the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 4.3%. Once this data came out, traders immediately pushed back their rate-cut expectations from June to July, and the overall market sentiment changed.
What’s interesting, though, is that although the January data looked good, the average monthly job gains for all of 2025 are only 15,000 positions, far below the previously cited 49,000, so the labor market

Want to participate in cloud mining but don't know where to start? Actually, choosing the right platform is really important. Recently, I researched quite a few cloud mining services and found that each has its own特色, sharing some insights.
First, let's talk about NiceHash, a platform that has been around since 2014, making it an industry veteran. Its unique feature is that users can rent out their hardware or buy others' computing power, this two-way marketplace design is quite friendly to both buyers and sellers. Many people use it to test the waters of mining.
GMiners is also worth noting,

I just saw that the Meme coin Freedom of Money on BSC has dropped quite sharply these days, falling nearly 40% from its high, with its market cap dropping 43.5% from the peak in early April. Now the market cap is only $12.9 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of about $6.3 million.
I heard that the decline started after the release of a new book by a former CEO of a major exchange, and many people were originally speculating on this concept. According to on-chain data monitoring, the volatility of this coin is indeed very intense. But honestly, Meme coins are inherently lacking practical us

Yesterday morning, I noticed Bitcoin experienced another rapid decline, dropping nearly 4% within just an hour, falling straight from its high to around $91.9k. It has since rebounded somewhat. However, based on the latest market data, the overall trend still remains at a lower level.
Interestingly, this Bitcoin crash isn't just a crypto market event. At the same time, gold and silver futures opened sharply higher, hitting new highs, while Nasdaq futures fell by 1%. It seems the market is digesting some risk signals.
The background is that over the weekend, Trump made strong remarks again rega

I was recently shaken by an in-depth investigation. It seems that top venture capital firm a16z's game in the AI field is much more complicated than we thought.
On the surface, a16z is spending hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying for AI regulation policies, claiming to promote innovation. But a closer look at their investment portfolio reveals a strange contradiction: they are lobbying Washington to deregulate while investing in companies that are clearly exploiting legal loopholes.
Let's start with a few cases. There's a company called Doublespeed, which a16z invested $1 million in throu

Just saw a whale playing with fire, opening a $20.5 million ETH short position with 20x leverage.
This scale is already quite large, and with such high leverage, it's basically betting that Ethereum will decline; if the market moves in the opposite direction, forced liquidation is imminent.
The key point is that the liquidation price is set at $2,466, which acts like a ticking time bomb for the market.
As soon as ETH hits this level, the position will be forcibly liquidated.
I notice traders are all watching this level because once it gets close, the market could experience significant