Dec 2, 2024: Our weekly Institutional Insights explores the latest market developments — market performance, industry news, exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows, trending topics, upcoming events and token unlocks — to help you supercharge your crypto trading.

 explores the latest market developments — market performance, industry news, exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows, trending topics, upcoming events and token unlocks — to help you supercharge your crypto trading.

Weekly Highlight — U.S. Economy Growth Driven by Improved Productivity

If U.S. economic growth is strong, why is the Federal Reserve considering interest rate cuts? This question was recently posed to Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Instead of focusing solely on the Fed's actions, we should explore the reasons behind the robust growth, and see how it can be sustained.

Real GDP is expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels for the second consecutive year. Typically, strong growth raises concerns about overheating, but inflation has actually fallen. Recent growth is largely due to increased productivity and a growing workforce, which are not inflationary and can help rebalance supply and demand.

A significant factor behind this success is the rise in labor productivity, averaging 2.3% over the past two years — faster than the four years before the pandemic. This uptick is linked to a surge in new business applications, especially in the tech sector, as the pandemic's economic shifts and relief measures lowered barriers to entrepreneurship, particularly benefiting underrepresented groups.

The boost in productivity also reflects workers moving to roles better suited to their skills, a trend accelerated by the 

. This mobility has been essential for productivity gains, as higher job turnover correlates with increased business dynamism.

However, sustaining higher productivity is a challenge. The Fed must avoid overly restricting the economy, as high interest rates can deter investment in technology. Additionally, a gradual cooling of the labor market, with declining job quits, is concerning.

For policymakers, monitoring labor market dynamics and business formation is crucial. If these indicators decline, productivity and growth could wane. The U.S. economy has made significant progress, and maintaining this momentum is essential.

Weekly Crypto Highlight — Sui Is Poised for Growth

Bybit has released the Sui ecosystem report, with its key takeaways below. (Read the full report 

: Sui has achieved impressive performance, processing over 297,000 transactions per second (TPS) while maintaining low latency. This positions it among the fastest blockchains available.

: In 2024, Sui's market capitalization skyrocketed over 1,000%, reaching $9.5 billion and reflecting strong investor confidence and growing adoption.

: The total value locked (TVL) in Sui’s DeFi ecosystem has surpassed $1.5 billion, ranking it 11th among major blockchain networks and highlighting its rapid growth in 

: The launch of the Grayscale Sui Trust has significantly increased institutional interest, resulting in an 89% price surge for the SUI token in Q3 2024, indicating its appeal to accredited investors.

: Sui is making strides in the gaming sector, introducing the SuiPlay0X1 handheld gaming device and various 

, enhancing user engagement and expanding its ecosystem.

Developed by Mysten Labs, Sui is a Layer 1 

 (PoS) blockchain launched on May 3, 2023. Its object-centric data model allows for parallel transaction processing, enhancing throughput and reducing latency. Its use of the Move programming language ensures resource safety through rigorous bytecode verification, mitigating common blockchain vulnerabilities.

: Partnerships with firms like Copper and Zero Hash strengthen Sui’s infrastructure and credibility in the financial sector, enhancing its offerings in digital asset custody and transaction facilitation.

: Sui’s DeFi sector is thriving, with leading protocols like 

 offering diverse financial services. In gaming, initiatives such as the SuiPlay0X1 device and various web3 projects bolster user engagement.

In summary, Sui is poised for continued growth, driven by technological innovations that are expanding its presence in both DeFi and gaming.

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Weekly Institutional Insights: Sui Poised for Growth; U.S. Economy Driven by Productivity Growth

Chill Guy is a viral meme illustration that took social media by storm before a crypto project used the meme to launch a Solana-based token. Learn more here.

What started as a simple illustration of a laid-back dog has become a global meme sensation, with the cartoon character known as Chill Guy dominating both social media trends and cryptocurrency markets. Created by artist Phillip Banks in October 2023, the easygoing canine character sparked a viral movement that has attracted major brands worldwide.

This article follows Chill Guy’s transformation from a social media sensation to a cryptocurrency asset. We'll examine its viral beginnings, community growth, market impact and what potential investors can expect from CHILLGUY in the future.

 is a viral meme illustration by artist Phillip Banks, depicting a laid-back dog in casual clothes whose easygoing attitude took social media by storm before a crypto project used the meme to launch Just a Chill Guy as a Solana-based token.

What Does Just a Chill Guy Aim to Achieve?

The CHILLGUY meme coin aims to spread a "Why worry?" philosophy into cryptocurrency markets by embracing the laid-back, stress-free attitude that made the original meme go viral. The project transforms this easygoing vibe into a community-driven token, where being low-key isn't just a catchphrase — it's a shared mindset among holders.

The CHILLGUY community brings this philosophy to life by sharing endless variations of the CHILLGUY meme across social platforms. Through market swings and viral trends, CHILLGUY keeps his iconic pose: hands in pockets, subtle smirk, perpetually relaxed.

Just a Chill Guy (CHILLGUY) operates as a Solana Program Library (SPL) token on the 

 blockchain, leveraging the network's ultrafast speeds and low costs to ensure smooth trading. The token was created using Pump.fun, a specialized platform that lets users launch Solana-based tokens without any fees, removing traditional barriers to token creation.

CHILLGUY is a community takeover (CTO), meaning it's completely owned and directed by its token holders with no central team in control. This decentralized structure ensures the project stays true to its community-driven nature, its holders collectively guiding its future while embodying the laid-back spirit of the original meme.

The CHILLGUY token launched with a maximum supply of 1 billion tokens, of which 999,965,435 are currently in circulation. This near-complete distribution of tokens to the market supports active trading and community participation.

What makes CHILLGUY's tokenomics particularly notable is its widespread distribution across more than 142,000 unique holders (as of Nov 27, 2024), achieved in just 12 days. This rapid expansion of its holder base demonstrates strong community adoption and aligns with the project's decentralized, community-driven principles.

CHILLGUY has exploded across social media, especially on TikTok, where the meme has amassed hundreds of millions of views. Its laid-back character resonates with users worldwide, inspiring countless creative adaptations.

Major brands worldwide have embraced CHILLGUY in their marketing campaigns. From Sprite Europe to NFL on CBS, the character has resonated across mainstream media, even catching the attention of global figures like El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele.

The “Chill Guy” meme’s influence spans multiple social media platforms, with a growing community of followers: 96.6K on X (

). On the other hand, the meme token itself also has a vast community, with 39.9K on X (

) and an active Telegram channel of over 15,000 members. These numbers reflect the meme's ability to engage audiences across different platforms.

The token's popularity in cryptocurrency markets matches its social media success, with CHILLGUY maintaining a substantial 24-hour trading volume of over $330.03M as of Nov 27, 2024. This high trading activity demonstrates the strong market interest in CHILLGUY beyond its meme status.

Looking to trade Just a Chill Guy tokens? Bybit now offers the CHILLGUY/USDT Spot trading pair and CHILLGUYUSDT Perpetual contract. To get started, you’ll first need to create a Bybit account, then fund it with cryptocurrency and navigate to the 

While CHILLGUY has maintained strong trading volumes and continues gaining mainstream attention through its viral social media presence, investors should carefully weigh its strengths and risk factors before making investment decisions.

With its widespread brand adoption, sustained trading activity and explosive community growth of over 142,000 holders, CHILLGUY demonstrates significant market potential. However, meme coins are inherently volatile. Potential investors should 

 and invest no more than they can afford to lose.

CHILLGUY is the latest viral sensation to harness the power of the attention economy to convert social media momentum into crypto market success. While CHILLGUY has already demonstrated its ability to capture mass appeal, its position as a leading meme token will depend upon how effectively it maintains its cultural relevance and community engagement in this fast-moving market.

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Zircuit (ZRC) combines optimistic and ZK rollups with AI-driven security, offering fast, low-cost Ethereum Layer 2 solutions. 

 network has flourished, mainly due to the ongoing network congestion, high fees and poor scalability of the latter. Many of these platforms use rollup technology, whereby batches of multiple transactions processed off-chain are bundled together and posted in bulk to the underlying Layer 1. Ethereum-linked rollups mainly come in two varieties 

 (ZK). While optimistic rollups boast lower computational overhead, the ZK variety of these networks features a higher degree of security.

Zircuit (ZRC) is a Layer 2 chain that adopts a hybrid approach, combining the elements of optimistic and 

. This lets the platform offer the performance benefits of optimistic technology along with the security of ZK validity proofs. To further enhance overall security, Zircuit uses a unique 

 (AI)–driven system of monitoring for malicious transactions.

 (ZRC) is a hybrid Layer 2 blockchain that combines the features of optimistic and ZK rollups, and uses AI-driven monitoring for potentially harmful transactions. 

 rollup development technology, a popular framework for building optimistic rollup networks. Additionally, it uses zero-knowledge proofs, which lets the platform offer the best of both worlds 

 the performance benefits of optimistic rollups and the security of ZK technology. Zircuit is 

The Zircuit project takes security very seriously, and has introduced a unique system of AI-based protection against malicious transactions at the sequencer node level. The use of ZK proofs and an AI-based protection system make Zircuit one of the most secure platforms in the competitive world of Ethereum Layer 2 chains.

Along with its excellent security benefits, Zircuit also boasts low costs, fast transactions, excellent scalability and 2-second block production intervals. All these features make it an ideal environment for 

 (DApps) in various niches, particularly 

 (DeFi). In fact, the leading protocols within the Zircuit ecosystem are all dedicated to the finance niche, with Zircuit Staking being the largest application by TVL.

With its heavy focus on DeFi, Zircuit aims to become a leading liquidity hub for various token types within the sector, including 

. These assets can be staked through the Zircuit staking program — supported by the platform's Liquidity Hub — to earn staking APRs, airdrop rewards and points based on the Zircuit Point program (covered further in our article).

The platform also operates a secure native bridging solution, 

, to help users transfer assets between its Layer 2 network and Ethereum Layer 1.

The company behind the project, Zircuit Ltd., was founded in 2021 in Canada by Dr. Martin Derka, Jan Gorzny and Angel Xu. Zircuit's testnet was launched in November 2023, but made headlines in April 2024 when the project reported that its 

 (TVL) had soared past $2 billion. While testnet TVLs are more a gauge of future potential for a blockchain than an indicator of its existing worth, the news attracted the attention of industry observers toward the platform. Following its highly publicized testnet success, Zircuit launched the first phase of its mainnet in August 2024. This was followed by the launch of the platform's native token, ZRC, in November 2024.

As a typical rollup, Zircuit uses an off-chain sequencer node to batch and organize Layer 2 transactions for subsequent posting to the underlying Ethereum Layer 1. The batches have ZK validity proofs attached to them to signal to Layer 1 validators that they’re free from fraudulent transactions. Zircuit's architecture also includes prover nodes, whose job is to produce these validity proofs.

However, unlike other rollups using ZK proofs (also known as validity proofs), Zircuit doesn't generate validity proofs for every block of transactions. Instead, some blocks have pre-generated template proofs, while others go through the process of having a dedicated validity proof created for them. After a few blocks featuring validity proofs, there are several more that utilize template proofs. The image below illustrates this approach.

The key reason Zircuit has adopted this form of proof design is that the process of generating ZK proofs is computationally intensive. By using template proofs for some of the blocks in a sequence, Zircuit can reduce the overall computational overhead. However, the project’s team has stated that the template proof model is temporary, and will be phased out in the future. At that stage, the platform will move to generating ZK proofs for each block.

Zircuit features a highly modular design whereby provers — responsible for generating validity proofs on the platform — can easily be plugged into or removed from the network. This modular approach is distinct from the standard ZK rollup design, in which provers are more tightly and less flexibly integrated into the overall architecture.

As noted earlier, Zircuit uses a dedicated sequencer to organize and batch transactions into blocks. The platform also applies AI-driven monitoring at the sequencer level (the Sequencer Level Security, or SLS) to spot and exclude fraudulent transactions before they’re finalized on Layer 2.

When transactions are first posted to Zircuit, they enter the 

 — a temporary area from which the sequencer picks and organizes individual transactions into blocks. The mempool is being monitored at all times, using AI algorithms to identify suspicious transactions. If a transaction in the mempool raises a flag, it's quarantined and assessed for validity before the sequencer can include it in a block. The image below shows how this process works.

One of the distinct features of Zircuit is its hybrid architecture, which combines the properties of optimistic and ZK rollups. At the base level, Zircuit is built using Optimism's Bedrock development framework, a technology popular for optimistic rollup networks. However, the use of ZK proofs — or, to be more precise, a combination of validity proofs and template proofs — ensures that Zircuit enjoys a security level that standard optimistic rollups normally can't match.

The use of AI-based SLS provides robust security to Zircuit, complementing the already highly secure ZK proof system. Very few Layer 2 networks in the industry currently feature anything similar, making the platform a true pioneer of AI use for sequencer-level operations.

Like any rollup based on Optimism Bedrock, Zircuit enjoys EVM compatibility. This allows for smooth interoperability with the underlying Ethereum Layer 1. EVM compatibility also makes it easy for developers familiar with Ethereum’s environment to develop Zircuit-based DApps, or to port existing Ethereum applications to the platform. Developers can take advantage of technologies commonly used for Ethereum (e.g., the Solidity programming language and the Hardhat development framework) to build Zircuit applications and smart contracts.

Zircuit Bridge is a native bridging solution designed to easily transfer tokens between Ethereum and Zircuit. It boasts high security, low transaction fees and fast transfers, and allows users to move a variety of cryptocurrencies between Ethereum and Zircuit, including ETH, 

) and LRTs like Super Symbiotic LRT (weETHs). As of late November 2024, the total number of cryptos supported by the bridge is close to 30.

Zircuit has launched a reward program called Zircuit Points. Users can earn these Points by staking supported assets, and by participating in the Build to Earn initiative (more on this below). Accumulated points will be converted to ZRC tokens in the future. Points also create the opportunity to qualify for token airdrops.

The primary way for most users to earn Zircuit points is via 

. The Zircuit Staking program lets you stake LSTs, LRTs, popular stablecoins, some wrapped tokens and Ether (ETH) to earn points. Using LSTs and LRTs, you can earn yields (along with native Zircuit staking APRs and Points) from the respective staking and restaking platforms that issue these assets.

Zircuit Points earned via staking have different multipliers, depending upon the asset. For example, Ether has a multiplier of 0.5, while LSTs, LRTs and stablecoins have a multiplier of 1. Multipliers for different LST and LRT assets may be subject to change in the future.

Build to Earn is another way to qualify for Zircuit Points. The program allows developers to contribute to the Zircuit ecosystem and earn Points in a number of ways, including:

Launched in November 2024, ZRC is the platform's native cryptocurrency. It's an 

 asset deployed on both Zircuit and Ethereum Layer 1. ZRC is mainly used for reward distributions, and participation in token airdrops for ecosystem DApps. Currently, transaction fees on the network are paid in Ether. It's possible that, in the future, ZRC might be used for some transaction fee payments.

ZRC is also used for rewards under the Gas Rebate program. As users conduct transactions on the platform, they 

. Zircuit’s Gas Rebate program provides rebates to offset some of the incurred fees. The amount of ZRC earned as a rebate is proportional to the amount spent on gas in ETH; the project's documentation states that for each ETH spent on gas, the user earns 125% in ZRC. All kinds of gas fee payments qualify for the rebate, including ordinary asset transfers and transactions involving interaction with Zircuit DApps.

ZRC is a supply-capped token, with a maximum and total supply of 10 billion. The token's supply allocation shares are as follows:

The ZRC token is available on Bybit's Spot market as a swap pair with USDT (

 to grab a share of the 5 million ZRC prize pool. New users who sign up for a Bybit account and complete identity verification can earn ZRC rewards by accumulating a deposit volume of at least 2,000 ZRC, or by depositing 100 USDT and trading 100 USDT worth of ZRC via their first trade with Bybit. 

Meanwhile, existing users can qualify for ZRC rewards by trading at least 500 USDT worth of ZRC on the Bybit Spot market, with the possibility of earning up to 10,000 ZRC based on trading volume. The 

 event will run through Dec 10, 2024, 8:59AM UTC.

Zircuit is among the pioneering Layer 2 platforms to adopt a hybrid design for a rollup network. Thanks to the platform's architecture, users can take advantage of low transaction costs, fast transfers and great scalability while enjoying the benefits of high security delivered by ZK proofs and AI-driven mempool monitoring. AI-based monitoring for fraudulent transactions is a particularly notable feature of the platform and is undoubtedly among the most advanced technologies employed in the blockchain industry.

User security combined with faster and cheaper transactions for the Ethereum network — all in one package — is now feasible, thanks to Zircuit's innovative technology and unique approach!

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Bybit is celebrating its sixth anniversary with the #Super6Bybit event, offering a $1.2 million prize pool and focusing on its bbSOL token.

Daily Top Performer — Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL)

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.38% as tech stocks dropped and inflation data reinforced a hawkish Fed outlook. Coindesk Indices, an index measuring broader cryptocurrency market performance was down by 0.40%, with Bitcoin and Ether dropping by 1.86% and 1.79%, respectively in the past 24 hours.

Today's top performer is VIRTUAL, which surged 53.6% following the launch of the $MUSIC token by Agentstarter, featuring AI-driven music video capabilities and community-focused tokenomics.

Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL), founded in 2021, allows users to invest in and co-own AI-driven virtual assets like companions and influencers. Its model fosters community ownership, transforming AI agents into revenue-generating assets across platforms like Roblox and TikTok. The platform attracts contributors from AI and gaming to drive innovation in virtual economies. 

, using AI to create music videos and offering features like animated videos, voice mimicry, and karaoke tracks. The tokenomics allocate 60% for airdrops, 20% for liquidity, and 10% each for the development team and Virtuals Protocol.

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Bybit is celebrating its sixth anniversary with the 

, offering a $1.2 million prize pool and focusing on its bbSOL token. Launched in September 2024, bbSOL is the first exchange-backed Liquid Staking Token on Solana, providing liquidity and staking rewards. The campaign, running from November 28, 2024, to January 6, 2025, invites participants to build, transform, and supercharge their bbSOL through tasks, leaderboards, and community milestones, increasing rewards. The event combines gaming mechanics, community engagement, and opportunities to win prizes while promoting innovation and growth in the crypto space.

Yesterday, there were no flows in BTC Spot ETFs, including GBTC and non-GBTC categories.

. Stake BNB on Lista's portal to get slisBNB, then deposit it into Astherus to earn airdrop points with multipliers (3X for Lista, 1.15X for Astherus). No lockup is required, and slisBNB is the most efficient option.

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Zebec Protocol is a Solana-based DeFi platform that empowers a real-time, frictionless constant stream of payments and other financial transactions.

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Have you ever dreamed of getting paid for your work by the second? As Zebec Protocol works to revolutionize the world of payment streams, empowering employees around the world through instant payrolls, this will no longer be a dream.

? Scroll on as we cover what makes Zebec so special among other Solana-based projects, and how investing in ZBC tokens gives you the opportunity to take advantage of Zebec's future growth.

-based DeFi platform that empowers a real-time, frictionless constant stream of payments and other financial transactions. 

The continuous money streams made possible through Zebec seek to disrupt the traditional financial system, as businesses, employees and consumers completely reimagine how they’re paid, and how they invest and buy products or services.

 ideas, Zebec differentiates itself by addressing a crucial real-world issue that most salary earners face: wages. 

The founder of Zebec Protocol, Sam Thapaliya, has been inspired to improve the efficiency of the financial payment system through his personal journey as a self-made entrepreneur of two successful companies in the realm of e-commerce and AI algorithms.

Zebec’s payment streams, also known as Zebec Payroll or Zebec Pay, is the protocol’s first application, a tax-compliant on-chain processing system making use of low fees and instant transactions to transform payroll by allowing employees to be paid by the second. 

Zebec has also launched four other products following its flagship product: Zebec Card, Zebec Safes, Web3 Banking and Zebec Labs. 

Zebec Card, Zebec Safes and Web3 Banking work in tandem with Zebec Payroll to form an exclusive financial ecosystem within Zebec Protocol, whereby businesses and employees can earn, spend and store their money securely. The Zebec team also continues to showcase its innovation through Zebec Labs, aiming to find more ways to transform the finance industry.

Zebec is fully governed by its community. ZBC token holders become members of the 

, and can participate in voting on the platform’s future while enjoying rewards and discounted Zebec services.

From administrative mishaps to malicious mismanagement, an employee’s access to their due salary can sometimes be delayed. This is because there isn’t any existing infrastructure to support instantaneous access to wages. That’s where the low-fee, crypto-native payroll solution of payment streams comes in handy, as employees are instantly paid in stablecoins such as 

Zebec is the only real-time, by-the-second dollar-cost averaging investing mechanism available anywhere. By taking advantage of this unique strength, users can automatically convert a percentage of their paycheck into top cryptocurrencies. This automation greatly reduces the inconvenience of fiat on-ramps, and grants investors greater liquidity when investing in their favorite coins and tokens. 

On top of automated dollar-cost averaging, employees also have complete control over how they use their money, with easy-to-program smart contracts. This grants them easy access to DeFi applications in order to earn yield or to swap for lesser-known small-cap tokens.

With Zebec, employees no longer need to deal with the hassle of investing in crypto using IRA and 401K accounts. Since the process is automated, investors can effortlessly allocate a portion of their paycheck to compliant crypto IRA and 401K accounts.

By adopting Zebec, users can swap their cryptocurrencies into USD and transfer their money to their regular bank accounts without paying the usual fee associated with fiat on-ramps and off-ramps.

Although the industry is still in the early stages of a fully-fledged cryptocurrency payroll, Zebec’s unique technology certainly helps nudge things in the right direction. As the crypto is transferred directly from employers to employees, middlemen such as banks are cut out of the picture, and wages are safely stored in Zebec’s MultiSig Treasury Vaults. 

This improves overall security and speed, as transactions are stored on the secure Solana network and no third-party authentications are required, which slows transactions.

 Additionally, employers with a global workforce get to save on over-the-border fees and benefit from lower costs in the long run.

 further bolster transaction security as more than one signature is required to make payment, thereby preventing payrolls from being compromised. This treasury fund security feature is particularly vital for companies managing hundreds of payrolls.

Besides the aforementioned benefits of greater convenience, security and instant access to your wages, Zebec Pay also solves the common problem of payment disputes in the gig economy. Problems like unfair docking of payment and ambiguous freelancer contracts have long plagued the gig economy and prevented it from becoming more widespread. With the enforcement of Zebec’s smart contracts in place, such disputes can easily be resolved.

Zebec Card is a Solana-based debit card that can be used in the U.K. and 26 other European countries including Germany, France, Denmark and Italy. Since it’s powered by Mastercard, you can use it to easily off-ramp your crypto at over 60 million participating merchant stores. 

It comes in both physical and virtual versions, with only a simple 

 (KYC) verification required for sign-up. 

With zero annual fees and 1% transaction fees, Zebec Card is one of the lowest fee cards, alongside 

 Additionally, you receive automatic cashback of up to 10% with every use.

To use the Zebec Card, you’re required to store SOL, ZBC and/or USDC in your Zebec wallet. Moreover, if you store ZBC in your Zebec wallet you stand to gain up to 7% in monthly rewards. The more ZBC you store, the greater the bonuses you can expect to receive.

From its MultiSig Treasury Vaults, Zebec takes a step further in treasury management by introducing 

, ensuring 24/7 security through multisignature safes that comply with major web3 auditors like CertiK and Trail of Bits. Zebec Safes allows businesses, investors and individuals to manage their funds, as they can choose to save, spend and invest. 

Zebec Safes can be connected to DApps, and is multi-chain supported, working on both Solana and 

Zebec Protocol has also created its own web3 bank for users. Their USDC can be stored securely and used in multiple ways, such as spending it with the Zebec Card, off-ramping it to their personal bank accounts, transferring it across borders without delays or surcharges incurred, or sending it to their preferred crypto wallets, such as MetaMask and Ledger. 

The Zebec team have demonstrated their commitment to innovation by developing Zebec Labs, an innovation hub and incubator ecosystem for aspiring DeFi projects. Two projects have been initiated thus far with Zebec Labs: Operation Horizon and Nautilus Chain.

 is a community-driven campaign with the aim of launching the Zebec Chain, a payment-centric 

 blockchain set to be unveiled in 2023. Zebec Chain will replace Solana as the foundation blockchain for Zebec Protocol, given 

, which could otherwise pose long-term challenges for Zebec users. Zebec Chain will leverage 

 (TPS) to facilitate instantaneous payment transactions. 

During the building phase, users who purchase 

 will be able to operate a validator node on the Zebec Chain when it goes live. This NFT ownership also entitles participants to a share of 20% of Zebec's revenue, and the chance to get USDT and ZBC airdrops for each Zepoch Node NFT sold. 

If you decide to purchase a Zepoch Node NFT, note that it cannot be transferred or traded until all of the Zepoch Node NFTs are sold.

Created to act as a staging chain for users to transition smoothly to the upcoming Zebec Chain, Nautilus Chain is the first streaming payment blockchain with 

 to attain an initial TPS rate of 2,000 that will continue to grow over time. While primarily tailored for DeFi DApps, Nautilus Chain can also be utilized for web3 projects, such as GameFi DApps, due to its high throughput. 

ZBC is the native token of Zebec Protocol and has multiple roles as a 

ZBC’s maximum supply is 10 billion tokens. As a deflationary token, ZBC has a burn function that’s activated when gas fees are paid on both the Zebec Chain and Nautilus Chain. In February 2023, Zebec Protocol announced its intention to use 50% of its revenue to buy back ZBC tokens every month and send them for burning.

With the conception of the Nautilus Chain, ZBC now has two sets of token fee mechanics, one for Zebec Protocol and another for Nautilus Chain. 

The fees for Zebec Protocol and Nautilus Chain are distributed differently. For the Zebec Protocol, 50% of the ZBC fees collected are burned to curtail its supply and preserve its value, while 15% is allotted to developers, 10% to the ecosystem vault and the remaining portion to ecosystem incentives and various grants. In contrast, the Nautilus Chain designates 25% of ZBC for burning and 25% for research, with the remaining 50% set aside as compensation for validators.

ZBC is currently valued at $0.011 (as of Sep 6, 2023), marking a decline of 78.29% from its highest price of $0.053 on Apr 13, 2022, while reflecting an increase of 38.38% from its historical low of $0.008 on Nov 14, 2022.

Despite the ongoing bear market exerting downward pressure on cryptocurrency prices, analysts remain optimistic about Zebec's outlook. PricePrediction 

 to $0.045 in 2025, with ZBC’s price crossing the 10-cent threshold in 2018 to reach $0.26 by 2030. DigitalCoinPrice 

 for 2025 with ZBC hitting $0.042, but with a slower ascent to $0.12 in 2030.

Zebec isn’t simply a continuous settlement protocol for instantaneous payment of employee wages. It has the potential to revolutionize how the world thinks about wages and access to payroll, as it effectively removes the middleman in the financial transaction process and allows for direct and efficient payment between employers and employees. 

To answer if ZBC tokens are a good investment for the future, we can simply refer to the team’s future plans to expand the Zebec Protocol. 

Previously mentioned is that the team is releasing its own Layer 1 blockchain in 2023, the Zebec Chain. Once Zebec Protocol launches Zebec Chain, more users are expected to be drawn to the Zebec platform as it increases its reliability while maintaining high throughput. Zebec has also revealed its 

 to enable cross-chain transactions, starting from its integration with the BNB Chain. 

All of these plans suggest that Zebec is poised to broaden its reach and solidify its standing in the blockchain landscape. Given its strategy of expansion and numerous innovative developments, you might find ZBC a promising addition to your investment portfolio. Nevertheless, it’s crucial to note that our perspective on the Zebec Protocol shouldn’t be interpreted as financial advice. Always 

 before investing in cryptocurrencies, which are known for their volatility. 

With a strong focus on growing beyond its core payment streaming Zebec Pay service, we’re confident that ZBC tokens are a good investment, especially if you’re bullish on the future of crypto payment services. 

With future plans for its own blockchain in the works, Zebec’s goal of disrupting the world of traditional finance seems more and more likely with each milestone the team accomplishes.

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