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#Polymarket预测市场 Seeing Polymarket's move, my thoughts drifted back to those years. The ICO boom in 2017, the frenzy of DeFi Summer in 2020, and now the reshuffling in the L2 track—each wave of ecosystem self-reinvention is accompanied by a questioning of "infrastructure."
Polymarket's decision to migrate out of Polygon to push its own L2 appears to be a technical upgrade on the surface, but fundamentally reflects a repeatedly validated rule: when a platform's transaction volume surpasses a certain threshold, the tolerance for underlying infrastructure faults sharply increases. The December Po

#稳定币 Seeing Ghana's move, what flashed through my mind was the shadow of the 2017 wave. Back then, central banks around the world were still in a "containment" stance towards cryptocurrencies. Now they are shifting to "framework regulation." What does this change mean? It means they are finally acknowledging a reality — that what cannot be stopped is better integrated into the system.
Ghana's case is particularly interesting. With a transaction volume of $3 billion per year and 17% of adults using crypto assets, these are not small numbers. What does this indicate? It shows that in regions wh

#机构投资者比特币配置 Saylor is moving again. When I saw this message, the image that flashed in my mind was that autumn in 2020 — at that time, institutions were still on the sidelines, while he was already placing bets. Today, holding 671,268 Bitcoins at a cost of $74,972 each, this number for someone like me who has seen multiple cycles is not just about the holdings, but more like a proof of time.
Thinking back to the frenzy of 2017, how many institutions rushed in only to leave in a panic. But Saylor is different; he treats Bitcoin as a strategic asset for the company, adding more during market pa

#美联储利率政策 Seeing this report from UBS, what flashes through my mind is the shadow of the 2017 bull market. Back then, the narrative was similar—strong corporate profits, ample liquidity, optimistic policy expectations, and institutions one after another shouting "continue to be bullish." The S&P 500 did eventually hit new highs, but you know what happened next.
I'm not saying UBS's analysis is flawed; quite the opposite, they see clearly: tech sector profits remain solid, the Federal Reserve may continue to cut rates, and clarity on tariffs can reduce volatility. These logics indeed supported

#市场调整与情绪 After reading Messari's 100,000-word report, I keep asking myself one question: why do we all feel that 2025 will be particularly tough, yet the system itself hasn't truly collapsed?
The answer might be more painful than we think.
This isn't just a market cycle issue, but a mismatch in participation roles. Remember 2017? Back then, if you were early enough and aggressive enough, you could earn outsized returns. Narrative rotation, ecosystem stories, high volatility for high yields—this logic has worked for over a decade. But 2025 has broken it systematically for the first time.
What’

#稳定币生态 When I saw this set of data, my mind flashed back to the 2017 cycle. Back then, we were all chasing gains wildly, increasing leverage more and more, until overnight, margin calls and liquidations became catastrophic. Today’s $19 billion in liquidations, in a way, is the market self-correcting—painful but necessary.
What truly moved me is the transformation of stablecoins. I remember when stablecoins first appeared, everyone saw them merely as a payment tool. Fast forward to now, what does a stablecoin ecosystem exceeding $20 billion in interest-bearing assets mean? It signifies that th

#比特币持仓与投资 When I saw this set of data, my mind flashed back to the 2017 cycle. At that time, contracts were not as developed, but the story of leverage has never changed—whenever the price breaks through an integer level, a new wave of capital rushes in. The open interest of perpetual contracts increased from 304,000 BTC to 310,000 BTC, and the funding rate doubled to 0.009%. These details are replaying the script of history.
I have seen too many such nodes. On the eve of the year-end, bulls are re-accumulating positions, preparing for "potential market fluctuations." This phrase is very impo

#预测市场 Seeing this research report from Kalshi, I am reminded of the various prediction failures I have seen over the years. The 25-month data shows that the accuracy of prediction markets in forecasting inflation is 40% less than the consensus on Wall Street. This is not new to those of us in the field—it's just that this time, someone finally used data to put it on the table.
Do you remember the period from 2021 to 2022? Traditional economists confidently claimed that inflation was "temporary," only to be proven wrong by reality. Meanwhile, those trading in prediction markets, because they h

#稳定币发展与应用 Seeing Tether's move, my mind flashes back to the evolution of stablecoins over the past decade. I remember around 2015, when Tether first launched USDT, the market was full of skepticism—why trust a token issued by a single company? But it was precisely this "distrust" that propelled its growth, because the demand for stablecoins was real.
Now Tether is integrating AI into its wallet, which seems like a product feature upgrade, but actually reflects two important changes in the stablecoin ecosystem. First, stablecoins are no longer just pure value storage tools; they are evolving i

#预测市场 Seeing this research report from Kalshi, the first thing that came to my mind were the scenes before and after the 2008 financial crisis. Back then, Wall Street elites were being proven wrong one after another, while retail investors sometimes showed more insight. Over ten years later, prediction markets have quantified this phenomenon with data—an average error of less than 40% over 25 months, which is no small number.
The logic behind this is actually very old. When economic incentives truly influence each trader, collective rationality naturally emerges. Wall Street consensus forecas

#比特币机构持仓 Seeing Saylor send another signal, my mind automatically recalls the timeline of institutional entry over the past decade.
In 2013, we were still debating whether Bitcoin is truly money; institutions? No one was touching it. By 2015, the first bold hedge funds started to dip their toes in. Then came the madness of 2017—everyone saw it—and after the bubble burst, the institutions that remained actually doubled down.
Now, the story is different. 67,1268 Bitcoins, with a cost basis of $74,972 each—this number itself speaks volumes. MicroStrategy’s holding history over these eight-plus y

#永续合约交易 Seeing the Space project, the first thought that comes to mind is—history is repeating itself, but this time, the players have learned to be smarter.
Remember the craze around UFO in 2021? Going from obscurity to the top 100 on CoinMarketCap, with a market cap soaring to $1.5 billion. The core logic was simple—proper distribution and a solid community consensus. Many thought it was just insiders bottom-fishing, but that wasn’t the case. Now, Space has relaunched with the same team, directly incorporating this experience into its project design.
Over the years, the perpetual contract s

#比特币价格预测 Seeing James Wynn's latest message about a potential short-term reversal, the first thought that came to my mind was—this guy's prediction accuracy is still the same old way. Looking back at his two bearish calls in November, predicting Bitcoin would drop to $67,000, and what happened? The market didn't give him that face. This time, he predicts a short-term rally to $97,000. Honestly, I've seen this kind of bouncing back and forth many times.
But on the other hand, it's indeed interesting right now. The $89,000 level has caught the attention of many analysts. Once broken, it points

#永续合约市场 Seeing this wave of market activity, I can't help but think back to the wild growth period of perpetual contracts in 2017. At that time, leverage trading was just emerging, and everyone thought they were trading geniuses. But a single overnight crash wiped out countless accounts. Honestly, today's situation reminds me of a certain echo of history.
Bitcoin repeatedly tests the 90,000 level, while Ethereum breaks through 3000 but can only maintain narrow fluctuations. I've seen this "want to rise but hold back" stance too many times. The most alarming thing isn't the price itself, but t

#链上支付 Looking at Coinbase's System Update this time, I feel a bit emotional. Over a decade ago, the group that followed Bitcoin payments was all imagining how on-chain transfers could replace banks, only to find that the problems were far more complex than imagined. Today, Coinbase's approach has changed — it's not about revolutionary replacement, but about making payments and settlements seamlessly embedded into systems, becoming foundational infrastructure.
Stablecoins combined with customized issuance, cross-chain interoperability, and revenue sharing—this set of strategies clearly shows t

Citi's report may seem like a downgrade, but it actually reveals an interesting historical pattern. During the 2017 cycle, I saw many institutional investors panic and exit due to short-term volatility, only to buy back at higher prices by the end of 2020—at a heavy cost. The current story is somewhat different.
Citi downgraded Circle from $243 to the current $83, which is indeed a striking decline. But more noteworthy is that they haven't changed their stance; they've just adjusted expectations. This kind of persistence often indicates something—institutions are waiting for re-pricing rather

#Polymarket预测市场 Seeing Polymarket's move to spin off and develop its own L2 is worth reflecting on. I still remember the wild days of the Ethereum ecosystem in 2015, when many projects were stuck in infrastructure bottlenecks—slow transactions, high fees, poor user experience. Back then, people were still debating whether Layer 2 solutions were reliable.
Ten years have passed, and history often echoes. Polygon was once seen as a solution, with many projects building on it. But this incident reminds me of a recurring cycle: when a platform becomes sufficiently important and heavily reliant on

#比特币网络升级 Seeing the current debate about the risk of quantum attacks, the first thing that came to my mind was the major debate in 2011 about 51% attacks. Back then, many people were also exclaiming that Bitcoin was doomed. But what happened? The network is still alive today.
This script feels a bit familiar—Nic Carter raised the concern that 1.7 million BTC might be at risk, and immediately someone pointed out that his backing fund was promoting quantum-resistant tools. Adam Back came out to debunk the alarmist claims. Over ten years, the logic behind these interest chains has never changed.

#流动性与利率政策 Seeing the recent debates about liquidity and interest rate cut prospects, I am reminded of the 2015 cycle. Back then, it was the same — central banks swinging back and forth between inflation and employment, market expectations shifting from bearish to bullish on liquidity, and in the end, no one guessed right.
The current situation is somewhat a replay of that era, but the details are completely different. Luke Gromen has held his position from below $30,000 all the way to today without selling, and the story behind this position alone is worth pondering — but his short-term beari

#比特币价格预测 Seeing these forecast numbers, I can't help but think back to the crazy times of 2017. Back then, various institutions were shouting prices, from 6,000 to 20,000, then from 20,000 to 50,000, but all conclusions pointed in one direction — only upward. As we all know the outcome.
Now, the situation has reversed. Citigroup predicts 143,000, Galaxy says 250,000 by 2027, and Arthur Hayes even came up with a dreamy figure of one million dollars. Meanwhile, Fundstrat's Sean Farrell suggests Bitcoin could drop to 60,000 to 65,000 in the first half of 2026. The options market pricing is even