无聊的加密伪牛市,呼唤狠人与英雄

链捕手Published on 2024-08-01Last updated on 2024-08-02

作者:深潮TechFlow

 

无聊”。

这是最近诸多加密市场参与者对这轮周期的评价。

一级投资者觉得一级市场无聊,要么思考如何向LP解释,“收益率跑不赢比特币”,要么忙着维权,力图挽回一点损失,毕竟一级市场实在没啥可投的;

二级投资者也觉得无聊,除了比特币和Solana,还有一些MEME,实在也找不到啥好的标的;

项目方也觉得无聊,总觉得自己辛苦做产品好似修炼屠龙之术,有一番本领,但是找不到龙,MEME当道,散户对VC币祛魅,实在不知道做啥能获得散户的注意力;

……

总结起来,这是一轮缺少创新的伪牛市,特别是相比于2020-2022年,DeFi/NFT/元宇宙/算法稳定币/MEME……等各类新概念、新产品、新赛道竞相绽放,每一个小的创新都带来广泛财富的效应,吸引大量新人(韭菜)入场,就连曾经看不起Crypto的各大美元基金姥爷们也纷纷换上Punk/Bored Ape的NFT头像,高呼“ALL IN CRYPTO”……

盛况不再,是什么导致这轮周期创新乏力,只有MEME乱舞?

作为一位文字工作者,小编现在一直为选题而发愁,相较上一轮周期,缺少性感的选题,特别是缺乏新的人物故事。

人物传记类内容一直是流量密码,遥想过去,这个行业的崛起就是各大传奇人物的发家史,烤猫、吴忌寒、神鱼、CZ、何一、徐明星、李林、孙宇晨、达鸿飞、Vitalik、BM、李笑来、宝二爷……人均狠人,他们或发迹于草根,但都在加密历史上留下了自己的印迹与脍炙人口的故事,从而成为我等小编骗流量的素材。

2018年,某媒体制作的币圈大佬扑克牌

上一轮周期,适逢DeFi Summer ,群雄并起,涌现出了大量“加密新英雄”:马斯克、SBF、SuZhu、Andre Cronje、Stani Kulechov、Do Kwon、Anatoly Yakovenko、Barry Silbert 、Kyle Samani …… 各有传奇,每一个人背后代表着一股势力,好似地方诸侯,相互竞争,各成派系,每一个派系背后,是大量的项目资产,代表着潜在的财富机会。

这一轮牛市呢?

Sry,的确没看到太多新势力与新英雄,当FTX倒下后,如今活跃在舞台中央的依然是加密老人们。

究竟是因为没创新吸引不到新人,还是没有强力新人才没有创新,这个问题好似先有鸡还是先有蛋,我更倾向于认同后者,相较于之前,这个行业对精英的吸引力在减弱。

原因可以说很多:

FTX/3AC/DCG的暴雷让行业进入了幻灭时刻,传统行业的部分精英与资本对加密行业失去了信任;

随着比特币ETF的通过,贝莱德、富达等传统金融巨头开始介入加密市场,比特币以太坊有了外部流动性,但草根机会愈发贫乏;

ChatGPT大火,OpenAI创始人Sam Altman与英伟达黄仁勋,成为全球瞩目的AI英雄,AI 超越 WEB3 成为资本宠儿,各路精英竞相入局;

……

总之,最后现状就是,当下“老人当道”:老项目创始人流水线作业,不断发新项目;VC老人亲自下场,做(蹿)高估值的新项目;行业老人根据新概念蹿新项目……都是那些人和面孔,的确有点无聊。

根据第一性原理,这个行业的未来或者说投资机会,归根到底依然是与人有关,无论是一级还是二级市场,投资一个币就是投资背后的人与团队。 没有创新、叙事陈旧、没有山寨行情……说到底还是行业新人青黄不接,缺少能带来创新的新人,或者新人还在蛰伏建设,需要时间才能迎来质变时刻。

撰写此文时,恰好收到一则新闻推送,Binance Labs 宣布投资 Particle Network。

一位VC从业者连续投资Particle Network,给出的理由十分简单,“创始人很强,坚韧有毅力,有想法,会做人,执行力强……无论未来Particle Network做什么赛道方向,都会成功。”

诞生之初,Particle Network 团队过往背景并不算耀眼,甚至有点“泯然众人”,但是几年过去,同期项目有的要么摆烂关停,Rug,要么寂静无声……Particle 不断迭代,从MPC应用变成了一个模块化 L1 链抽象网络,如今俨然已是链抽象领域的代表项目。

回忆同时期的几个项目,令人唏嘘,当项目遭遇困境,有人怪罪于市场,“市场不好,我也没办法”;有人怪罪于赛道,“这个赛道凉了,我也没办法”;有人怪罪于自己的血统,“我们是华人项目,被歧视,没得到足够的支持”……

真正的勇士与狠人,敢于直面惨淡的市场,敢于正视淋漓的赛道,自强则万强。

期待,加密行业再次迎来狠人倍出,群雄四起的创新与应用时代,届时,不要犹豫,投资这个时代的新英雄与狠人,人才是一切问题与解决问题的根源。

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