Binance recently launched an ESPORTS trading competition with a total prize pool of $200,000. The leaderboard only tracks users' cumulative buy volume; sell transactions are not counted, thus encouraging participants to hold ESPORTS during the event period. While the trading competition is underway, Yooldo is accelerating the official launch of its first game, "Dungeon Log: Dagger Hit." This game is the first real-world application of the ESPORTS token after its issuance and recently completed its closed beta test, with 500 users participating and an average rating of 4.7 out of 5. According to the official plan, the game will be officially released in March. Compared to the test version, the official version will introduce a more complete growth system and richer gameplay mechanics, with ESPORTS and X402 being incorporated into the core design.

According to GMGN data, Solana Chain's Meme coin, Copperinus, surged over 160 times within a day, briefly pushing its market capitalization above $8 million. It is currently trading at approximately $7.97 million. Odaily reminds users that Meme coin prices are highly volatile, and investors should be aware of the risks.

UpScrolled, an Australian short-form video application, has seen a significant increase in downloads following criticism of TikTok's content moderation practices after its acquisition by Oracle. According to NS3.AI, the app has climbed to the second position in the social media category of the Apple App Store, attracting users with its commitment to non-censorship and a chronological feed. This surge in popularity has temporarily challenged UpScrolled's server capacity, as interest in the app continues to grow, largely fueled by word-of-mouth promotion on social media platforms.

South Korea is set to lift its nine-year prohibition on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) for corporations that fulfill specific criteria. According to NS3.AI, the government plans to mandate companies issuing coins to provide comprehensive project disclosure statements to financial regulators. This move aims to safeguard investors by ensuring transparency. The regulatory adjustments will be part of the forthcoming Digital Asset Basic Act, which will focus on issuer liability and systematic information disclosure rather than seeking approval.

Currently, two key factors are influencing the crypto market: the astonishing surge in gold prices and the uncertain future of the Clarity Act. Both of these factors clearly foreshadow the future direction of cryptocurrencies.

Jeff, the founder of Hyperliquid, posted a comparison of the order book depth of Hyperliquid's BTC contracts with Binance on X, stating that Hyperliquid has become the world's most liquid cryptocurrency price discovery platform.

Vitalik Buterin has shared his insights on the layered understanding of blockchain scalability. According to Odaily, he categorizes the difficulty of scaling blockchain components from easiest to hardest as computation, data, and state. Buterin explains that computation is the easiest to scale, achievable through parallelization, using 'hints' provided by block builders, or replacing extensive computation with proofs like zero-knowledge proofs. Data scaling is moderately difficult, especially when systems require data availability guarantees. However, it can be optimized through data splitting, erasure coding methods like PeerDAS, and supporting 'graceful degradation,' allowing nodes with lower data capacity to still generate blocks of corresponding size. In contrast, state is the most challenging aspect to scale. Buterin notes that even to verify a single transaction, nodes require the complete state. Even if the state is abstracted as a tree with only the root node saved, updating this root still depends on the complete state. Although there are methods to split the state, they often necessitate significant architectural changes and are not universally applicable. Based on these observations, Buterin concludes that if data can replace state without introducing new centralization assumptions, it should be prioritized. Similarly, if computation can replace data without new centralization assumptions, it should be seriously considered.

In his article, Vitalik Buterin elaborated on his layered understanding of blockchain scalability, pointing out that the difficulty of scaling a blockchain, from lowest to highest, is computation, data, and state. Vitalik stated that computation is the easiest to scale, which can be achieved through parallelization, introducing "hints" provided by block builders, or replacing large amounts of computation with proofs using zero-knowledge proofs. Data scaling is of moderate difficulty; if the system requires data availability guarantees, this requirement cannot be avoided, but it can be optimized through data splitting, code erasure (such as PeerDAS), and "graceful degradation," meaning that even when nodes have low data capacity, they can still generate blocks of a corresponding size. In contrast, state is the most difficult part to scale. Vitalik pointed out that to verify even a single transaction, a node needs the complete state; even if the state is abstracted as a tree and only the root node is stored, updating the root still depends on the complete state. Although methods for splitting the state exist, they usually require significant architectural adjustments and are not universal solutions. Based on this, Vitalik concluded that if data can replace state without introducing new centralization, it should be given priority; if computation can replace data without introducing new centralization, it should also be taken seriously.

The U.S. economy may be booming, but inflation data suggests that it could face significant problems if the Federal Reserve does not take further stimulus measures.

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23pds posted on X. A recent discussion highlights the evolving role of Bitcoin in addressing future trust issues, contrasting it with gold's historical role in solving past trust problems. As the world continues to debate the storage of gold, the true future is already operating on the blockchain. Bitcoin is being positioned as the foundational value of the next generation, with a comparison made to betting on gold in 2026 being akin to aligning with the Nationalist Army in 1949.

PANews posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, has expressed concerns that the parabolic rise in gold and silver prices is overshadowing the strengthening fundamentals of cryptocurrencies, particularly Ethereum and Bitcoin. Lee emphasized that financial institutions have clearly identified Ethereum and smart blockchain platforms as the foundation for building future financial infrastructure, as highlighted at the Davos 2026 Forum. He noted that when fundamentals show an upward trend, it is only a matter of time before prices follow suit. source: https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/35628468804722?utm_source=BinanceNewsRSS

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