There are a lot of interesting perspectives on this post from Vitalik. My take is that this is the right path for increasing the market value of ETH the asset over time.

“Ethereum was not created to make finance efficient or apps convenient. It was created to set people free”
This was an important - and controversial - line from the Trustless Manifesto ( https://trustlessness.eth.limo ), and it is worth revisiting it and better understanding what it

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The market is gradually shifting from a defensive selling-driven model to a phase of selectively increasing risk exposure and rebuilding participation.

At a crossroads between bull and bear markets, could Bitcoin potentially hit $100,000 at the start of the new year?

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In Shandong, there's a rule at banquets: when fish is served, its head must face the host.
Whoever is facing whom is the main character and has to drink first. It's not explicitly written down, but everyone in Shandong knows it. No one teaches you; you just learn it on your own.
Recently, someone drew a picture called "Shandong Studies in the Crypto". A group of people are sitting around a table eating fish. He Yi is sitting in the main seat, with KOLs, crypto investors, and editors on both sides.
Caption: On Binance, which He Yi should the fish head face?
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On January 1st, He Yi posted a New Year's tweet. It featured a white horse and a walk along the beach, captioned with four words:
I stepped...

The fish's head faces He Yi; even the crypto has Shandong scholars.

1. Popular Cryptocurrencies on CEX

Top 10 CEX Trading Volume and 24-Hour Price Change:

- BTC: +0.05%

- ETH: -1.67%

- SOL: +1.69%

- XRP: -1.9%

- BNB: -0.62%

- DOGE: -2.59%

- ZEC: -9.26%

- SUI: -0.2%

- PEPE: -6.99%

- LINK: -1.63%

24-Hour Gainers (Data Source: OKX):

- CX...