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The financial industry continues to evolve and develop as always, and will adopt any structure that can narrow the gap between the occurrence of events and the expression of opinions in prices.

In this article, we will examine some individuals, companies, and wallets that have become crypto whales based on on-chain data and their own public statements, and investigate the amount of Bitcoin they hold.

In this article, we will outline the lifecycle of tokenized stocks, analyze the current market landscape, and highlight the emerging business opportunities.

The use of stablecoins is shifting from facilitating low-cost cross-border remittances to supporting general commercial activities and inter-company vendor payments.

The truly outstanding applications will not ask people to "use cryptocurrency," but will provide practical and better solutions to the problems that people already face.

This year, stablecoins are gradually becoming the mainstream method for online and international payments.

LayerZero has released the Zero chain based on Jolt technology, achieving a production-level leap in zero-knowledge proof technology by decoupling transaction execution from validation. Jolt has disrupted the SNARK design paradigm of the past few decades with its "Sum-check Protocol," allowing developers to generate rapid proofs without a background in cryptography.

Today, stablecoins are also facing the same fragmentation issue. The solution may be similar to what Visa did fifty years ago.

Putting aside the innovative narrative, you will find that this is actually a company trying to profit from the same user in more ways.

For decades, the internet has accelerated communication but has failed to establish a neutral system to define ownership or enforce obligations. Economic activities have shifted online, yet there is a lack of corresponding rights, records, and jurisdiction mechanisms. Ethereum fills this gap by embedding these functions into software and enforcing them through a distributed validator set.