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1.Crypto Market Maintains Sideways Movement, Major Chinese Meme Tokens Stabilize After Pullback
2.XMR Hits All-Time High, Surges to $565
4.Fed Chair Powell Faces Criminal Investigation
5.Elrond to Allow Customers to Directly Use Gemini for Shopping
Articles & Threads
1.《40 Years After Sanctions, How Iran Rebuilds Financial Channels Through Crypto》
In Iran, cryptocurrency has evolved from just a technical choice to being integrated into the country's toolkit for sanction evasion and geopolitical maneuvering at a national level. As this system intertwines with a broader alternative financial network, its impact has transcended Iran itself, pointing to profound changes in sanctions mechanisms, the global financial order, and the evolving security landscape.
2.《Zcash Core Team Exodus and the Drama of the Crypto Community's OpenAI》
From a broader perspective, the controversy surrounding Zcash once again highlights a recurring industry theme: as crypto projects enter the "scaling and adoption" phase, conflicts between non-profit foundations and for-profit teams often shift from ideological battles to trade-offs between efficiency and risk management. Zcash may just be the latest case study.
Market Data
Daily Market Overall Funding Heatmap (as reflected by Funding Rate) and Token Unlocks
Data Source: Coinglass, TokenUnlocks
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