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Most analysts struggle to see the difference between @graphprotocol and @POKTnetwork, since they both deal with data access. Here's how to use the Fundamentals framework to compare their similarities and differences. ethereum:0xc944e90c64b2c07662a292be6244bdf05cda44a7 $POKT

Privacy tokens had seen a resurgence in the last twelve months. But what does privacy token even mean? Now that the mania has passed, here's how to analyze these assets beyond the narrative. We looked at three "privacy tokens" to break down their similarities and differences.

New Token: cosmos:native ATOM set the precedent in the Cosmos ecosystem for how its network tokens are designed. Understanding ATOM’s set of token functionalities provides a benchmark for the other tokens in the interchain. ✅ Right to participate in Cosmos Hub block production: bonded ATOM is required to join the active validator set; stake determines eligibility and voting power ✅ Staked ATOM is a performance bond: slashable on double-signing and downtime. ✅ Right to vote on Cosmos Hub governance: economic parameters, community pool allocation, protocol upgrades, and validator set changes are all ATOM-gated ✅ With Replicated Security live, bonded ATOM validators also secure consumer chains. The ownership that runs the Hub extends its cryptoeconomic reach outward. But… 🧑‍⚖️ Cosmos ecosystem growth doesn't automatically accrue to ATOM unless it rents security from the Cosmos Hub.

New token: solana:hntyVP6YFm1Hg25TN9WGLqM12b8TQmcknKrdu1oxWux ✅ Real-world value creation via wireless infrastructure (hotspots providing coverage + data transfer) ✅ Transparent usage measured via Data Credits spend ✅ Data Credits acquired by irreversibly burning HNT ✅ Emissions paid to the operators who make that usage possible Infrastructure usage creates value, burns capture it, emissions redistribute it.

2025 taught us that systems need to generate value. Then it taught us that value needs to go somewhere the token can actually capture it. But should systems really be shoveling their runway into non-descript treasuries?

New Token: HYPE ✅No off-chain matching engine. No privileged operator controlling fee routing. ✅Every order, match, liquidation, and settlement is an on-chain state transition. ✅One of the most profitable businesses. ✅Driving value back to its holders. 🧵

Especially important to consider given all the happenings regarding the Security Council's $71M ETH freeze linked to the rsETH hack. Interestingly, those funds are now in a wallet controlled by the ARB DAO, such is the ebbs and flows of control across the various stakeholders.

@goodalexander banger

Ukraine is basically Anduril but in prod

Breakage in DeFi is part of how we get the antifragile system we want. A lot of steps backwards to go forward.

@aadvark89 Too much airdrop.

DeFi down so bad that chains have achieved negative TVL

New token: JTO @jito_sol is simultaneously: ✅ A block engine (MEV infrastructure) ✅ A liquid staking protocol (jitoSOL) ✅ A restaking engine (NCNs) ✅ A DAO controlling billions in fee flows So what sector is it?

Most people benchmark Bitcoin against Ethereum, Solana, and Cardano. This peer group is incomplete, which leads to poor comparative analysis. Those systems are primarily blockspace businesses. Developers and applications are the core buyer, purchasing execution capacity. Monetary demand is incidental. Bitcoin produces blockspace too. But that's the secondary service.

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@MikeIppolito_ agree. Even with a lot growth pains as we go from primarily changing people's net worth to changing the world.

I have never been more excited to work in crypto

Once I become a father I will write none stop.

Sector labels in crypto mostly describe how a system is talked about, not what it sells. That's a problem. Because sector sets your peer group. Peer group sets your benchmarks. Benchmarks set your valuations. The error compounds. This is how Fundamentals approaches sectors 🧵

A token can be staked, burned, locked, and used as collateral, and still confer no genuine claim on the value the system produces. The gap between how tokens are described and what they actually do is wider than most investors appreciate.

@robertburkhart Great initiative Robert.

This is 100% factual. What’s best for the industry is what’s best for Blockworks. We’re here to work on it together as an open source standard. Rising tide lifts all ship 🚢

@Arvolear @JustCryptoecon is setting the foundation for how we talk about tokens.

Is there anything exciting left in crypto?

@Angeliki_BTC Best kept secret.

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