Weekly Recommended Reading: 21,000-word research report on the InfoFi sector; Moltbook's reflections; Euclid Protocol, an interoperability liquidity consensus layer, completes a $3.5 million seed round and seed round extension funding.

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This research report, authored by Clare Yang, a researcher at Web3Caff Research, systematically reviews InfoFi as a novel information organization and feedback mechanism. It focuses on the differences in mechanism design, incentive methods, and applicable scenarios among various InfoFi paths in the context of continuously expanding information scale and increasing decision-making complexity. Key points include:

① Background changes: Information overload intensifies, judgment costs rise, and the market begins to focus on the identification mechanism of effective signals;

② Structural breakdown: Functional differences in different areas such as information prediction, attention and signal market, and data market;

③ Path Comparison: Structural differentiation among different projects in terms of participation methods, feedback mechanisms, and sustainability;

④ Phase Observation: InfoFi is gradually moving from conceptual exploration to the testing phase of mechanism effectiveness and real-world adaptability.

Between 2024 and 2025, we witnessed traditional financial and payment giants making an unprecedented foray into the crypto space. They weren't just testing the waters; they were investing billions of dollars in acquisitions and aggressively pushing forward with crypto infrastructure development. This article will provide a quick overview.

AI is forming the soul of silicon-based civilization, while Web3 is constructing its constitution. When these two converge, carbon-based life will no longer face a superficial crisis like "unemployment," but rather the ultimate question of how, as a species, it can obtain "survival materials" and "meaning of existence" within the silicon-based order. This article will discuss this topic for you.

On February 2, 2026, the White House held a meeting regarding the issue of returns on payment-type stablecoins, with banks taking a hard line. According to the GENIUS Act passed in 2025, issuers of payment-type stablecoins are prohibited from directly paying interest to users. However, banks pointed out that third-party platforms might circumvent the regulations and offer returns to users, a potential loophole that has raised serious concerns within the banking industry. This article from Bibi News will discuss this issue further.

Looking back from the beginning of 2026, 2025 was a year that reshaped the crypto world—Bitcoin reached new highs, key projects were launched, and the market steadily rose rationally. Even more profound changes came from the maturation of global regulation: stablecoins, permissioned trading, and anti-money laundering rules were clearly implemented in many countries, injecting much-needed certainty into the industry. This article discusses these issues; a quick overview is available.

Recently, according to an article on Sina Finance, a financial blogger with millions of followers was investigated for sharing investment tips. Faced with penetrating regulatory oversight, the charge of "operating a financial business without a license" has been definitively proven. Perhaps some Web3 bloggers are still thinking, "I can promote overseas exchanges and post encrypted links; can't the domestic authorities regulate that?" This article will discuss this issue for you; read it quickly.

Bitcoin is facing its first real existential threat, not from government bans or market crashes, but from quantum computing. The 1.1 million Bitcoins stored in Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet are currently exposed to outdated encryption keys that are highly vulnerable to quantum attacks. This article provides an in-depth look at this issue, or you can quickly read it.

On December 24, 2025, the Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission jointly published a consultation conclusion on legislative proposals to regulate virtual asset trading and custody services. They also discussed the establishment of a separate licensing system for service providers offering advice on virtual assets and virtual asset management service providers. This article provides a quick overview of these proposals.

As cryptocurrencies rapidly integrate into the mainstream of US finance, Wall Street giants have finally realized the threat this sector poses. While banking institutions have adopted some applications of cryptocurrencies, they have drawn clear red lines when cryptocurrencies infringe upon their core business of personal deposits. This article discusses these points in a quick overview.

Looking back from the beginning of 2026, 2025 was a year that reshaped the crypto world—Bitcoin reached new highs, key projects were launched, and the market steadily rose rationally. Even more profound changes came from the maturation of global regulation: stablecoins, permissioned trading, and anti-money laundering rules were clearly implemented in many countries, injecting much-needed certainty into the industry. This article discusses these issues; a quick overview is available.

10 key news stories to watch this week

• Brazil's bill banning algorithmic stablecoins like Ethena's USDe has been passed by the committee.

• Zama releases its 2026 roadmap

• The L1 blockchain project Incentiv's public mainnet will be launched.

• Stable version 1.2.0 is now available.

• Ethereum's privacy-focused EVM L2 network, Payy, is officially launched.

• Ethereum Foundation launches research funding program

• Eight companies, including Securitize, have warned that the EU may lag behind the US in terms of tokenization rules.

• Step Finance hacked

• Pieverse partners with U to support AI-assisted payments using the U stablecoin.

• Euclid Protocol, an interoperable liquidity consensus layer, has completed a $3.5 million seed round and seed extension funding round.

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