Binance × $WLFI cooperation, starting from January 23, 2026, and ending on February 20, with a total prize pool worth 40 million USD in WLFI tokens, distributed over 4 weeks.
Summary of core activity rules (based on official announcement) - Participation method: Hold $USD1 on the Binance platform, including:
- Statistical scope: The USD1 balance in all the above places will be counted in your position snapshot. - Bonus mechanism: If you place USD1 in the contract or margin account as collateral, you will receive a 1.2x reward multiplier (equivalent to amplifying your effective position size). - Distribution method: Distributed once a week, for a total of 4 weeks, approximately 10 million USD worth of WLFI each week. - First week's snapshot period: 2026-01-23 00:00 (UTC) to 01-30 00:00 (UTC), distribution time around February 2. - Settlement once a week. - Reward calculation: Proportional sharing (your USD1 position ratio / total position ratio of all participants × prize pool for the week). - Estimated APR: Around 16%.
Due to X disabling the API, Kaito, which is at the forefront, has welcomed its first transformation project on Launchpad: Bitway @BitwayOfficial
Kaito Launchpad, TGE unlocks 50%, FDV is 80M.
Interestingly, Bitway's seed round financing amounted to 4.44M USD (the number is quite special), led by Tron DAO and HTX Ventures. Bitway Earn chose to launch on the BNB Chain, which I think is a very smart decision. Considering the collaboration between Bitway and Binance Wallet Booster, Bitway can be seen as a project that has received multiple resource injections.
The BNB Chain is substantial, and the user base is large; these are almost essential conditions for a yield-generating product.
Bitway transforms a yield strategy originally intended for institutions and PRO players into an on-chain product, making it available to ordinary users.
YZi Labs incubated and invested in Bitway in 2025, with the founding team having experience in on-chain infrastructure and crypto finance. Co-founder @shaneqiu was a core member of early Binance Labs, having managed eco-funds of over a hundred million dollars, and also possesses experience in quantitative asset management and risk control, making him a practical founder with both first-level investment experience and long-term execution in secondary strategy.
Looking back at the previous @APRO_Oracle, which was also incubated and invested by YZi Labs, it ultimately completed the graduation path from Alpha to Spot.
In the past, YZi has followed this path with wealth management projects like Zerobase and Treehouse, which have subsequently graduated smoothly. The selected projects by Binance Wallet Booster serve as a continuous assessment of the execution capability and overall strength of the project parties.
Currently, Bitway has also deeply integrated with Binance Wallet and entered the Booster. The value of the Booster doesn't need much explanation: real wallet traffic, real capital behavior data, and direct entry into the core observation area of the Binance ecosystem. The overall quality of Binance Wallet's Booster projects this year has been quite good.
This time, the 20M USDT quota for the Booster was snapped up in 5 minutes, and Kaito's ICO quickly oversubscribed, with the overall market response being quite positive.
For those who missed out, there's no need to rush; you can still go to app.bitway.com
Deposit USDT to earn BW points; the overall expectations remain fairly clear.
Seeing Solana's 𝕏 Smart Cashtags directly points out @bonk_inu with a vague feeling that it might be a good time to buy some $BONK
@bonkfun has also recently changed its mechanism:
- BONK Classic: Zero creator fees (creator fees = 0%), no CTO authority (cannot take over later), total swap fee is only 0.30%, and most of the fees are directly reinvested into the liquidity pool.
The design is very 'user-friendly', similar to the low fees + strong liquidity model that emerged with meme coins on Raydium in 2024, aiming to attract long-term projects that genuinely want to build communities, making token liquidity more abundant; this model can bring retail/grassroots battles back to a fair competition state.
- BONKERS: Retains creator fees but improves distribution—an additional 0.5% creator fee (total swap fee about 0.8%), fees are settled uniformly in USD1 stablecoin (no more chaotic dual tokens), and the CTO function remains.
On the @AxiomExchange platform, the two types of tokens (Classic vs BONKERS) are distinguished by color, allowing traders to identify them at a glance without needing extra research, which is quite user-friendly.
BONK Inc. (stock code BNKK, related entity in the US stock market) also released news in early January stating that: the BONK.fun platform's revenue exceeded $1.5 million in the first 11 days, with an average of $136,000 per day, which is 36% higher than the internal target.
Overall, I still have a positive outlook on $BONK
When the altcoin season arrives, it should easily double, as the team has been consistently making moves 🫡
The current price is definitely the price before $LIT had not yet started hedging, because the airdrop query and rules have not yet been released. Once officially released, everyone will know the true direction. Those with low costs (real farmers) will not hedge, they will only sell directly. Costs range from 3u to 10u, and those with poor strategies even exceed 10u. This situation is completely different from XPL; XPL's cost is inherently high, and the return ratio cannot be compared to LIT at all. One is about making money while the other is about taking risks. In XPL's hedging, I hedge my principal, while in LIT's hedging with low principal, hedging increases risk. If you only spend 10u or even less to obtain the coin, and now 1 point is worth 70u, for small investors, no matter how you calculate it, it’s a big profit, so there’s no need to hedge and take risks. If you hedge and get wrecked, it will be even more of a loss.
I have completely liquidated my positions in Monad, accumulating losses of over a hundred thousand dollars, but I don't feel sad; rather, I am contemplating the future of the public chain ecosystem through these losses. My last long position in Linea also ended in failure, and this time betting on Monad seems equally 'worrisome'. I must admit that the current market game has essentially evolved into a capital game: projects with capital advantages manipulate the market, driving up prices and shorting or harvesting liquidity using extreme rates. People are no longer obsessed with ideals and long-term visions. Short-term trading only chases emotions, and fundamental analysis and so-called profit models (PE) have been cast aside.
The story of Ru7, an ordinary girl entering the cryptocurrency world
Before entering the cryptocurrency world, I did countless odd jobs in Beijing, taking on numerous part-time positions… On a snowy day, I worked as a student at the COS store in Fangcaodi, earning only 17.5 yuan per hour. On Christmas Eve, at the pop-up store in Blue Harbor, I saw a sky blue handmade cashmere coat priced at 5400 yuan, and I still remember it clearly. I liked it so much, but I simply couldn't afford it. Every time I passed by, I would go in and try it on. The coat fit unbelievably well, as if it were tailor-made for me. So perfect, yet so unattainable. Later, I mustered the courage to message my mom, asking if I could borrow money to buy it, and she replied: “Little kid, you can’t wear such expensive clothes.”
RU7 Perspective | About xStocks and 'On-Chain US Stocks'
Recently, many people have been talking about 'on-chain US stocks', but what has always been truly important is not how to 'move stocks onto the chain'. The real watershed is: whether there is a set of structures that can be accepted by the entire industry and can exist in the long term. Many on-chain US stock solutions have issues in that they remain at the stage of 'the concept is correct', which we refer to as talking big without action. Recently, Kraken acquired BackedFi (xStocks) @xStocksFi, and in my opinion, this is a very clear signal: exchanges are also increasing their investment in on-chain US stocks, which is a very important aspect of RWA-Fi.
The prediction market is stirring with waves, Polymarket and Kalshi are evenly matched
Currently, the major prediction markets @Polymarket @Kalshi @opinionlabsxyz are competing against each other @opinionlabsxyz has already captured a large market share, as seen in the Dune pie chart which accounts for 8.1% Recently, the new dark horse @predictdotfun has a good idea Position interest-generating function provided by Venus, where the assets for opening positions will automatically be stored in the lending platform Is the future of the prediction market going to explore prediction-fi? While betting, the assets being bet on can also be used as collateral for lending, realizing liquidity without needing to sell, thus increasing capital efficiency There is also a protocol experiment on Polymarket, Gondor.fi, which is a DeFi layer protocol specifically built for prediction markets, currently mainly integrated with Polymarket
Stability Coin Market Shakes the World: Will the "Chinese" Power Represented by CZ and Sun Rise Soon?
HTX launches the stability coin BN, which at first glance may not excite people too much, but the more you think about it, the more you realize this is not simple. In my view, this is somewhat like:
1. Strategic Encirclement at an Unusual Time
Currently, the market is sluggish, and exchanges are generally on the defensive. Against this backdrop, Binance's stability coin unusually chooses to debut on HTX, and it follows CZ's meeting with Sun Yuchen in Pakistan. This is by no means a simple new partnership, but rather an active encirclement at a market trough by two Chinese leaders with complete ecosystems and resources.
2. The Essential Evolution from "Trading Tool" to "Funding Channel"
Stablecoins have evolved from being merely a trading medium to becoming an entry point and settlement layer for funds. Whoever controls its usage scenarios controls real liquidity. This cooperation is, in essence, a strong combination of global top liquidity (CZ) and Asian high-frequency application scenarios (Sun Yuchen), aiming to jointly define the funding channel for the next cycle.
3. The Overlooked "Asian Focus" Strategy
HTX has consecutively become the launch platform for Trump-themed assets and new coins from the CZ ecosystem this year, and this choice itself is highly significant. In the current environment of ambiguous U.S. regulation and slow progress in Europe, Asia is the market with the highest real usage density for stablecoins. The new stability coin starting from HTX clearly indicates that its strategic focus is on activating Asian funds rather than continuing the traditional U.S. dollar narrative.
4. Cold Market Layout, Aiming for the Long Term
This is not a short-term emotional catalyst. The deeper logic lies in: building the underlying structure in advance when the market is coldest. The choice of these two key figures to stand on the same front at this moment is itself a strong signal worth repeated interpretation—it may indicate that Chinese capital will compete in the next cycle with a more consolidated posture for the most core assets in the cryptocurrency world: the liquidity and pricing power of stablecoins.
It turns out that fartcoin and spx6900 appear, and someone becomes rich Then trump appears, and someone holds onto a single coin a9 Then hype appears, and someone makes a fortune Then xpl appears, and someone doubles their large investment, getting $10,000 in value from a $1 interaction Then aster appears, and someone makes 20 times Then Binance life appears, and someone makes a few million dollars Then zec appears, and someone gets 10 times from the bottom
Every time you feel hopeless It turns out that a surprising opportunity for a hundred, thousand, or even ten thousand times will appear
Looking on the bright side, money never sleeps, opportunities are endless
Bear market calls it dead, bull market calls it a peak.
I published about 150 tweets in total (active output throughout the year, covering trading insights, market analysis, conference experiences, and life sharing)
The most discussed topics were trading strategies, meme opportunities, and AI applications
The annual keyword is Alpha (from Alpha master to constantly searching for on-chain Alpha, this is my main theme 👐)
What I like to emphasize the most is to stay optimistic, money never sleeps (bear markets shout death, bull markets shout the top, but opportunities are always there; even in despair, new hundred-fold opportunities always emerge)
The project I focused on the most this year was Aster, mentioned over 30 times (from early heavy positions to deep ecological participation, Aster is not just a trading tool, but the king of BNB chain perp)
The biggest highlights were three things: 1. Successfully bottomed out and heavily invested in tokens like Hype/Aster/XPL, achieving a leap in capital scale 2. Attended multiple conferences (Dubai Binance Blockchain Week, Solana Breakpoint, Token2049, etc.), met big players, expanded knowledge, and tasted countless Alpha on-site 3. Persisted in sharing trading reviews and small essays on cognitive improvement, helping many friends "find direction" in the bear market, while also going all in on crypto from traditional finance, completing a life transformation
Overall, I can earn the annual title of "Alpha Master" 💎🚀
(Although 2025 has its corrections and winter, staying at the table, getting close to the strong, and continuously evolving is the biggest victory. 2026, keep the momentum going!)