Key Takeaways
The concept of DeSci was not born recently. Binance Labs announced its first investment in BIO Protocol, and CZ and Vitalik attended Binances Desci Day event together, which once again attracted market attention to DeSci.
The DeSci track currently has a relatively low market value and is also one of the key tracks that top VCs are paying attention to. In addition to Binance labs starting to deploy in the medical and health field, a16z has also begun to deploy in the DeSci field.
The DeSci track project is still in the early stages of exploration, and the areas of focus include the BIO ecosystem and related memes.
Recently, the DeSci track has become very popular, and the related Memecoin $RIF and $URO have increased by as much as 200% in a single day, and market sentiment has been repeatedly ignited. Binance exclusively invested in the DeSci track protocol BIO Protocol, which has become the focus of market attention. What exactly is the DeSci track named by CZ and Vitalik? Can this market sentiment continue?
Why DeSci suddenly became popular
DeSci (Decentralized Science) is an innovative concept that combines blockchain technology with scientific research. It aims to reshape the current way of funding, collaboration, data sharing and results publication of scientific research. DeScis goal is to create a more open, transparent, fair and efficient scientific ecosystem.
In fact, the concept of DeSci was not born recently. As early as March this year, Binance interpreted the concept of Desci. The sudden popularity of DeSci originated from two recent events: On November 8, Binance Labs announced its first investment in BIO Protocol, which was also the first time that Binance Labs entered the field of decentralized science (DeSci); on November 13, CZ and Vitalik jointly attended the Desci Day event held by Binance in Bangkok, and DeSci began to gain market attention.
Source: Desci Day event
Since then, the DeSci track-related Memecoin $RIF and $URO have increased by as much as 200% in a single day, and the DeSci track has received more market attention. Can the DeSci track continue to develop? How far can biological memes go? What potential projects in the DeSci track are worthy of our attention?
DeSci track noteworthy projects
According to Coingeck data, as of November 20, the total market value of the DeSci track was $1.2 billion. Compared with other popular track projects such as AI, the market value of the DeSci track still has room for growth.
Source: Coingeck
The DeSci track is also one of the key tracks that top VCs are paying attention to. In addition to Binance labs starting to deploy in the medical and health field, a16z has also begun to deploy in the DeSci field, and AminoChain is one of its projects invested in this field. AminoChain mainly provides power for the modern processing of biological samples by connecting data between healthcare companies. On September 25, it just completed a $5 million seed round of financing and has not yet held a TGE.
Source: AminoChain
CZ is also very optimistic about this track and believes that DeSci has great potential. DeSci is expected to solve the drawbacks of traditional scientific research, and the free spirit of DeSci will also help scientific research on human health, longevity and other aspects.
However, DeSci-related projects are all in a very early stage of exploration, and currently we can focus on the two major sections of BIO ecology and related Meme.
1. BIO Protocol Ecosystem
BIO Protocol aims to build a global scientific research funding and cooperation platform based on blockchain and DAO, hoping to use blockchain technology to promote solutions to currently difficult-to-overcome problems such as rare diseases, longevity research and emerging health.
1. $BIO（BIO Protocol）
On November 13, the auction round of BIO Protocol has ended. The average auction price of BIO in the first round was $0.025, which is 164% higher than the average auction price of $0.066 in the last round. Currently, the token $BIO has not been launched, but it is worth noting that in the BIO auction round, many Chinese KOLs participated.
Source: BIO Protocol
2. BIO Protocol cooperation DAO project
BIO Protocols network currently has nearly ten BIO DAOs running on the Ethereum network, and plans to split Solana and other chains in the first quarter of 2025. These DAOs cover multiple areas such as womens health and mental health. These cooperative DAOs mainly have the following representative projects:
Source: BIO Protocol
$VITA (VitaDAO): VitaDAO is the most famous of the seven DAOs, and the main members of BIO also come from VitaDAO. VitaDAO is a group that focuses on funding early longevity research. VitaDAOs first longevity product, VD 001, is a natural high-dose spermidine supplement approved by the Thai FDA. At the Desci Day event in Bangkok on November 13, V God showed CZ VD 001, and then $VITA rose as much as 82.4% on the same day. The current price of $VITA is $5.23.
$RSC (ResearchHub): ResearchHub was founded by the founder of Coinbase to reward users who publish high-quality content on the platform. RSC is the native token of the ResearchHub platform.
$HAIR (HairDAO): Committed to solving hair health issues, developing proprietary products and promoting the application of related patents, such as its community-supported Follicool product.
$ATH (AthenaDAO): AthenaDAO focuses on research and development in womens health, such as reproductive health and treatment of women-specific diseases. By supporting interdisciplinary research, it promotes innovation and technological transformation in womens medicine and helps fill the funding gap in traditional research.
$CRYO (CryoDAO): CryoDAO focuses on the research of cryopreservation technology and cooperates with institutions such as Oxford University to promote the application of cryogenic technology in biomedicine.
$GROW (ValleyDAO): A decentralized, community-governed platform focused on anti-aging drugs and longevity projects
$PSY（PsyDAO）：PsyDAO supports the research of psychedelic drugs in treating mental illnesses, such as PTSD and depression. It promotes the construction of psychedelic drug trials and data sharing platforms.
According to the BIO treasury allocation, the DAO with the largest allocation fund is VitaDAO, accounting for 51.2%.
Source: BIO Protocol
2. Main MemeCoin
To understand the DeSci track-related memes, you must first understand the Pump.Science platform.
Pump.Science is a new Meme launch platform launched by Molecule DAO, a DeSci platform of the Solana ecosystem. Unlike other pumps, the Meme tokens issued by Pump.Science must be related to the scientific field, and when the token market value reaches $10,000, medical research organizations will use the drugs in experiments and publish the test results to the platform regularly. Players can predict the effect of the drugs based on the experimental results and continue to buy and sell Meme tokens.
Pump.Science has mainly issued two Meme tokens, $RIF and $URO. In addition, related Memes include the concept of donation and the concept of quantum entanglement. However, Meme tokens are affected by market sentiment and fluctuate greatly. As of press time, most related Meme tokens have begun to fall. The specific situation of the main Memes is as follows:
1. Pump.Science Concept
$RIF (Rifampicin), Rifampicin focuses on the concept of antibiotics and mainly explores the treatment of tuberculosis infection and other directions. It is the current leading Meme coin.
$URO (Urolithin A), Urolithin A is a natural metabolite found in pomegranates and other nuts, and is mainly explored in the direction of extending lifespan.
2. Donation Concept
$Scihub mainly revolves around Sci-hub, the worlds largest free paper download center. It faces legal issues due to open source, and the platform is maintained only by donations. It mainly explores areas related to scientific research copyright.
3. The concept of quantum entanglement
The concept of quantum entanglement mainly has two tokens, $PRO and $ANTI. Both tokens are independent on the chain, but custom contracts can entangle their token economics. The innovation of this economic model is that in theory, 1 ANTi should be equal to 1 PRO. If the price of one token rises, the other will fluctuate accordingly; when the prices of the two tokens differ, the holders can realize arbitrage through exchange operations and push the price back to equilibrium; this mechanism encourages more transactions and interactions, and increases the activity of the market.
DeScis Outlook
The development of the DeSci field has undoubtedly injected new hope into the fields of longevity, biological sciences, etc. The combination of DeSci and cryptocurrency is expected to improve the inefficiency of traditional scientific research. The concept of DeScis freedom has ignited new hope for more scientific researchers.
However, it is worth noting that biological science research requires a long development cycle. Most of the DeSci projects are still in the very early stages of exploration, and the impact of cryptocurrency on the scientific research system needs further verification.
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