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Stripe recently acquired the wallet infrastructure provider Privy, aiming to build a complete tech stack for stablecoins and Programmability. With Privy and the previously acquired Bridge, Stripe will simplify the encryption payment process, enhance user experience, and promote the adoption of stablecoins in mainstream financial systems.

Real Estate Asset Tokenization: Current Status, Cases and Future Outlook
Introduction
Real estate asset tokenization is not a new concept in the cryptocurrency market. As early as 2018, asset tokenization and security token offerings (STO) emerged, bearing similarities to today's real-world asset (RWA) concept. However, due to the lack of a robust regulatory framework and the absence of significant advantages in potential returns, these early attempts failed to evolve into a mature market segment.
In 2022, as the United States continued to raise interest rates, the yield on U.S. Treasury bonds significantly exceeded the interest rates for stablecoin lending in the cryptocurrency market. Therefore, tokenizing U.S. Treasury bonds into RWA has become increasingly attractive to the crypto industry. As a result, well-known DeFi projects such as MakerDAO, Compound, and Aave, as well as some traditional financial institutions and governments, have begun to explore the RWA space.
In the past two years, multiple real estate projects have emerged in the market.

The Future Development Direction of Ethereum: An Interpretation of Vitalik Buterin's Latest Views
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, recently expressed a series of views on the future development of Ethereum and the cryptocurrency industry. This article summarizes his core viewpoints since July 2024, let's take a look at the details:
The interoperability issues across Layer 2 will be resolved.
Vitalik believes that the interoperability issue across Layer 2 "will soon no longer be a problem". He envisions a seamless user experience across the entire Ethereum ecosystem (including Layer 1, Rollups, Validium, and even sidechains), and this progress may come as a surprise to many. He noted the tremendous drive and determination to achieve this goal.
Cryptographic support should not become the only standard of political allegiance.
Vitalik emphasized that,

The AI Agent market continues to heat up, with Virtual and AI16Z becoming the leaders.
In early 2025, the AI Agent market showed strong growth momentum, with a total market value exceeding $16.9 billion, an increase of about 22.7% compared to the previous week. In this blue ocean, Virtuals Protocol and AI16Z have emerged as important indicators in the AI Agent track within the Base chain and Solana ecosystem respectively.
As the main AI Agent issuance platform on the Base chain, Virtuals Protocol's platform token VIRTUAL has surpassed a market value of 5 billion USD, ranking among the top 40 cryptocurrencies. Meanwhile, in the Solana ecosystem, ai16z, as a venture capital institution managed by AI Agents, has also exceeded a market value of 2.5 billion USD. Both protocols have their own characteristics and development paths.

More than 500 Chinese creditors opposed a bankrupt crypto trading platform's freeze of $470 million in compensation in a U.S. court, claiming that the platform unilaterally changed the terms to the detriment of procedural fairness and questioned its differential treatment based on nationality. This incident has raised concerns about the legal risks of cross-border crypto assets trading.

The article discusses the Crisis of Confidence and distribution imbalance issues present in the Web3 Airdrop ecosystem, analyzing the contradictions between the project party and users, and pointing out that the current Airdrop mechanism has led to a survival dilemma for ordinary users. It proposes to reconstruct a fair Consensus, promote trust and cooperation between the project party and users through a scientifically reasonable Airdrop mechanism, and promote the healthy development of the on-chain ecosystem.

The U Card, as a stablecoin bank card, facilitates user consumption, but there are legal risks when promoting it to users in mainland China, including violations of forex management regulations, lax scrutiny by issuing institutions, personal information protection, and bearing scrutiny responsibilities, among others. It is recommended that promoters proceed cautiously to avoid involvement in the mainland market.

AI Agent: The intelligent force shaping the new economic ecosystem of the future
1. Background Overview
1.1 Introduction: "New Partners" in the Intelligent Era
Each cryptocurrency cycle brings with it new infrastructure that drives the development of the entire industry.
In 2017, the rise of smart contracts spurred the vigorous development of ICOs.
In 2020, the liquidity pools of DEX brought about the summer boom of DeFi.
In 2021, the emergence of numerous NFT series marked the arrival of the era of digital collectibles.
In 2024, the outstanding performance of a certain launch platform led the craze for memecoins and launch platforms.
It is important to emphasize that the emergence of these vertical fields is not solely due to technological innovation, but rather the result of a perfect combination of financing models and bull market cycles. When opportunity meets the right timing, it can lead to tremendous transformation. Looking ahead to 2025, it is clear that 2025.

Tokyo Web3 Summit Discusses Cutting-Edge Trends in the Industry
On July 29th, an industry conference titled "Tokyo Unboxed: Exploring Japan's Web3 Journey" was successfully held in Tokyo. Over 200 professionals from the Web3 field gathered from around the world to discuss industry development trends and opportunities in the Japanese market.
The conference was jointly organized by several well-known institutions, attracting numerous leading companies in the industry, project parties, local business representatives, and opinion leaders to participate. Participants engaged in in-depth discussions on popular topics such as Web3, artificial intelligence, and blockchain infrastructure.
Investment institutions share insights
Representatives from multiple investment institutions shared their investment strategies and layouts in the Web3 field.
The founder of a globally leading blockchain investment firm introduced the company's investment achievements in areas such as Web 3.0, DeFi, and NFTs. The assets currently managed by the company have exceeded

Arthur Hayes predicted on a podcast that Bitcoin could reach $250,000 by the end of the year, but most alts may not rise anymore. He emphasized Bitcoin's scarcity and decentralization features, and mentioned that investors should rationally choose alts. He believes the market competition is fierce, and traders are focused on liquidity. Hayes' fund primarily invests in Bitcoin and Ethereum, and plans to acquire encryption companies.

Arthur Hayes is an innovator in the Crypto Assets field, having founded the BitMEX exchange and launched Perptual Futures. Despite facing regulatory issues, he participated in the creation of the Ethereum stablecoin project USDe in 2023, demonstrating his ability for continuous innovation and promoting the development of the Crypto Assets industry.

Iagon has launched a brand new document ecosystem, Agora, aimed at creating a decentralized public document management platform focused on the NFT field. Users can share and trade content while leveraging AI and community mechanisms to ensure compliance of the platform's content. Agora will gradually improve based on user feedback, ultimately forming a comprehensive NFT market.

Can Bitcoin break through 1 million dollars in the short term?
Recently, a million-dollar bet regarding the price of Bitcoin has attracted widespread attention in the market. Some investors believe that hyperinflation is imminent and that the price of Bitcoin will surpass one million dollars within 90 days. This view has sparked heated discussions, so is it really possible for Bitcoin to soar to such heights in the short term?
In recent reviews of the financial market, the continuous collapse of several banks has raised people's concerns about the risks of centralized financial systems. This has also led the market to reassess the value of Bitcoin. While bank stocks have plummeted, Bitcoin has seen a counter-trend rise, sparking discussions about whether it can be considered a safe-haven asset.
To understand the possibility of a significant rise in Bitcoin prices, we first need to understand what hyperinflation is. Simply put, hyperinflation is a sharp depreciation of the purchasing power of currency. There have been several severe inflation events in history, such as Zimbabwe in 2008.

The four-year cycle pattern of Bitcoin may be coming to an end. The impact of the Halving mechanism is weakening, global Liquidity is gradually being dominated by institutional investors, and price Fluctuation is decreasing. The rise of Bitcoin is transitioning towards linearity, with the market becoming increasingly mature and stable.

A crypto assets venture capital firm quickly liquidated 400,000 COMP tokens, worth approximately $16.48 million, after previously transferring the same amount of tokens, raising concerns in the market about a decline in COMP prices. The behavior of institutional investors is gradually becoming an important factor in market fluctuations.

CandyDrop is a recently launched Airdrop platform that lowers the participation threshold through a task incentive mechanism. Users can earn Candy points by completing tasks and ultimately redeem them for Token rewards. The platform places great emphasis on project selection to ensure the authenticity of the rewards, and the operation is simple, allowing users to easily participate. It is expected to bring new vitality to the Crypto Assets market.

In-depth Exploration of Prediction Markets: Principles, Mechanisms, and Applications
A prediction market is an open market where participants trade to predict the outcomes of specific events. These markets operate similarly to a free market economy, with prices continually adjusting based on the collective wisdom of participants. In a prediction market, users can trade the probabilities of certain events occurring, and the final market price reflects the expected likelihood of these events.
The openness of prediction markets is one of its key features. Unlike traditional gambling, prediction markets start with the same odds and then naturally adjust based on the knowledge and insights of participants to reflect the most likely outcomes.
Taking the FIFA World Cup final in December 2022 as an example, suppose it is Argentina against England. In the prediction market, two outcome tokens can be created: ARGWIN( Argentina wins ) and ENGWIN( England wins ). These tokens have the same initial price, and as participants

From Initial Investment to Independent Trading: A Trader's Journey
In January 2021, with the surge of platform tokens from major exchanges, an investor named Raxy entered the cryptocurrency industry. He first participated in GameFi projects and then joined the venture capital sector, working for two well-known institutions.
Raxy's experience in venture capital for over two years has exposed him to hundreds of projects. At the beginning of this year, he decided to leave the VC industry and systematically learn and practice trading, transitioning from a primary market investor to an independent trader.
Raxy's trading journey began with losses. After a significant rise in Bitcoin at the beginning of the year, he tried to trade altcoins using traditional "valuation nesting" logic, looking for fully circulating, similarly backgrounded, and reasonably valued targets in the secondary market. This method initially brought him some profits, but starting in March, the market experienced abnormal changes.
By analyzing the market share of Bitcoin and USDT, Raxy