The PANews Top 10 column article popularity rankings for September 2026 (hereinafter referred to as the “Hot List”) were released today. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation of all column articles on the PANews platform in September based on content quality and article reading volume, and created this month's popularity list.
Column article popularity list TOP 10
PANews has created related posters for the top five most read articles this month to commend these in-depth and high-quality content.
No.1 Tiger Research
Tiger Research is a research, GTM advisory and investment firm focused on the Asian Web 3 market.
"Can robots autonomously take orders, make money, and collaborate? Virtuals Protocol's ambitions go beyond issuing coins." Virtuals Protocol is transforming from a token issuance platform to the underlying architecture of the agent and robot industry. The protocol provides identity and payment functions through EconomyOS, uses the ACP protocol to realize autonomous transactions between agents, and launches Eastworlds infrastructure to provide hardware testing and data support for robots, extending the agent economy from online to the physical world. The core indicators for measuring Virtuals' value in the future will shift from the token market value to the actual transaction volume between agents, revenue scale and the real workload completed by robots.
No.2 Conflux
Conflux (Tree Map Blockchain) is a high-performance, decentralized Layer 1 public chain platform and is currently the only public blockchain in China that meets regulatory requirements.
"Fomo earns 1.2 million a day, why are the two major exchanges nervous?" Binance is trying to compete for pricing power during the closing period of the traditional US stock market through the combination model of Perp and bStocks. With its low cost, high leverage and continuous trading characteristics, Perp has become the engine for producing candidate prices; and bStocks, as the spot inventory layer, provides risk hedging and error correction support for Perp's high-frequency trading through position, mortgage, on-chain transfer and lending functions.
No.3 01Founder
01Founder is a self-media and content brand focusing on AI, technological innovation and VC perspectives. It is mainly active on WeChat public accounts and other platforms.
"It's time to re-evaluate MiniMax" On September 10th, AI application Genspark released Gen-1 Slides, a self-developed PPT model based on the MiniMax M3 base. Through special training, this model maintains generation quality while reducing the cost of a single call by nearly 90% compared to the original main model. As manufacturers such as MiniMax open up their weights, the industry is forming an ecological closed loop of basic base + downstream customization. The application layer is accelerating to push business logic into the bottom layer of the model in order to pursue higher cost performance and product competitiveness.
No.4 Biteye
Biteye is a blockchain research institution and community focusing on L1/L2, DeFi, NFT and Web3.
"A Practical Guide to FOMO: From Finding People to Finding Coins, How to Play Social Trading?" Social trading application FOMO has become very popular, with an average of about 30 new users every minute. It attracts not only Meme players, but also secondary market and contract traders. FOMO deeply integrates social networking and trading through trading dynamics, investment logic and teaming functions to help users efficiently screen market Alpha. Its Graduated and Trending functions can assist in locating early hot spots, but users need to be wary of risks such as signal delays, liquidity, and profit and loss record distortion. It is recommended to use it as a decision-making aid rather than blindly following orders.
No.5 Black Mario
Black Mario is a well-known Chinese self-media blogger and KOL in the field of cryptocurrency, active on social platforms such as X and Zhihu.
"The Death of Hsin-Ju, Encryption" Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang was found dead in the California desert on August 24. He was only 37 years old. During her lifetime, she had a serious labor dispute with Hack VC, and accused the company of threatening industry closures. The cause of death has not yet been determined, and police have not classified it as a criminal case. Although the encryption industry chain advertises decentralization, off-chain professional relationships are highly centralized and lack effective institutional protection.
No.6 Wanxiang Blockchain
Wanxiang Blockchain is a research institution focusing on blockchain technology, headed by Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum.
"Full text of Dr. Xiao Feng's speech: Asset Tokenization and 24/7 Transactions - Blockchain Reconstructs the Global Financial Market" Xiao Feng, chairman and CEO of HashKey Group, said at the 12th Blockchain Global Summit on September 23 that tokenization, 7×24-hour transactions and on-chain finance will bring about disruptive changes in the U.S. financial system in the next ten years. Xiao Feng pointed out that the United States is using this to build an all-weather financial supermarket to meet the US$10 trillion in financing needed for AI infrastructure construction.
No.7 168X & Lao Bai
168X is a top dialogue platform that deeply connects the East and the West, and is committed to exploring how blockchain, AI, and Biotech will reshape the future.
Lao Bai used to work at OKX Ventures, was previously an investment research partner at ABCDE, former head of research at Amber Group, and founder of Prochain. He is a Crypto columnist, has a master's degree in information engineering from RMIT, Australia, and has 10 years of network engineering experience.
"Lao Bai: This is the last decent bull market for Crypto! Three main lines of RWA, Perp, and Privacy." Investor Lao Bai said in the latest interview that the encryption market narrative has shifted from telling stories to looking for PMF. He believes that the main line of this bull market is extremely clear, with only three tracks left: RWA, Perp, and Privacy.
No.8 Conflux
Conflux (Tree Map Blockchain) is a high-performance, decentralized Layer 1 public chain platform and is currently the only public blockchain in China that meets regulatory requirements.
"Robinhood broke out, why did UNI rise?" Since Trump called for orders, the crypto market has continued to be positive, with Bitcoin approaching $77,000 and Ethereum rising 20% in a single day. Funds are expected to spread from mainstream currencies to altcoins, but it is not expected that "ten thousand coins will rise together". Only projects with strong real users, income and value capture can take on funds.
No.9 Hash Global Research
Hash Global Research is a research and insight organization under Hash Global, focusing on cutting-edge in-depth analysis of Web3, cryptocurrency market trends and RWA.
"Wall Street Legend Bill Miller: Why do I put half of my net worth in Bitcoin?" Bill Miller, a famous value investor on Wall Street, said that taking a heavy position in Bitcoin is not a departure from value investing, but sees it as insurance against financial disasters. He believes that asset value should not be defined solely by cash flow. Bitcoin has a unique asset holding and transfer function when the traditional financial system is affected.
No.10 Bitwise
Bitwisel is a trusted partner for investors, financial advisors, family offices and institutions seeking to understand and enter the cryptocurrency space.
"Bitwise In-Depth Report: 10 New Trends in Institutional Investment in Encryption" Bitwise research shows that institutional encryption allocation has shifted from "should it" to "how to do it". Core trends include: Bitcoin has become an institutional consensus, and Ethereum and Solana are regarded as technology bets; spot ETFs have become the preferred entry tool; allocation barriers lie in governance and reputation rather than investment value; institutional allocations have long-term sustainability, and as peers follow up, career risks are shifting from "allocation failure" to "missed opportunities."
at last
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