DANIEL

The new @injective research page is now live, and it's very well put together. The layout is clean and uncluttered, making it easy to focus on the content without distractions. The beige color also stands out in a good way. It's calm, easy on the eyes, and perfect for long

Consider this an end of the year shoutout. These are top creators I'll be watching in 2026: Writers. - @devendurance - @Great_Ikay - @DeFiDaraa Video Creators. - @IceyEiza - @holacreq - @TheKarenEddy Artists. - @kayd_kova - @Dayve17_ - @OttyUbINJ Creative Designers.

For Builders: - Build apps and platforms that accept payments natively on-chain. - Create agentic DeFi services, AI marketplaces, and real-time commerce apps. (9/10)

And for Injective; - It positions Injective as the go-to platform for Internet-scale, autonomous payments. - Expands its ecosystem with tools for next-gen finance, AI services, and programmable money. Doors that were impossible before. Are now wide open. (10/10)

Now, stepping away from the history how does x402 actually work? When you (or an AI) request a service, the server responds with a message like: "This service costs $0.05 in USDC." This is basically the server saying: "I'll give you what you want, if you pay me." (5/10)

This marked the first time anyone built a practical, real-world-usable payment layer on top of HTTP using that status code. A whitepaper and core implementation followed, designed to make internet-native payments frictionless and automated. (4/10)

When the World Wide Web was built in the early 1990s, the HTTP standard included many status codes. One of them was 402 Payment Required. It was meant for a future web where payments would be native, but the idea sat unused for almost 30 years. (2/10)

$XION price on Christmas Day 2024 → $3.25 2025 → $0.19 XION's TGE happened last year, which means the token has only been around long enough to mark two Christmas periods. That's still very early in crypto terms. If you look back: - @ethereum didn't see its real expansion

Merry Christmas! 🎁 ❤️

That's a wrap for this month's $INJ community buyback (Round #224). - 6.86M INJ removed from circulation - Reduced sell pressure - Stronger alignment between users, liquidity providers, and long-term holders And a whooping 22% APR for people who got in.

Top 5 on the @defiapp $1M Trading Contest. It sure looks like @MarcellxMarcell is running away with this one. Volume: \~$40.1M PnL: \~$276.7K Estimated reward: \~$218K He's been #1 for weeks now. Clearly optimizing for PnL + leaderboard position, not just volume farming

Will Marcellous hold the crown, or does someone risk it all for a late flip? Who's your money on? 👀

When truth can't be verified, everyone's work (and lives) are at risk. And that risk is real, immediate, and unavoidable. It's the risk of wrong decisions, lost opportunities, and reputations destroyed, all because there's no reliable way to know what's true. (8/9)