the market value of tokenized real-world assets (RWA), excluding stablecoins, has exceeded $20 billion, marking a new historical high. This growth reflects a sustained interest from investors in the blockchainization of traditional assets. Notably, the market for tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds has shown significant performance, with a market value surpassing $8.87 billion. Additionally, BlackRock's BUILD fund currently holds a market value of $1.73 billion.
#GateSquareCreatorNewYearIncentives #ETHTrendWatch Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin expressed concerns on Farcaster about what he terms 'corporate slop,' which combines corporate optimization, flashy branding, and profit-driven actions at the expense of ethics. He highlighted issues such as social media's pursuit of short-term dopamine hits, the misuse of user data in 'walled gardens,' and the production of soulless, homogenized content. Buterin called for the development of tools that support a 'Sovereign Web,' including privacy-focused local applications, social media with user-controlled
on January 10, Fidelity's Global Macro Director Jurrien Timmer expressed that Bitcoin's current trend resembles the S-curve of the internet rather than a power-law curve. Many Bitcoin advocates claim that the four-year cycle has concluded and a new structural upward wave is imminent. Timmer is skeptical, not questioning the diminishing impact of the halving cycle, which he agrees with, but doubting the notion that bear markets will no longer occur.