The March column ranking of Gate is out: Web3 Xiaolu takes the crown, with popular articles focusing on XRP and Ethereum.

The top five column authors and the top ten column articles in terms of popularity for March 2025 have now been released. This list was created after a comprehensive assessment of the posting activity and article popularity of all column authors on the platform for the month.

Top five influential authors in the column ranking

The ranking is based on a comprehensive assessment of posting frequency, quality, and readership. The five columnists who made the list are as follows:

1. Web3 Law: Mainly focuses on macro areas such as law and regulation. In March, its article about Ripple received a high level of attention.

2. Fourteen Lords: A personal media platform focused on interpreting popular technologies. In March, three articles were published, showing a good overall reading performance.

3. IOBC Capital: A venture capital firm focused on investments across the entire field of cryptocurrency primary markets. In March, it published three articles on Ethena, Bitcoin reserves, and DeepSeek.

4. IOSG: A well-known investment institution in the Web3 field. In March, it published two articles on Ethereum, which attracted widespread attention from readers.

5. LXDAO: A research and development organization dedicated to sustainably supporting valuable Web3 public goods and open-source projects. The article "AI Welcomes the 'USB-C Moment': How MCP Perfectly Integrates with Ethereum?" released in March received a good response.

Top Ten Hot Articles in the Column Ranking ###

Based on content quality and reading volume, the ten most popular column articles in March are as follows:

1. "The Momentum of XRP, the Power of Ripple: The Breakthrough Path for Large-scale Application of Cryptocurrency" Author: Web3 Little Lawyer The article provides an in-depth analysis of the concepts of Ripple and XRP, their relationship, and how they operate in Web2 and Web3.

2. "In-depth Analysis of the Most Anticipated Ethereum Prague Upgrade This Year" Author: Shijun A detailed technical analysis of the 11 EIPs in the Prague-Elektra upgrade.

3. "The Dawn of AGI Brought by Manus: AI Safety Also Worthy of Deep Thought" Author: 0xResearcher Discussed the non-human defense systems required when AI approaches human intelligence.

4. "An Analysis of the Ammo White Paper: From Vector Primitives to the Multimodal Agent Ecosystem" Author: On-chain View Introduced the concept of MetaSpace defined by AMMO and discussed the application of AI Agent-related data within that space.

5. "AI Welcomes the 'USB-C Moment', How Does MCP Perfectly Integrate with Ethereum?" Author: LXDAO Discussed the potential synergy between AI and Ethereum.

6. "From Hash Power Competition to Algorithm Innovation: The New Paradigm of AI Led by DeepSeek" Author: IOBC Capital Analyzed the relationship between DeepSeek as a representative of algorithm breakthroughs and Nvidia's computing power supply, and explored the impact of computing power and algorithms on industry development.

7. "SIMD 0228 Proposal Failed: A Major Victory for Solana Governance?" Author: IOSG In-depth analysis of the game process, significance, and reasons for the failure behind the governance of the Solana proposal.

8. "The Success Insights of the 'King of Privacy' Signal: How Should FHE Projects Generate Their Own Blood?" Author: Zuo Ye, Waibo Mountain Building on the successful experience of Signal, this explores how privacy products can achieve self-sustainability.

9. "A Brief Analysis of the U.S. Bitcoin Strategic Reserve: Not Below Expectations, Significant Impact in the Long Run" Author: 0xTodd Analyzed the sources of the U.S. Strategic Reserve and its impact on the market.

10. "AI×Crypto Convergence: In-Depth Analysis of Five Major AI Layer1 Projects" Author: Biteye In-depth analysis of the five leading AI Layer1 projects: Bittensor, Vana, Kite AI, Nillion, and Sahara.

In March, global financial markets experienced a large-scale sell-off, with Bitcoin briefly falling below $80,000. Nevertheless, the regulatory landscape for cryptocurrencies in the United States is gradually becoming clearer, which is seen as a long-term positive signal. In the future, we look forward to seeing more high-quality content and new faces appear on the list, collectively recording and analyzing the development stories in the Web3 space.