Chainlink is still the backbone of DeFi oracle infrastructure. However, innovation is happening faster among newer competitors. Pyth, RedStone, and API3 each challenge different assumptions in oracle design. While Chainlink benefits from trust and scale, competition ensures it must keep evolving to stay ahead.
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Digital art and creative NFTs are also gaining renewed attention, especially as the broader NFT market stabilizes and institutional interest grows. With demand from major brands, galleries, and collectors alongside AI-enhanced creation tools, art NFTs could see a resurgence as more traditional investors and art enthusiasts embrace blockchain ownership, creating a diversified growth trend outside gaming alone.
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Another perspective treats Bitcoin as a high-beta macro asset that reflects global liquidity conditions. During periods of abundant liquidity and accommodative policy, Bitcoin tends to perform well alongside equities and other risk assets. This weakens its traditional safe-haven classification, as it often sells off during acute macro stress events, suggesting its current role is more aligned with speculative macro exposure than crisis insurance.
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