Blockchain

When growing wealth no longer brings happiness, the problem may not lie in money itself, but in the price we pay for it. In a year when both career and assets were on the rise, the author candidly reflects on how they were consumed by “growth,” rankings, and dopamine-driven feedback loops, and how they are attempting to re-establish boundaries between focus, creation, and real life. It is a reflection on the imbalance that can follow success.

In an era where anxiety has become the norm and speculation an outlet, the author draws on personal experience to systematically break down a life strategy of “building a stable foundation first, then making asymmetric bets.” The article examines education, income, risk, and agency, and seeks to answer a practical question: in a world of extreme uncertainty, how can ordinary people avoid being pulled into a gamble—and instead become part of the rules themselves?

This article analyzes how shielded pool zero-knowledge proofs combine Bitcoin’s monetary policy with cash-level privacy. This approach mitigates risks from the weaponization of CBDCs and the vulnerability of Bitcoin’s 24% centralized supply to seizure. Additionally, it resolves longstanding issues through upgrades including Sapling, Halo 2, Zashi, and NEAR.

The author goes beyond simply listing sectors by supplementing the analysis with data on community fundraising scale, the number and size of privacy-project financings, and representative protocols and application cases, clearly highlighting structural shifts such as “from airdrops to community fundraising” and “from single-function products to full financial workflows.”

Web3 is not short on technical innovation, but it has long lacked compelling narratives and emotional resonance. From the perspective of communication and content creation, this article explains why, without strong storytelling capabilities, Web3 struggles to truly reach a broader user audience.

HealthFi represents a blockchain sector with trillion-dollar real-world potential. It is transforming the nicotine addiction market by moving from a focus on user retention to V2E-based reduction incentives. By integrating with Apple Health, HealthFi is advancing the adoption of preventive healthcare.

Using the metaphors of a “legitimacy bank” and an “F1 pit crew,” the article clearly illustrates how a16z simultaneously shapes public narratives, influences regulation, and coordinates capital expectations.

Trust Wallet browser extension version 2.68 was compromised in a supply chain attack, where hackers inserted a backdoor to steal users' mnemonic phrases, leading to total losses of over $6 million. This article reconstructs the attack timeline, examines the technical details and movement of funds, and explores why official extensions can also present significant security vulnerabilities.

With the midterm elections approaching, can Congress pass a crypto market structure bill within the narrowing time window? This article analyzes the jurisdictional battle between the SEC and the CFTC, interest-bearing stablecoins, DeFi regulation, and political risks, assessing the legislative outlook heading into 2026.

The 2026 World Cup will serve as a system-level stress test for prediction markets. This article examines the core constraints and winner dynamics of prediction markets at scale, focusing on regulation, settlement, distribution, and liquidity.

A review of the 12 biggest winners in the crypto industry in 2025: from policy shifts and spot ETFs to stablecoins, RWAs, and prediction markets—analyzing who truly captured the structural trends.

In 2025, the crypto industry executed 133 mergers and acquisitions with a total value of $8.6 billion. Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, and Stripe are aggressively expanding their presence across trading, custody, payments, and regulatory licensing in the financial infrastructure sector.

ZEC decoupled from Bitcoin during its consolidation phase. Messari explains Zcash’s market repricing through its privacy features, regulatory shifts, and Bitcoin’s ongoing institutionalization.

As traditional upward mobility channels break down and AI acceleration erodes job security, why are young people turning to meme coins and prediction markets? This article examines the structural forces behind the rise of “long-term speculation.”

Why do top hedge funds—despite charging fees many times higher and often underperforming the broader market—continue to attract institutional capital? From the perspectives of factor neutrality, high Sharpe ratios, and portfolio efficiency, this article explains the core value hedge funds actually sell, and the scarce return characteristics that index funds cannot replace.