📚 0xResearch’s Sunday story selections

The LINK between worlds

Grayscale basically thinks Chainlink is the universal translator of the crypto world — the thing that lets blockchains talk to the real world without everything breaking. As more assets, data and institutions migrate onchain, it says Chainlink is the one already doing the heavy lifting across tons of blockchains. That means owning LINK isn’t just a bet on one network, it’s a bet on crypto going big everywhere. And with banks and giant institutions already experimenting with Chainlink for tokenization and cross-chain magic, Grayscale treats LINK like a must-have LEGO brick in a well-built crypto portfolio.

Miner subsidies and how we save BTC

Arch Network says Bitcoin can’t stay secure forever if block rewards keep shrinking. Fees need to take over, but there isn’t enough onchain action to make that happen. Too much BTC just sits still, and Bitcoin doesn’t have the apps or liquidity to create real demand for blockspace. Arch’s pitch: Build a true BTC economy on Bitcoin itself. No wrapped assets, no trust-leaking sidechains. With Arch’s execution layer, BTC could actually be used for lending, trading and other financial activity straight from Bitcoin wallets, boosting fees while staying true to Bitcoin’s ethos.

Invisible Bitcoin: A ZEC Investment Thesis

MoneyVerse casts Zcash as Bitcoin’s stealthy twin: same hard-capped scarcity, but cloaked in full-body privacy armor. As bitcoin becomes the world’s transparent reserve asset, Zcash steps in as the missing “freedom axis” in an era of surveillance, frozen accounts and programmable money. Its supply schedule shadows Bitcoin but is two halvings behind, giving it that early-stage upside vibe. With privacy demand rising and more users going shielded, MoneyVerse pitches Zcash as a rare asymmetric bet on the future of truly private, self-custodial cash.

Make Prediction Great Again

Ditto says crypto prediction markets aren’t just fancy gambling; they’re a revival of an ancient human superpower. For most of history, calling the future correctly meant survival and earned instant respect. Today, that instinct is buried in boring job silos where even great predictions barely matter. Prediction markets flip the switch back on by creating a global stage where anyone can prove their foresight, earn status and get paid for being right. Crypto is the trust layer that makes it all work, turning good judgment into a visible, tradable reputation-boosting skill once again.

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