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- Crypto on XCrypto & its ecosystems
Meet crypto investigators, protocol builders, artists and market writers. Choose a topic or ecosystem and open a useful piece of original work.
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A few reading routes across Crypto and AI. Explore the full topic index to find your next question.
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Crypto reading listCrypto security & investigations
Meet the people who trace crypto thefts, explain contract failures and teach personal security, with a specific investigation, article or talk to open first.
10 selected people.
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Crypto reading listCrypto developers & researchers
Read the people designing blockchain protocols, cryptography and apps. Start with an explanation, workshop or paper chosen for each person.
10 selected people.
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Crypto reading listCrypto memes & culture
Meet artists, community voices and market commentators behind crypto memes. Explore their work and understand the interests behind a memecoin thesis.
10 selected people.
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AI reading listVibe coding & coding agents
Meet people building with LLMs: product demos, coding-agent workflows and practical ways to understand and check generated code.
10 selected people.
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AI reading listLLM research & explanations
Find LLM researchers through their original work: Transformer explanations, training recipes, model systems, reasoning and evaluation. Choose a useful first read.
12 selected people.
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AI reading listAI agents & automation
Find people building and studying AI agents: tool use, workflow architecture, persistent state and controls over actions. Open a specific original material first.
7 selected people.
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Read an X post linkFollow the transaction record
Choose the network named by the source and build the matching explorer link.
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Check a numberChoose an ecosystem or platform
These are places within Crypto. A network hosts apps and communities; Fomo is a social trading platform with lists for different networks.
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AI agent platform
IMD
IdentityMD connects customers with AI agents for code, websites and research.
2 reviewed people.
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Layer-one network
Monad
Monad is a layer-one blockchain that runs Ethereum smart contracts with parallel execution.
2 reviewed people.
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Ethereum layer 2
Starknet
Starknet is an Ethereum layer 2 that uses validity proofs and Cairo smart contracts.
2 reviewed people.
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Layer-one network
Ethereum
Ethereum is a smart-contract network with ETH as its native asset.
3 reviewed people.
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Ethereum layer 2
Arbitrum One
Arbitrum One is an Ethereum layer 2 for smart-contract applications.
4 reviewed people.
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Networks and development tools
ZKsync
ZKsync brings together networks and the ZK Stack tools used to build them.
1 reviewed people.
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Ethereum layer 2
RISE
RISE is an Ethereum layer 2 that runs EVM smart contracts.
1 reviewed people.
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Layer-one network
TxFlow
TxFlow is a layer-one blockchain for trading applications.
1 reviewed people.
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Ethereum layer 2
Ink
Ink is an Ethereum layer 2 built on the OP Stack.
1 reviewed people.
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Network
Hyperliquid
Hyperliquid is a layer-one blockchain with onchain trading in HyperCore and applications in HyperEVM. Read protocol updates, builder integrations and market research.
4 reviewed people.
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Network
Solana
Solana is a layer-one blockchain for applications, payments and digital assets. Read network updates, builders and ecosystem reporting.
4 reviewed people.
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Stablecoin and payments platform
Circle
Circle issues USDC and EURC and builds payment infrastructure. Follow its products, leadership and the Circle-built Arc network.
8 reviewed people.
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Crosschain messaging platform
LayerZero
LayerZero connects applications and tokens across blockchains through messaging. Explore its protocol, Stargate transfers and ZRO governance.
7 reviewed people.
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Crypto finance platform
ether.fi
ether.fi offers ETH liquid staking, managed vaults and a crypto account with the Cash card.
6 reviewed people.
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Web data network
Grass
Grass connects people sharing internet bandwidth with a network that supplies public web data for AI.
3 reviewed people.
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Private payments network
Monero
Monero is a proof-of-work network for private payments in XMR, developed by an open community.
4 reviewed people.
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Decentralized trading platform
Lighter
Lighter provides trading markets using a custom Ethereum rollup with verifiable order matching and liquidations.
4 reviewed people.
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Privacy-focused blockchain
Zcash
Zcash is a blockchain for private payments. Its shielded transactions use zero-knowledge proofs, and ZEC is its native asset.
2 reviewed people.
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Synthetic dollar protocol
Ethena
Ethena issues USDe and provides the sUSDe savings vault. ENA holders participate in protocol governance.
6 reviewed people.
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Private AI platform
Venice
Venice provides AI chat and an API for text, images, video and audio. Its VVV and DIEM tokens connect staking with access to inference.
2 reviewed people.
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Ethereum Layer 2
Linea
Linea is an Ethereum Layer 2 network using zero-knowledge proofs to verify EVM transactions.
5 reviewed people.
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Zero-knowledge proof platform
Succinct
Succinct builds zero-knowledge proof infrastructure, including the SP1 virtual machine and a decentralized prover network.
8 reviewed people.
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Event and derivatives exchange
Kalshi
Kalshi is an exchange for event contracts and perpetual futures. Its prediction markets trade outcomes, while perpetuals follow asset prices.
4 reviewed people.
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Ethereum sidechain
Polygon
Polygon PoS is an Ethereum-connected sidechain used for payments and applications. It sits within a wider Polygon ecosystem of chain and payment tools.
4 reviewed people.
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Blockchain
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is an open monetary network secured by proof of work. BTC payments, wallets, mining and open-source node software form its ecosystem.
4 reviewed people.
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Lending platform
Aave
Aave is an onchain lending protocol where users supply assets and borrow against collateral. Its ecosystem includes market interfaces, governance and GHO.
3 reviewed people.
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Lending platform
Morpho
Morpho is an onchain lending platform with isolated credit markets, curated vaults and fixed-rate markets.
5 reviewed people.
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Trading and liquidity platform
Uniswap
Uniswap is a decentralized trading protocol with swap interfaces, liquidity pools and a developer ecosystem around hooks.
4 reviewed people.
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Liquidity platform
Meteora
Meteora is a liquidity platform on Solana, with DLMM and DAMM pools and infrastructure for token launches.
3 reviewed people.
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Token launch platform
Pons
Pons is a platform for launching and trading tokens on Robinhood Chain, including launches paired with stock tokens.
3 reviewed people.
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Token launch platform
Flap
Flap is a platform for launching tokens on EVM networks, with configurable token taxes, vaults and tools for creators.
1 reviewed people.
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Network
Bittensor
Bittensor connects a blockchain with independent subnets producing machine intelligence and other digital commodities.
4 reviewed people.
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Agent platform
Bankr
Bankr is a platform for AI agents, conversational trading, token launches and developer integrations.
2 reviewed people.
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Agent platform
Virtuals
Virtuals is a platform for creating AI agents, tokenizing projects and connecting agents through commerce.
3 reviewed people.
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Token launch platform
Pump.fun
Pump.fun is a platform for launching and trading tokens on Solana.
2 reviewed people.
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Prediction market
Polymarket
Polymarket is a platform for trading outcomes of real-world events, where market prices express implied probabilities.
4 reviewed people.
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Network
Sui
Sui is a Layer 1 blockchain using Move, with an ecosystem of applications, DeFi and developer infrastructure.
6 reviewed people.
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Network
BNB Smart Chain
BNB Smart Chain is the EVM-compatible network in BNB Chain, used for trading, payments and applications.
7 reviewed people.
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Network
TRON
TRON is a blockchain used for stablecoin transfers, wallets and DeFi applications.
7 reviewed people.
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Trading platform
Jupiter
Jupiter is a trading platform on Solana, with swaps, perpetual markets and products for traders and developers.
9 reviewed people.
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Network
Robinhood Chain
An Ethereum Layer 2 built by Robinhood for financial apps and tokenized assets.
40 reviewed people.
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Network
Base
An Ethereum Layer 2 built by Coinbase for apps, payments and onchain markets.
15 reviewed people.
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Network
Arc
Circle's blockchain for stablecoin payments and financial apps.
10 reviewed people.
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Network
GRAM
GRAM, formerly Toncoin, is the native coin of The Open Network (TON), used for payments and Telegram collectibles.
7 reviewed people.
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Network
NEAR
NEAR Protocol is a blockchain whose ecosystem covers apps, cross-chain transactions and AI agents.
7 reviewed people.
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Trading platformFomo
A trading app with a social feed for discovering people and tokens. Explore its people by network: Solana, Base and Robinhood.
30 reviewed people.
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