Looking back at 2025, Bitcoin reached a new all-time high of $126,000 after touching a low of $74,500. The launch of Trump’s coin sparked a celebrity Meme trend, and the entire year was characterized by the narrative of AI and Crypto integration. Projects such as Virtuals, Base, Pump, Monad, Berachain received significant attention in 2025. Aster’s airdrop unexpectedly boosted Perp DEX. Additionally, the launch of stablecoins, RWA tokenization, on-chain stocks, DAT, and various clone ETF products drew traditional giants into the space. Throughout 2025, excellent columnists on PANews created insightful analyses and interpretations of these hot topics, garnering widespread user attention.
To thank these outstanding columnists, we have organized and compiled four rankings based on different dimensions and data, including:
- PANews 2025 Top 10 Best Team Columns
- PANews 2025 Top 10 Best Personal Columns
- PANews 2025 Top 10 Persistent Writers
- PANews 2025 Top 20 Annual Hot Articles
Congratulations to all creators who made it onto PANews 2025’s four major lists! Your insights have led the market narrative. Of course, every thought and creation deserves recognition. Thank you to all columnists for your efforts over the past year. Let’s make 2026 even more brilliant!
Now, let’s unveil this year’s annual honor list together. (This year, PANews editorial team used Vibe Coding to craft a dedicated ranking activity page, allowing each author to review their creative footprint over the past year on PANews. Your personal annual content summary can be viewed via the annual report or by scanning the QR code on the image.)
PANews 2025 Top 10 Best Team Columns
Top Team Column List Link: https://columns.panewslab.com/
No.1 Biteye
Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focused on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT, and Web3. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.2 WOO
WOO Network is a cryptocurrency liquidity network that aggregates global liquidity and top market makers, providing large trading depth and minimal trading costs for major traders, exchanges, investment institutions, and DeFi platforms. Since 2019, it has focused on professional trading and received investments from notable investors like Axiom, QCP, Binance. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.3 Mankun Blockchain
Mankun Blockchain is China’s first boutique law firm dedicated to the new economy and blockchain industry, established in 2015. It offers legal services related to Web3, blockchain, NFT, and digital collectibles, aiming to provide professional advice and guidance from business model and legal practice perspectives. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.4 Foresight Ventures
Foresight Ventures is a crypto venture capital firm focusing on Web3, blockchain technology, and next-generation payment infrastructure investments. It manages multiple funds, supporting projects through research-driven and ecosystem-based approaches. Visit the author’s homepage here.
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 Web3 and the crypto industry. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.6 ABC Alpha
ABC Alpha is a research-driven crypto community focused on capturing alpha returns. In April, it produced multiple pieces, including a widely read article on the current state of Ethereum. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.7 IOSG
Founded in 2017, IOSG Ventures is a community-driven early-stage USD fund focusing on blockchain infrastructure, middleware, and dApps. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.8 Bitget Wallet
Bitget Wallet, as an infrastructure component of the Web3 ecosystem, decodes on-chain payments, wallet technology, and promising projects through articles. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.9 SlowMist Technology
SlowMist is a well-known Web3 security company in the industry. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.10 FinTax
FinTax is a provider of crypto tax software and services. Visit the author’s homepage here.
PANews 2025 Top 10 Best Personal Columns
Top Personal Column List Link: https://columns.panewslab.com/
No.1 On-Chain Perspective
On-Chain Perspective is a media brand focusing on blockchain data and security industry insights. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.2 Agintender
Created by Danny, Agintender mainly posts observations on the crypto market, adept at interpreting from a mathematical perspective. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.3 Uncle Zuo’s Wry Neck Mountain
A talented female author covering various crypto topics. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.4 Bowen Notes
An atypical engineering guy and former crypto VC, dedicated to in-depth research and analysis. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.5 Web3 Little Lawyer
Mainly produces content on legal and regulatory macro topics. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.6 Yue Xiaoyu
Former Alibaba product manager, now focused on Web3 project research. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.7 XinGPT
A well-known research blogger skilled at tracking hot narratives and projects. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.8 0xTodd
Partner at Nothing Research, often produces in-depth content, good at interpreting underlying logic behind narratives. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.9 Godot
Godot is the chief researcher at Manta Network, frequently posts deep insights on X. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.10 Bill Qian
The first Chinese to establish a tech company IPO in the Middle East, specializing in tech and macro content. In October, his review of the 1011 crash gained significant attention and made the article list. Visit the author’s homepage here.
PANews 2025 Top 10 Persistent Writers
Persistent Writer List Link: https://columns.panewslab.com/
No.1 On-Chain Perspective
(See above)
No.2 Block Unicorn
A content platform focused on crypto and blockchain, aiming to provide high-quality content and information for crypto elites. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.3 Biteye
(See above)
No.4 Uncle Zuo’s Wry Neck Mountain
(See above)
No.5 Mankun Blockchain
(See above)
No.6 IOSG
(See above)
No.7 Agintender
(See above)
No.8 Gate
A leading global crypto exchange founded in 2013, offering over 1700 cryptocurrencies and comprehensive trading services. This column mainly covers its updates. Visit the author’s homepage here.
No.9 SlowMist Technology
(See above)
No.10 Fintax
(See above)
PANews 2025 Top 20 Annual Hot Articles
Annual Hot Articles List Link: https://columns.panewslab.com/
No.1 “Binance leads a $43 million funding round for Sahara AI—Why is it a must-do project in 2025?” by Biteye
Sahara AI combines blockchain + AI in an innovative open ecosystem catering to developers and general users. Backed by institutions and committed to data quality, it’s a high-potential project to watch in 2025.
No.2 “EU MiCA regulation takes effect—Why are Web3 startups rushing into Poland?” by Mankun Blockchain
Poland, as a key economy in Central and Eastern Europe, has an active Web3 user base and improving regulatory framework, making it an attractive destination for Web3 startups.
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 central to the ecosystem. The article details market features in China, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
No.4 “Bitcoin price continues to plummet—Will MicroStrategy face bankruptcy liquidation?” by XinGPT
MicroStrategy’s financial stability depends on Bitcoin’s price. A prolonged decline could lead to debt issues, but the founder’s control over voting rights makes bankruptcy unlikely.
No.5 “Berachain Liquidity King Infrared Finance: Project Introduction and Points Reward Guide” by Chain Research Society
Infrared Finance is a liquidity staking protocol within the Berachain ecosystem, incubated by the Berachain Foundation. Its TVL exceeds $1.5 billion, accounting for nearly 60% of Berachain’s total DeFi TVL, making it a leading project.
No.6 “Axiom Ultimate Guide: From Entry to Exit, Explained Clearly” by Biteye
Axiom is a versatile trading tool combining meme coin scanning, spot trading, perpetual contracts, and mining, suitable for fast on-chain trading.
No.7 “Valuation of $470 million DePIN new species: Dissecting ICN’s ‘Three-layer Anti-cheat Architecture’ challenging AWS dominance” by On-Chain Perspective
ICN (Impossible Cloud Network), recently backed by NGP Capital with a valuation of $470 million, aims to disrupt AWS and traditional cloud giants through decentralized architecture, addressing issues like platform tax, vendor lock-in, and data sovereignty.
No.8 “a16z leads $4 million funding for Glider—Can it reshape DeFi wealth management?” by Uncle Zuo’s Wry Neck Mountain
On April 16, DeFi wealth platform Glider completed a $4 million seed round led by a16z CSX, aiming to simplify on-chain investment with technologies like Intent and LLM, promoting DeFi accessibility.
No.9 “Zero-cost farming? Top 10 ‘free’ AI projects” by Biteye
This article lists 10 AI projects that users can participate in for free by sharing idle computing resources, bandwidth, or running nodes. Most are in testnet, with airdrop expectations, low participation costs, and no gas fees.
No.10 “Time equals RWA—How Pieverse uses DAO + token economy to create a sustainable ‘Time Value Finder’” by Blue Fox Notes
Pieverse tokenizes time assets, enabling users (celebrities, professionals, skilled individuals) to convert time into tradable assets via DAO + token economy.
No.11 “Biteye and PANews jointly release AI Layer1 research report: Finding fertile ground for on-chain DeAI” by Biteye
The report covers six AI Layer1 projects: Sentient, Sahara AI, Ritual, Gensyn, Bittensor, and 0G, analyzing latest developments, current status, and future trends.
No.12 “WOO X Research: The largest Ponzi coin PI is about to launch—What’s its valuation?” by WOO
Pi Network announced mainnet launch and exchange trading, ending six years of “air mining.” Its low-threshold mobile mining attracted users, but its referral code-based token acquisition is criticized as a pyramid scheme.
No.13 “Machine collateral era coming? How USD.AI is tokenizing GPU finance” by ODIG Invest
USD.AI, a decentralized credit protocol, allows AI startups to borrow using GPU hardware as collateral, representing GPU ownership as on-chain NFTs with insurance, valuation, and redemption mechanisms.
No.14 “OG Memoir: My Eight Years with Ethereum” by 0xTodd
Todd reflects on his eight years with Ethereum, from registering My Ether Wallet for CryptoKitties to witnessing ICO, DeFi, LST, and asset era developments.
No.15 “Interpreting current hot AI projects from three trends: technology, scenarios, and capital” by On-Chain Perspective
AI projects are shifting from concept to implementation, with stability and scenario fit becoming key competitive factors.
No.16 “The Mechanic’s Son Challenging Wall Street: Chris Larsen’s Three Disruptions of the Financial System” by Block Unicorn
Chris Larsen, from a working-class background, grew dissatisfied with the financial system after early difficulties, then founded three disruptive fintech companies.
No.17 “Resolv: A Delta-Neutral Yield Stablecoin Using Three-Token Model” by Uncle Zuo’s Wry Neck Mountain
Resolv, a Delta-neutral yield stablecoin project using a three-token model, raised $10 million in seed funding from Maven11 in April. Its innovations include unique yield models, on-chain income sources, and complex tokenomics.
No.18 “Fetch.AI & ASI: A Powerful Alliance of Decentralized AI” by 0xGreythorn
Fetch.AI and ASI alliance aim to reshape AI ownership through technological integration and ecosystem collaboration, contingent on practical application and industry acceptance.
No.19 “From Android to Robot Battles: An Overview of RoboFi Robot Ecosystem” by Biteye
Web3 robotics leverage blockchain’s decentralization to break data barriers and promote robot economy growth through on-chain incentives.
No.20 “From Federated Learning to Decentralized Agent Networks: ChainOpera Project Analysis” by Bowen Notes
ChainOpera is a decentralized AI agent network evolving from federated learning, aiming to build a collaborative AI ecosystem via Web3 governance and incentives.
Finally
Congratulations again to all columnists and popular article authors. We look forward to seeing you in 2026, and hope more talented individuals and teams join PANews columns:
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