BlockBeats Recommended Reading｜What are the authors in the editorial department watching this week?

When the market is down, we bid farewell to impetuous stories and return to the content itself. The guys from BlockBeats will start from this issue, recommend the best articles in their hearts to readers, and give the reasons for the recommendation. Readers can also join the BlockBeats community and Discord to communicate and discuss together. This recommendation is only for exchange and learning, and does not make any investment advice. If you also have good articles to recommend, please contact us through the following methods.   

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The following are recommended articles by the editorial department of this issue

Recommended articles:《Regulating Cryptocurrencies: A Future Power War"

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Recommender: crescent（@0xcrescent）

< p>Reason for recommendation: This article starts with the introduction of Libra released by Facebook, and then slowly unfolds the turbulence between encryption and supervision in the United States in the order of chronological development. Is its essence a commodity, a security, a technical means, or a financial component? Everyone holds their own opinions from their own perspectives. In this article, the combat strategy of the "Encrypted Alliance" is sorted out from the two perspectives of the open line and the dark line. You come and go, and you keep fighting. In the face of the gradual development and improvement of new things, there is always a lag in regulation. As mentioned in the article, whether the regulation is supported or not is nothing but a competition for the interests of all parties.

< h4>Recommended article: "Safe airdrop is coming soon, explaining the status quo of DAO fund management tool industry"

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Recommender: Bob

Reason for recommendation: From an institutional perspective, try to understand the DAO fund management tool competition in which the digital asset management platform Safe is located in more than a dozen dimensions road.

Recommended article: "Programmer Guo Yu, after retiring at the age of 28"

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Recommender: Ashley

Reason for recommendation: Some people live just to make money, and making money has become the most important meaning of life. And Guo Yu still chooses the Web3 industry after the freedom of wealth, and pursues the freedom of the soul after the freedom of wealth. Rewriting the code in the countryside and attending blockchain conferences in other cities shows how attractive the industry is to people and has endless potential.

Recommended articles: "After raising $7.1 billion, an in-depth look at Lightspeed's next three-year strategy"

Recommender: Peter Pan

Reason for recommendation: Recently, Lightspeed Venture Capital announced that its four funds have completed a total of US$7.1 billion in financing, including three There are two U.S. funds and one Indian fund: the 14th early-stage fund (less than $2 billion), the growth fund ($2.3 billion), the international investment fund ($2.4 billion), and Lightspeed India Partners (the $500 million).

In addition, Lightspeed will also launch an early-stage encryption fund, Lightspeed Faction, which is expected to raise a total of $400 million, with a focus on fundamental Facilities, DeFi, and emerging use cases.

In the current economic downturn, the private equity market is in a very special period: interest rates are rising, the IPO market is stagnant, and the private equity market has entered a new low Valuation era; yet Lightspeed was also able to close new financing in just a few weeks, reflecting its strong track record and incredible leverage in the capital markets.

In addition to the external environment, this article also introduces that Lightspeed may face new challenges in terms of internal personnel organization.

Today, Lightspeed manages about $18 billion in total assets and is well-known in the capital market, especially in the consumer field, thanks to its first consumer Expert Jeremy Liew.

Corporate investing has been at the core of Lightspeed's strategy since its inception in the late 90s, and it wasn't until the 2000s that the company began developing a consumer strategy when After rising to fame in Silicon Valley, Jeremy Liew also pushed the relatively little-known Lightspeed into the public eye. While the consumer space may not be where Lightspeed invests the most, it has been the loudest.

However, at the end of last year, Liew announced his withdrawal from Lightspeed, which may become a critical moment for Lightspeed's transformation.

As venture capital institutions in the entire market gradually slow down from the rather chaotic pace of the past two years, different measures need to be taken in different periods, facing challenges and Opportunities exist for Lightspeed, after raising $7.1 billion, what will be the next step?

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Recommended article: Reflection on the DeFi Protocol The Crux of Governance"

Recommender: 0x76

Recommendation reason: How to effectively govern a decentralized Protocol is one of the problems that the encryption industry needs to solve urgently. Through a review of the famous governance practices that have occurred in recent years, this article summarizes the significant problems in the current protocol governance such as "governance leverage", and tries to give its own solutions.

< h4>Recommended article:  "Zhang Xiaoyu: How do all my experiences in Web3 none of it works

Recommender: Zhang Wen

Recommendation reason: The latest episode of the Mable podcast "HODLong Houlang", please Teacher Zhang Xiaoyu. Web3 players should basically know Zhang Xiaoyu. His attention to mainstream Web3 projects is far earlier and stronger than that of traditional capital. Given that his own podcast hasn't been updated in a long time, this is a pretty good entry. In the market's current cooling-off period for Web3, how Zhang Xiaoyu and Mable view the current industry

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Recommended article: "StarkWare: The best team for Ethereum expansion, is $8 billion overestimated? 》

Recommender: Laughing

Recommendation reason: In the Layer 2 track, zk rollups is recognized by the industry as the ultimate solution for blockchain expansion. And StarkWare is recognized as one of the best zk rollups teams in the world. In May of this year, StarkWare completed its D round of financing at a valuation of US$8 billion. In this article, StarkWare is introduced comprehensively from the aspects of optimistic about StarkWare logic, background, what StarkWare is, customers and ecosystem, market competition, risk, valuation, etc., so that readers can quickly understand the company and its current status. do.

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