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Original article by Odaily Odaily(@OdailyChina)
Author｜Wenser (@wenser 2010)
The crypto market recovery in 2026 began with Meme Coin. Overnight, "the whole world was speaking Chinese."
Following the initial surge in established meme coins, the BSC ecosystem quickly followed suit—a wave of Chinese memes emerged, leveraging simple yet highly viral concepts like "I'm coming!", spreading like wildfire within days. In the current liquidity-scarce environment, each surge is not accidental, but rather a battle for attention...

From "Life's K-line" to "Lao Tzu," a review of the 5 hottest Chinese memes on BSC right now.

According to TechFlow TechFlow, on January 11th, Vitalik Buterin posted on the X social platform, stating: "The current crypto industry needs better decentralized stablecoins. In my opinion, there are three issues:"
1. Ideally, a more suitable tracking index than the price of the US dollar should be found. Tracking the dollar is acceptable in the short term, but in my view, part of a national resilience vision should be independent of this price indicator.
2. Design a decentralized oracle that is not easily captured by large sums of money. Without a decentralized oracle, preventing attacks or manipulation is extremely costly...

Vitalik: The crypto industry needs better decentralized stablecoins; three issues still need to be addressed.

Key Takeaways
X is developing Smart Cashtags for real-time asset pricing and tracking.
The feature allows users to specify assets or smart contracts when posting tickers.
Elon Musk’s X plans to introd...