Weekly Recommended Reading: A 17,000-word research report on the high-performance blockchain Sei Network; Basic research on German crypto taxation and regulation; Project Eleven, dedicated to protecting cryptocurrencies from future quantum computing attacks, completes $20 million funding round.

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This research report, authored by Andrew, a member of the Web3Caff Research team, systematically reviews the development history of Sei Network and its parallel EVM technology roadmap. It focuses on discussing the differences in execution models, architectural trade-offs, and scenario adaptations among different public chains in the context of increased on-chain interaction frequency and execution complexity. Key points include:

① Changes in industry background: The focus of competition among public blockchains has shifted from "whether or not they support smart contracts" to testing their ability to execute high-concurrency, low-latency contracts;

② Critical path differences: Trade-offs in execution methods, conflict handling, and system complexity of parallel EVM;

③ Core technical structure: The role of parallel execution, consensus optimization, and state storage design in the overall architecture;

④ Key areas for follow-up observation: the verification process of performance advantages in practical applications, stability, and long-term use.

On December 23, 2025, the German Federal Legal Gazette No. 352 officially published the "Law for the Implementation of EU Directive 2023/2226" (Gesetz zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie (EU) 2023/2226), marking a further clarification of Germany's regulatory blueprint for crypto assets. This article provides an in-depth exploration and a quick overview.

CLARITY stands for "Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025." This act aims to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets, clearly distinguish the classification of digital assets, and delineate the regulatory responsibilities of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This article discusses this topic for your quick overview.

At the start of the new year, Morgan Stanley has been unusually active in the crypto space. Not only has it filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to apply for the launch of a spot crypto trust product, but it also plans to launch a digital wallet and support tokenized assets. Compared to other banks such as JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley seems to be quickly "catching up" and jumping on the crypto bandwagon. This article will discuss this further.

On January 8, 2026, the decentralized offline computing protocol Truebit Protocol was attacked, with attackers exploiting a contract vulnerability to profit approximately 8,535 ETH (about $26.44 million). The following is a detailed analysis of this attack by the SlowMist security team.

As capital shifts from casting a wide net to focusing on targeted gains, the market is becoming driven by quality rather than quantity. In the silent reshuffling of 2025, centralized finance (CeFi) returned to the center stage with massive funding, the narrative of Web3 and AI integration steadily progressed, infrastructure and DeFi remained the backbone, while the once-glorious Web3 games faded into obscurity. This article will explore this topic in depth.

In 2025, DeFi established its position as the future direction of financial infrastructure development, marking a key turning point for the development of on-chain asset management. This article starts with the basic concepts of on-chain asset management and its managers to explore how on-chain asset management has grown from a niche demand to a mainstream trend.

In the cryptocurrency space, liquidity reigns supreme, a principle that holds true regardless of the angle from which the industry is analyzed. In its No Action Request filing with the U.S. SEC, the DTCC clearly outlined the technical requirements for key components of tokenized systems. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the tokenization requirements proposed by the DTCC itself, offering a quick overview.

2025 is destined to be a year that crypto investors and practitioners will repeatedly ponder. This year, the market accelerated the concentrated liquidation of financing illusions and narrative bubbles. The illusion of liquidity dissipated, once-proud pioneers fell one after another, and the industry, in the agonizing process of survival, forced every practitioner to re-examine the rules of survival. This article will discuss this for you.

In 2026, the biggest fear in the crypto world won't be regulation or hackers, but quantum computing. Google's "Willow" quantum chip, released on December 9, 2024, went viral, boasting 105 qubits and groundbreaking error correction capabilities, causing countless people to worry: Can Bitcoin's encryption algorithm withstand this? This article will discuss this topic for you; read it quickly.

10 key news stories to watch this week

• ZKsync Announces 2026 Roadmap

• SEC Chairman: Confident the Clarity Act will be submitted to the President for signature this year.

• South Korea plans to lift corporate encryption ban

• The state of Tennessee has ordered Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com to cease offering sports event contracts to residents of the state.

• Russia approves trademark registration for Hadron, the asset tokenization platform of Tether.

• WLFI launches lending marketplace powered by Dolomite

• Standard Chartered Bank plans to launch a cryptocurrency brokerage business to enhance its market competitiveness.

• Ukraine bans prediction market platform Polymarket

• The Democratic Party's political committee in the United States launched the encrypted fundraising platform BlueVault.

• Project Eleven, dedicated to protecting cryptocurrencies from future quantum computing attacks, has raised $20 million in funding.

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