Compared to S2's initial debut, S1 has already delivered impressive results: some have secured tens of millions in funding, some have issued their own tokens, and some have already achieved profitability.
Based on data from @xhunt_ai, here's a quick overview of the latest major developments of these 15 projects.
Don't just watch the excitement, the opportunity might be right here. AI Infrastructure and Data 1. APRO @APRO_Oracle Project Introduction: APRO is an AI-native oracle that provides verifiable, multi-source data for the DeFi, RWA, and AI ecosystems. Founding Team: LEO (Co-Founder & CEO) @leokeeplearning, Yuxin Zhu @yuxin_pig, Simon Shieh Official Twitter Ranking: XHunt 8,790 Similar Projects: Chainlink, Pyth Network Major Developments: - The token $AT has been listed on Binance Spot, currently with a market capitalization of $28 million and an FDV of $122 million. It's considered one of the leading projects in Season 1.
- Aster DEX event achieved $1.3 billion in trading volume and 18,000 holders; launched on Arbitrum supporting $300 million + RWA
- Completed a $3 million seed round of financing, with investors including Polychain, Franklin Templeton, ABCDE Capital, etc.
2. Hubble AI @MeetHubble
Project Introduction: Hubble, as an intelligent agent trading infrastructure, is the "Trading View" in the intelligent agent field. It is building a collaborative layer for intelligent finance, integrating data, identity, and payment functions to achieve native interoperability of financial intelligent agents on the chain. Combined with an open multi-agent large language model trading framework and an intelligent agent market based on the ERC-8004 + x402 protocol, it achieves seamless interaction, trading, and collaboration between data, models, and intelligent agents.
Founding Team: Leon Liu @Leoninweb3 Cofounder & CEO, Wall Street hedge fund investor, Web3 KOL (XHunt Global Influence Ranking 1089), formerly worked at Millennium and Point72; Amy: Cofounder & COO, Global Head of Fintech Marketing and Partnerships, Operations and GTM expert, formerly worked at SBI Holdings. Official Twitter ranking for XHunt: 58,555. Similar projects include Nansen, Dune Analytics, and Allium. Significant achievements include winning awards such as Top 10 Finalist at ETHGlobal Buenos Aires 2025, Finalist at Akindo DevConnect, and Best Data Value Award at the Trustless Agents (ERC-8004) Casual Hackathon (LXDAO & ETHPanda). 3. OptimAI @OptimaiNetwork Project Introduction: OptimAI has built a Web3 data layer and agent AI system that allows users to create personalized "digital twins" to perform tasks such as social content generation. Official Twitter ranking for XHunt: 183,204. Similar projects: Personal.ai. Major progress: Nearly 800,000 nodes installed, covering 179 countries; 6,000+ core nodes online; early data shows 734,000 nodes and 30,000 active AI agent users. 4. Robata @robataai. Project introduction: Robata is creating a decentralized data network for embodied intelligence, leveraging low-cost capture hardware and AI validation to deliver structured training datasets at scale. It has collected 1.6 million data samples, targeting the $70 billion robotics data market. Founding team: A team of Tsinghua University alumni. Similar projects: Hivemapper, Sapien Major progress: Early stage, 1.6 million data samples collected. RWA & DePIN 1. StableStock @StableStock Project introduction: StableStock is a crypto-friendly neobroker that brings public stock liquidity on-chain. It was the first to implement stablecoin stock access on StableBroker, reaching $1.8 million in TVL stock accumulation shortly after launch, and recently surpassing $2 million in weekly trading volume. Founding team: Zixi (CEO) @ZixiStablestock: Former Head of Crypto Investment at Matrix Partners China. Zac (COO): Former head of overseas business at Baidu and Rong360. Evie (CMO) @0xEvieYang: Former member of OKX Wallet, founder of JE Labs. XHunt official Twitter ranking: 13,478. Similar projects: Ondo, Xstock, Dinari. Major developments: Launched StableVault and StableLeverage products; weekly spot trading volume has exceeded $3 million, setting a new record. Strategic round of financing is expected to be completed soon. 2. Paimon Finance @Paimon_Finance Project Introduction: Paimon has built a marketplace connecting private equity and Web3, allowing investors to access tokenized pre-IPO assets such as SpaceX, Stripe, and ByteDance. Founding Team: Guyan Liu @gl2361, an alumnus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Columbia University, formerly worked at UBS and Invus. Official Twitter Ranking on XHunt: 52,284 Similar Projects: Backed Finance, Swarm Markets Major Achievements: Achieved $2 million TVL and $1.5 million in trading volume in its first month without any marketing investment. 3. RecycleFarm @ReFarm_DePIN Project Introduction: RecycleFarm is building a DePIN-based digital MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification) system to bring transparency to the carbon credit market. Founding Team: Founded by PhDs in Biomedical Engineering from Harvard/MIT. Similar Projects: Boomitra, DIMO Toucan Protocol Key Achievements: Actively participating in BBW events and showcasing results at Demo Day.
1. Bitway @BitwayOfficial
Project Introduction: Bitway (formerly Side Protocol) is building a decentralized on-chain capital market. Its core products include an institutional-grade Bitcoin application public chain, native Bitcoin lending, and on-chain asset management protocols.
Founding Team: Shane Qiu (Co-Founder) @shaneqiu: Former researcher at Binance Labs.
Dave Hrycyszyn (CTO): Former co-founder and CTO of Nym, co-founder of Chainspace.
Official Twitter ranking of XHunt: 14,242
Similar projects: Liquid Network, Ethena, Ledn
Major developments: Bitway Chain and Bitway Finance public beta launched; Bitway Earn (BSC asset management protocol, providing institutional-grade trading strategy returns) is coming soon)
2. Modus @Modus_Finance
Project introduction: Modus is an on-chain prime brokerage protocol built on Monad, combining lending, Delta-neutral vaults, and sealed bid liquidation auctions. It aims to reduce the risk of early token investment through principal protection while bringing potential returns to investors.
The core team comprises seasoned members from PancakeSwap, LayerZero, Protocol Labs, Google, TikTok, and JPMorgan Chase in the DeFi field. Founding Team: @chefbabyonbaby possesses a strong technical background and extensive network resources in DeFi and institutional trading. Official Twitter XHunt Ranking: 111,916. Similar Projects: Oxygen, Prime Protocol. Major Development: The product teaser may be launched soon. AI Applications 1. AMMO @Ammo_AI Project Introduction: AMMO builds AI-native assistants for online communities. Its first product, Superintern, is a Discord Agent for managing data, engagement, and reporting. Founding Team: David Huang @david_hexa, former senior Google employee with over ten years of experience. Diego Hong: Oxford University alumnus, former Head of Consumer AI Applications at Meta.
Official Twitter ranking of XHunt: 78,081
Similar projects: http://Fetch.ai, SingularityNET, MyShell
Major developments: Launch of Mode Marketplace, all top Modes are publicly available; Super Hackathon announced to be held in London.
2. Lumi @lumi_systems
Project introduction: Lumi, developed by Reach Industries, is the world's first visual AI co-pilot for scientific automation. It has partnered with pharmaceutical giants such as AstraZeneca and Pfizer, aiming to reduce human error in scientific research and development through AI, addressing $25 billion in losses annually.
Founding Team: Silas Adekunle (CEO/Co-founder) @silas_adekunle: Renowned robotics engineer and former founder of Reach Robotics. Major Progress: The company is currently in a phase of rapid product iteration and market promotion; it is making steady progress in the field of AI automation in the laboratory, having moved from proof of concept to practical implementation and customer adoption. 3. Freebeat.AI @freebeat_ai Project Introduction: Freebeat.AI uses music as natural cue words to automatically generate videos, significantly reducing production costs and time. It has now expanded to over 100 countries and is developing a dedicated "video agent" for music and advertising, with plans to expand to a general-purpose creator economy video agent. Founding Team: Team members come from renowned institutions such as Stanford, Morgan Stanley, Baidu, Tencent, and Snap. Similar Projects: Sora (OpenAI), Runway, Pika Labs. Major Developments: Appointed Japanese artist tatsuya-A as an Ammy ambassador; Deep integration with tools such as PixVerse. 4. Video Tutor @VideoTutor_io Project Introduction: Video Tutor is an AI-driven platform that provides text-to-video tutorials, allowing students to receive personalized tutoring at affordable prices. Founding Team: Led by 20-year-old founder Kai Zhao, the team comes from Google and Stanford. Official Twitter ranking for XHunt: 142,844. Similar projects: Khanmigo, Duolingo. Major developments: Deep collaboration with MiniMax, introducing its latest speech model, MiniMax-Speech-02: Attracted over 40,000 users in 5 months since launch; over 1,000 global educational institutions and learning platforms have submitted API integration requests; announced a $11 million seed funding round. 5. Byte AI @Byte__AI Project introduction: Byte AI is a web-based food delivery agent that allows users to pay with cryptocurrency while handling fiat currency conversions for merchants. Official Twitter ranking for XHunt: 42,580. Similar projects: Blackbird. Major developments: The $BYTE token has been issued based on Virtual, with a current market capitalization of $1.2M; the concept of a "home mini-box" has been proposed. 6. ComplyGen @ComplyGen Project introduction: ComplyGen uses AI to automate compliance work in digital assets and fintech, including reviewing marketing content and streamlining KYC/KYB processes. It addresses the pain point of billions of dollars in regulatory fines by providing region-specific compliant content. Similar projects: Chainalysis, Elliptic, Notabene. Major developments: The official Twitter account is not very active; there have been no new posts in recent months, nor any public updates on core product launches, funding, or technological breakthroughs. In conclusion: After reviewing these 15 projects in EASY S1, the biggest takeaway is: time is the best test. Although everyone has impressive backgrounds: top universities, prestigious company experience, and leading VCs are commonplace. In a short period of time, significant differences have emerged: Some, backed by @yzi_labs, have already listed on Binance Spot, such as @APRO_Oracle; some have secured millions in funding, such as @VideoTutor_io; some have made significant progress, such as @StableStock nearing its strategic round and @MeetHubble becoming a Top 10 Finalist at ETHGlobal Buenos Aires 2025; and others face challenges. The road to entrepreneurship is fraught with peril; even with resources and prestige, one is not guaranteed a safe haven. The best time to plant a tree was ten years ago; the second best time is now. The fruit of S1 is ripening, and the seeds of S2 are just sprouting. We will continue to follow every step of these builders' work.
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DavinThe Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has proposed a rule under the USA Patriot Act, designating cryptocurrency "mixing" transactions as a primary money laundering concern.
BrianOneCoin's ex-compliance chief pleads guilty to fraud, potentially 10 years in prison, amidst broader legal actions against the scheme.
Hui XinEthereum-based altcoin Tellor has taken the spotlight with a remarkable surge, soaring over 1,000% in just three months and reaching an impressive $131.
JasperThe inaugural STO, led by Grinnodot, the parent company of Sunnyfounder, introduces the loosely translated "Sunshine Green Benefit Debt STO."
DavinMuesliSwap, the Cardano-based decentralized exchange, faces growing discontent among users over prolonged delays in launching the refund claim site.
AaronBitdeer Technologies Group, a Singapore-based crypto mining platform, has marked a significant milestone by becoming the preferred cloud service provider (CSP) in the Nvidia partner network. This strategic move places Bitdeer at the forefront of AI development in Asia, providing customers access to the cutting-edge NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD with DGX H100 systems through its upcoming Bitdeer AI Cloud.
JoyMicrosoft briefly restricted ChatGPT access due to a security glitch, swiftly rectifying the incident and highlighting the complex AI landscape and global efforts to address evolving risks.
Hui XinMoisés Zamora, the creative force behind Netflix's "Selena: The Series," is steering away from the conventional avenues of Hollywood, embracing a groundbreaking move into the world of NFTs.
JasperAsset management giant BlackRock is set to venture into the Ethereum landscape with plans for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on the cryptocurrency.
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