Crypto markets held steady Wednesday, remaining in “extreme fear,” with bitcoin unchanged, altcoins muted and Korean traders driving a rare standout rally in newly listed token MON.

Crypto Markets Today: Altcoins Remain Subdued, MON Surges on Upbit Listing

Polygon CEO Sandeep Nailwal recently Chia on the X platform about the possibility of changing the project's Token back to Matic, after receiving a lot of feedback from the community that Matic is more recognizable than...

Polygon CEO Considers Changing POL Token Back to Matic

Bitcoin was never the future of money. It was merely a battering ram in a regulatory war. Now, the war is nearing its end, and the capital that built this ram is quietly leaving.

For 17 years, we've convinced ourselves that "magic internet money" is the ultimate form of finance. But it isn't. Bitcoin is a regulatory battering ram, a single-purpose siege weapon built specifically to smash down a particular wall: the wall of state control over "digital bearer assets"...

The Crypto Migration: Why is Capital Fleeing Bitcoin?

Author: Hu Tao, ChainCatcher

Yesterday, the highly anticipated Layer 1 public chain Monad's token MON officially launched, briefly falling below the cost price for public offering users. Currently, its FDV (Funded Direct Value) is still hovering in the $3-3.5 billion range. This is not only lower than the mainstream predicted market capitalization of $8 billion on Polymarket, but also far lower than the $15 billion valuation in the earliest Pre-TGE market.

This is not only a heavy blow to the Layer 1 narrative, but also a significant "tragic" milestone for the FDV enthusiast community.

Previously, Mo...