In mid-December 2020, after Bitcoin broke through the 2017 high in one fell swoop, the prelude to this round of bull market officially kicked off, and Bitcoin embarked on a large wave of sharp gains with little correction. Under the leadership of Bitcoin, Ethereum has gradually risen, reaching a maximum of more than $1,200. Breaking the peak of $1,400 in 2017 should be just around the corner.
In the market, digital currency has become a hot topic for everyone. Under the creation of various atmospheres, owning Bitcoin is equivalent to owning wealth, and Bitcoin holders have become the object of everyone's look up.
As investors who have been immersed in the currency circle for a long time, we must be extra calm and vigilant about this. Don't be affected by the emotions in the market, and become obsessed with Bitcoin and Ethereum.
I have repeatedly emphasized that in digital currency investment, making profits from Bitcoin and Ethereum does not require too much energy for us, nor does it require too many skills, that is, honestly hoarding coins, so we The goal should never be limited to Bitcoin and Ethereum, but should look at the vast starry sky and find the next shining galaxy.
From the official launch of Bitcoin in January 2009 to the present, looking back on the development of digital currencies over the years, I think there are three application scenarios that have been proven by the market and have been cruelly tested:
The first is the first-generation digital currency with only transfer functions, led by Bitcoin. Typical examples of this category include Bitcoin, Litecoin, and privacy currencies. This type of digital currency has developed to the present, and most of it has been separated from the transfer payment scenario in the consensus of people, and has become a symbol of value storage. Among them, Bitcoin is the king.
The second is the second-generation digital currency that supports Turing's complete smart contract led by Ethereum. Many similar currencies have emerged in this type of digital currency, but most of them have disappeared during the ups and downs of the market in these years, and have become historical sands. In my opinion, the only probability that they can withstand the market test and survive. One: Ethereum.
The third is the rise of the entire DeFi scene caused by the issuance of Compound currency in June last year. The rise of this scenario at first seemed to be triggered by the speculative demand for liquidity mining, so it did not attract much attention.
But in fact, since June last year, after more than half a year of development, we can say without a doubt that DeFi is the third application scenario that has been proven and tested by the market after Ethereum. Because the various applications born in DeFi are not just all kinds of mining on the surface, but in essence, they have hit the various pain points in the current blockchain applications. More importantly, many of these applications have actually produced real money and silver.
In August last year alone, Uniswap, the leading decentralized exchange, had an estimated annual profit of US$139 million, Compound's annual profit was estimated at US$54.1 million, and Balancer's annual profit was estimated at US$48.8 million.
Now this data is probably even more alarming.
It is not an exaggeration to say that, in addition to mining machine mining and centralized exchanges in all areas of the current blockchain, I am afraid that there is no second area whose profit model and revenue are as clear as DeFi.
What is more noteworthy is that the current development of DeFi is still at a fairly early stage. It has only been half a year from June last year to the present, and it has only been more than one year since 2019, when the DeFi concept was proposed. On this time scale, we can recall the development history of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and we can find that even if we have a full budget, DeFi as a whole rising field, they are now at a stage equivalent to Bitcoin in 2010 and 2016. Ethereum.
And apart from DeFi, so far, can we see other areas that have the market size and development space of DeFi?
Therefore, DeFi is the next blue ocean market we want to explore.
The first and second types of application scenarios I listed above are already famous. How to tell their stories has moved from inside the circle to outside the circle, especially in the hands of institutional investors in Europe and the United States. It has little to do with us. .
The focus of our vision and imagination is DeFi.
Therefore, the judgment of the future development of DeFi is not only related to whether we can obtain benefits other than Bitcoin and Ethereum in this round of bull market, but also related to our bear market after this round of bull market and even more long-term market. How to layout.
