PANews officially released its four major lists of the 2025 Most Influential Columns.

Looking back at 2025, Bitcoin hit a record high of $126,000 after hitting a low of $74,500. Trump's cryptocurrency launch sparked a celebrity meme frenzy, and the year was dominated by the narrative of the fusion of AI and cryptocurrencies. Projects like Virtuals, Base, Pump, Monad, and Berachain received significant attention in 2025. Aster's unexpected airdrop boosted the popularity of Perp DEX. Furthermore, the launch of stablecoins, RWA tokenization, on-chain stock trading, DAT, and various altcoin ETFs attracted traditional giants to enter the market. Throughout 2025, PANews's excellent columnists provided insightful content and analysis of these hot topics, garnering widespread attention from users.

To thank these outstanding columnists, we have compiled and created four lists based on different dimensions and data, including:

1. PANews 2025 Best Team Column TOP 10

2. PANews Top 10 Best Personal Columns of 2025

3. PANews 2025 Top 10 List of Continuous Writing

4. PANews 2025 Top 20 Hottest Articles

Congratulations to all the creators who made it onto PANews' four major lists for 2025! Your insights have guided the market narrative. Of course, every thought and creation deserves to be seen. Thank you to all columnists for their hard work over the past year. Let's achieve even greater success in 2026!

Now, let's unveil this annual honors list together. (You can view your personal annual creative summary in the annual report or by scanning the QR code in the image.)

PANews 2025 Best Team Column TOP 10

Link to the Best Team column list: https://columns.panewslab.com/

No.1 Biteye

Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focusing on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT and Web3. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No.2 WOO

WOO Network is a cryptocurrency liquidity network that aggregates global liquidity and top market makers, providing large brokers, exchanges, investment institutions, and DeFi platforms with abundant trading depth and the lowest trading costs. Focusing on professional trading since 2019, it has received funding from well-known investors such as Axiom, QCP, and Binance. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

No. 3 Mankiw Blockchain

Mankiw Blockchain is China's first boutique law firm specializing in the new economy and blockchain industry, founded in 2015. It provides legal services related to Web3, blockchain, NFTs, and digital collectibles, and is committed to providing clients with professional advice and guidance from both business model and legal practice perspectives. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No. 4 Foresight Ventures

Foresight Ventures is a crypto venture capital firm focused on investments in Web3, blockchain technology, and next-generation payment infrastructure. It manages multiple funds and supports projects through research-driven initiatives and ecosystem partnerships. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

No. 5 Block Unicorn

Block Unicorn aims to provide high-quality content for the Web3 industry. In February, it published 11 articles covering various aspects of the Web3 and crypto industries. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No. 6 ABC Alpha

ABC Alpha is a research-driven crypto community focused on capturing alpha rewards. During April, ABC Alpha published several articles, among which its discussion of the current state of Ethereum garnered significant attention. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

No.7 IOSG

Founded in 2017, IOSG Ventures is a community-driven, research-based early-stage USD fund focused on blockchain ecosystem infrastructure, middleware, and dApps. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

No. 8 Bitget Wallet

Bitget Wallet serves as infrastructure within the Web3 ecosystem. This article decodes on-chain payments, wallet technology, and potential projects. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

No.9 SlowMist Technology

SlowMist is a well-known Web3 security company. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No. 10 FinTax

FinTax is a cryptocurrency tax and financial software and service provider. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

PANews Top 10 Best Personal Columns of 2025

Link to the list of best personal columns: https://columns.panewslab.com/

No.1 On-Chain View

ChainView is a self-media brand that focuses on insights into the blockchain data and security industry. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No. 2 Agintender

The Agintender account, created by Danny, primarily publishes observations on the crypto market, often offering mathematical interpretations. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No.3 Zuo Ye Wai Bo Shan

Zuo Ye Waiboshan is a talented female author whose topics cover various aspects of cryptography. Click here to visit her homepage.

No. 4 Notes on Broad Knowledge

An atypical STEM guy, former Crypto VC professional, dedicated to in-depth investment research output. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

No.5 Web3 Little Rhythm

Web3 Xiaolu primarily focuses on macro-level content related to law and regulation. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

No. 6 Yue Xiaoyu

Yue Xiaoyu was formerly a product manager at Alibaba and now focuses on Web3 project research and investment. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No.7 XinGPT

XinGPT is a well-known investment research blogger who is good at tracking trending topics and projects. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

No. 8 0xTodd

0xTodd is a partner at Nothing Research and a KOL who frequently produces in-depth content. He is skilled at interpreting the logic behind narratives. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No. 9 Godot

Godot is the chief researcher at Manta Network and frequently publishes insightful articles on X. Click here to visit his homepage .

No. 10 Bill Qian

Bill Qian is the first Chinese person to establish a technology company that IPOs in the Middle East. He specializes in technology and macroeconomics. His analysis of the October 11th market crash garnered significant attention and topped the article charts. Click here to visit his homepage.

PANews 2025 Top 10 List of Continuous Writing

Link to the "Constant Writing" list: https://columns.panewslab.com/

No.1 On-Chain View

ChainView is a self-media brand that focuses on insights into the blockchain data and security industry. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No.2 Block Unicorn

Block Unicorn is a content platform focused on the cryptocurrency and blockchain field, aiming to provide high-quality content and information for crypto elites. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

No. 3 Biteye

Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focusing on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT and Web3. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No.4 Zuo Ye Wai Bo Shan

Zuo Ye Waiboshan is a talented female author whose topics cover various aspects of cryptography. Click here to visit her homepage.

No. 5 Mankiw Blockchain

Mankiw Blockchain is China's first boutique law firm specializing in the new economy and blockchain industry, founded in 2015. It provides legal services related to Web3, blockchain, NFTs, and digital collectibles, and is committed to providing clients with professional advice and guidance from both business model and legal practice perspectives. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No.6 IOSG

Founded in 2017, IOSG Ventures is a community-driven, research-based early-stage USD fund focused on blockchain ecosystem infrastructure, middleware, and dApps. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

No. 7 Agintender

The Agintender account, created by Danny, primarily publishes observations on the crypto market, often offering mathematical interpretations. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

Gate No. 8

Gate is a leading global cryptocurrency trading platform, founded in 2013, offering over 1,700 cryptocurrencies and a wide range of trading services. This column primarily publishes related news; click here to visit the author's homepage .

No.9 SlowMist Technology

SlowMist is a well-known Web3 security company. Click here to visit the author's homepage .

No. 10 Fintax

FinTax is a cryptocurrency tax and financial software and service provider. Click here to visit the author's homepage.

PANews 2025 Top 20 Hottest Articles

Link to the annual list of most popular articles: https://columns.panewslab.com/

No.1 " Binance Leads Investment, Total Funding Reaches $43 Million: Why is Sahara AI a Must-Do Project in 2025? " by Biteye

Sahara AI has created an open ecosystem that caters to both developers and ordinary users through its innovative blockchain + AI model. Its institutional backing and pragmatic data quality strategy make it a high-potential project worth paying attention to in 2025.

No. 2 " With the EU's MiCA Act in Effect, Why Are Web3 Startups Rushing to Poland? " by Mankiw Blockchain

As an important economy in Central and Eastern Europe, Poland boasts a vibrant Web3 user base and an increasingly完善的监管体系, which provides excellent development opportunities for Web3 companies, making Poland a more and more favored destination for Web3 entrepreneurs.

No. 3 " Foresight Ventures x Primitive Ventures: A Guide to Entering the Asian Web3 Market " by Foresight Ventures

Asia accounts for 60% of global crypto users and is the core of the global crypto ecosystem. This article provides a detailed analysis of the crypto market characteristics of countries such as China, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

No. 4 " Will MicroStrategy Go Bankrupt and Liquidate Amidst the Continued Plunge in Bitcoin Prices? " by XinGPT

MicroStrategy's financial stability depends on Bitcoin's price movement; a prolonged and deep decline could lead to a debt crisis, but the founders control a majority of the voting rights, making bankruptcy less likely.

No. 5 " Berachain: Liquidity King Infrared Finance - Project Introduction and Points Program Tutorial " by Chain Research Society

Infrared Finance is a liquidity staking protocol in the Berachain ecosystem, incubated by the Berachain Foundation. Currently, its TVL exceeds $1.5 billion, accounting for nearly 60% of Berachain's total DeFi TVL, making it the leading project in the ecosystem.

No. 6 《 The Ultimate Guide to Axiom: From Sweeping Entry to Safe Exit, Explained in One Go 》by Biteye

Axiom is a cutting-edge trading tool that integrates multiple functions such as Meme coin chain scanning, spot trading, perpetual contracts, and mining, making it suitable for fast-response on-chain trading needs.

No. 7 " A New DePIN Species Valued at $470 Million: Deconstructing How ICN Challenges AWS Dominance with its 'Three-Layer Anti-Fraud Architecture'" by ChainView

ICN (Impossible Cloud Network) recently received strategic investment from NGP Capital, valuing the company at $470 million. Its goal is to disrupt the monopoly of traditional cloud service giants such as AWS and address the three major pain points faced by enterprises through a decentralized architecture: high platform taxes, vendor lock-in, and loss of data sovereignty.

No. 8 " Can Glider Reshape the New Paradigm of DeFi Investment with $4 Million Led by a16z? " by Zuo Ye Waiboshan

On April 16, DeFi investment platform Glider completed a $4 million funding round led by a16z CSX, aiming to simplify on-chain investment through technologies such as Intent and LLM, and promote the democratization of DeFi.

No. 9 " Zero-Cost Crazy Crazy AI Projects? A Roundup of 10 AI Projects You Can 'Get' for Free" by Biteye

This article lists 10 AI projects that can be "free" for users to participate in by sharing idle computing resources, bandwidth, or running nodes. Most of these projects are still in the testnet stage and have the potential for airdrops. The participation cost is low and there is no need to pay gas fees.

No. 10 " Time is RWA: How Pieverse Uses DAO + Token Economics to Build a Sustainable 'Time Value Discoverer'? " by Blue Fox Notes

Pieverse is a platform that monetizes time, enabling the discovery and trading of time value through DAO+ token economics, allowing anyone (such as celebrities, professionals, or skilled individuals) to transform time into tradable assets.

No. 11 " Biteye and PANews Jointly Release AI Layer 1 Research Report: Finding Fertile Ground for On-Chain DeAI " by Biteye

This article provides a detailed overview of six representative AI Layer 1 projects, including Sentient, Sahara AI, Ritual, Gensyn, Bittensor, and 0G. It systematically reviews the latest developments in the field, analyzes the current state of project development, and discusses future trends.

No. 12 " WOO X Research: PI, the Largest Ponzi Scheme Coin, is About to Launch, What Will Its Valuation Be? " by WOO

Pi Network announced the launch of its mainnet and the opening of exchange trading, ending a six-year period of "mining for nothing." The project attracted users with its low barrier to entry through mobile mining, but its token acquisition mechanism, which is mainly based on referral codes, has been questioned as a pyramid scheme.

No. 13 " Is the Era of Machine Collateralization Coming? Understanding How USD.AI Financializes GPUs " by ODIG Invest

USD.AI, as a decentralized lending protocol, allows emerging AI companies to obtain loans using GPU hardware as collateral and represents GPU ownership in the form of on-chain NFTs through the CALIBER standard, binding insurance, valuation, and redemption mechanisms.

No. 14 " OG Memoir: My Eight Years with Ethereum " by 0xTodd

Author Todd recounts his eight years with Ethereum, from initially registering for My Ether Wallet to buy CryptoKitties to witnessing Ethereum's four key development stages: ICO, DeFi, LST, and the asset era.

No. 15 " Analyzing Current Hot AI Projects from Three Major Trends: Technology, Applications, and Capital " by ChainView

AI projects are moving from concept to implementation, with technological stability and adaptability to specific scenarios becoming key competitive factors.

No. 16 * Chris Larsen: The Machinist's Son Who Challenged Wall Street, the Man Who Three Times Disrupted the Financial System * by Block Unicorn

Chris Larsen comes from a working-class family and developed dissatisfaction with the financial system during his youth due to difficulties in collecting payments. He later founded three disruptive fintech companies.

No. 17 " Resolv: A Delta-Neutral Interest-Bearing Stablecoin Using a Three-Token Model " by Zuo Ye Waiboshan

Resolv is a Delta-neutral, interest-bearing stablecoin project that uses a three-token model. In April, it completed a $10 million seed funding round led by Maven11. Its innovations include a unique yield model, on-chain yield sources, and complex token economics.

No. 18 " Fetch.AI & ASI: A Powerful Alliance in Decentralized AI " by 0xGreythorn

Fetch.AI and the ASI alliance are attempting to reshape the ownership model of AI through technology integration and ecosystem collaboration, but their success depends on practical application and industry acceptance.

No. 19 From "Android System" to Robot Combat: A Review of the RoboFi Robotics Project Ecosystem by Biteye

The core advantage of the Web3 robotics sector lies in the decentralized nature of blockchain, which breaks down data barriers and drives the development of the robotics economy through on-chain incentives.

No. 20 " From Federated Learning to Decentralized Agent Networks: An Analysis of the ChainOpera Project " by Bowen Zhaji

ChainOpera is a decentralized AI Agent network project that evolved from federated learning technology. It aims to build a collaborative and shared AI ecosystem through Web3 governance and incentive mechanisms.

at last

Congratulations again to all the columnists and authors of the most popular articles! We hope to see you all again in the new year of 2026, and we also hope that more talented individuals and teams will join PANews columns.

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