10 Most Noteworthy Encryption Innovation Projects in the Current Encryption Ecosystem

At present, the Memecoin carnival is boiling, and the encrypted social platforms are full of Memecoin and fat penguin NFT content. In this context, many important encryption innovations may be overlooked. Although the recent market consolidation provides a window period for in-depth research, this calm is fleeting. This article will focus on the technological breakthroughs and innovative developments of the 10 most noteworthy projects in the current encryption ecosystem.

Ignas originally authored this piece, which was then compiled by Yuliya of PANews. At present, Memecoin carnival is in full swing with encrypted social platforms being flooded with Memecoin and fat penguin NFT content. Many important encryption innovations may be overlooked in this context. Although the recent market consolidation provides a window period for in-depth research, this calm is fleeting. This article will focus on the technological breakthroughs and innovative developments of the 10 most noteworthy projects in the current encryption ecosystem.

1. Avalanche

Avalanche has launched the largest upgrade in history, Avalanche9000, which may completely change the rules of the game for the L1 ecosystem. In the new version, Avalanche completely overturns the operating logic of the traditional subnet model. By significantly reducing the cost of validators (from 2000 AVAX to 1.33 AVAX per month), participation in the ecosystem has been greatly improved.

From the perspective of technical architecture, this upgrade is similar to the concept of Polkadot's parallel chain and Cosmos' sovereign chain. What is more noteworthy is that Avalanche draws on the core design of reducing Layer2 gas fees in Ethereum's EIP-4844 proposal (i.e. Proto-Danksharding technology), making its Layer1 deployment cost comparable to Celestia's Rollup solution, while also having unique advantages in cross-chain interoperability and system stability.

The new version supports Layer1 exclusive validator mechanism, and each Layer1 can flexibly choose consensus modes such as PoS or PoA according to needs. This flexibility not only optimizes the token economic model, but also improves the value capture capability.

To promote ecological prosperity, Avalanche simultaneously launched the Retro9000 incentive plan with a total amount of US$40 million, successfully attracting 700 projects to settle in, covering core tracks such as GameFi and DeFi. Through innovative asset tokenization solutions, Avalanche has successfully opened up the traditional financial market and gained blockbuster projects such as "OffTheGrid" in the gaming field. In the public chain competition landscape dominated by Ethereum and Solana, Avalanche has successfully opened up a unique market space through differentiated positioning.

2. NEAR AI

With continuous product releases and attention from Virtuals and ai16z, Base and Solana have taken the lead in the field of AI agents, while NEAR Protocol is quietly carving out its own innovative path.

NEAR already supports on-chain AI agent functions and plans to launch more tools and features. Its most notable feature is the Chain Abstraction technology, which makes it easier for developers to build cross-chain AI agent systems.

In addition, NEAR Intents introduces a new transaction model that enables cross-chain settlement between AI agents, services, and end users. It is worth mentioning that NEAR’s cooperation with Infinex enables users to trade multiple cryptocurrencies such as BTC and XRP on a decentralized platform.

NEAR.ai, launched by NEAR, is an AI assistant that can connect to other AI agents on behalf of users and perform operations across Web2 and Web3 services. Users need a NEAR wallet to log in and use it. Although NEAR's wallet experience was once unsatisfactory, it has now improved significantly, and the Near Mobile wallet is worth recommending. The functions of this AI assistant are similar to those of the products being developed by Cortex Protocol.

Interestingly, social agents based on NEAR have started hosting SPACE events on X (formerly Twitter). At the same time, NEAR has also launched a research center to explore new AI models and cooperated with Delphi to carry out AI accelerator projects to support builders in this field.

It is worth noting that the privacy computing blockchain project Nillion Network is being built on NEAR to provide privacy protection technology for private LLM training and reasoning of sensitive data. This technology is expected to unleash the full potential of user-autonomous AI.

3. Liquity v2

The price of LQTY tokens has recently increased by 120% in one month, mainly due to the overall positive market trend and the upcoming release of Liquity v2, which is now available on the testnet.

There are some problems with the traditional DeFi lending model:

Even LiquityV1’s fixed-fee model has difficulty adapting to market changes.

Liquity v2 solves these problems by introducing a user-defined interest rate mechanism and launching a new stablecoin, BOLD. Borrowers can set their own interest rates by opening "Troves" - they can choose a lower interest rate to save costs, or set a higher interest rate to avoid being redeemed. Troves with the lowest interest rates will be redeemed first.

The protocol supports up to 90% collateralization rate and 11x leverage, significantly improving the efficiency of fund use. Borrowers can use not only ETH, but also liquid staking tokens (LST) such as wstETH and rETH as collateral to continue to earn staking income while lending BOLD.

BOLD stablecoin is fully backed by ETH and