In 2023, stablecoins settled transactions worth $10.8 trillion, of which $2.3 trillion were related to organic activities such as payments and cross-border remittances. Today's payment giants face significant disadvantages, including high transaction costs, slow settlement times, and limited transparency, although stablecoins also have their advantages.

With inflation data due out next week expected to provide more directional macro clarity, Aave announced plans for its V4 upgrade and long-term roadmap.

Perhaps what is different from all previous halving cycles is the change in the income structure of miners, which is caused by factors such as the future price space of BTC and the current development status of the Bitcoin ecosystem.

This is a new approach to SNARK design from the a16z crypto team of researchers and engineers that is already 2x faster than the current state-of-the-art, with more improvements coming soon.

Meme coin is just a trigger, the real target is the SEC.

These use cases have always been attractive in theory, but now they are becoming feasible in practice.

Hawks drive the near-term narrative, although the long-term positioning remains bullish.

Hotter-than-expected inflation continues to weigh on risk assets, including cryptocurrencies, though the effects appear to be short-lived.

Debate is igniting among the major DeFi communities as the market becomes more hawkish as interest rates are expected to rise for longer.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced a second week of negative outflows, although the macro environment remains favorable for more inflows following the FOMC meeting.

Trading volume during U.S. market hours has a huge impact on market liquidity and price volatility, and this impact has only increased after the approval of spot ETFs.

Bitcoin remains the anchor of the crypto asset class, but investors now have multiple options to gain exposure to the token, and the performance of these options has diverged significantly since February.

The need for ETF issuance and the upcoming halving will exacerbate the impact of the demand shock.

The current price trend is just the beginning of a long-term bull market, and the upward trend in prices needs to go further to push the supply and demand dynamics into balance.

AI tokens have gained broad support in the Crypto and AI markets, but may lack sustainable demand drivers in the short to medium term.