Foresight News has published its columnist report for July 2026, naming a Top 5 popularity list, a No. 1 “most diligent” columnist, and a Top 3 newcomer list. The rankings were based on factors including article readership, content quality, and publishing volume, according to the report, which also attached one recommended piece from each featured column.
Top 5 popularity ranking
Foresight News said the popularity list was compiled using monthly readership and content-quality indicators for column authors. The five selected columns were listed in the following order.
1. Future 小哥哥
Foresight describes the author behind Future 小哥哥 as an analyst with an engineering mindset who has worked deeply across crypto and technology, using a long-term lens to interpret Web3 investment cycles and industry trends.
The recommended article is “An in-depth investment value analysis of NEAR: from base-layer architectural evolution to a revaluation of the all-chain AI operating system.” The article argues that for NEAR, gas revenue is only the starting point of a re-rating, while optional protocol value tied to AI agents, the machine economy, chain abstraction, and the future digital world could form a second growth curve capable of lasting across cycles.
2. Biteye
Biteye is introduced as a blockchain research organization and community focused on Layer 1, Layer 2, DeFi, NFT, and Web3. Its stated mission is to create forward-looking research content and cutting-edge analytical tools to help community members explore the blockchain world.
Its featured article, “The bear market is still going on, and familiar projects are quietly shutting down,” reviews crypto projects that have recently exited the market.
3. Web3 小律
The author of Web3 小律 is described as working deeply in crypto compliance, stablecoins, and cross-border on-chain payments, with a focus on producing in-depth Web3 industry research from a legal perspective by combining global regulatory policy developments.
The recommended article is “OUSD is not attacking USDC. It is attacking Circle’s capital narrative.” The piece asks what, exactly, OUSD has disrupted for Circle.
4. 富贵
Foresight says the author behind 富贵 has both finance and full-stack development experience, with column work centered on on-chain technical reviews, RWA, and deep analysis of macro crypto narratives.
The selected piece is “BitMEX’s curtain call: the inventor of the perpetual contract failed to become perpetual.” It says that perpetual contracts do not expire, but the people who invented them still reached their own moment of liquidation.
5. 鸭特 TATAYA
The author of 鸭特 TATAYA is described as focusing on RWA, institutional Bitcoin treasury strategies, venture capital, and on-chain macro themes, with particular attention on how publicly listed U.S. companies tokenize assets on-chain and on the underlying logic of Web3 finance.
The recommended article is “New financial infrastructure or a stitched-together pseudo platform: what Web3 neobanks are doing.” The article says the endpoint for a Web3 neobank is unlikely to be just a more usable wallet or a cheaper card.
No. 1 on the diligence ranking
The diligence ranking was assessed across multiple dimensions, including publishing volume and readability.
The top spot went to 昊恪然［芒格门徒］. Foresight says the columnist is skilled at using the contrarian logic of Munger-style value investing, combined with views on macro conditions, U.S. equities, and geopolitical developments, to judge Bitcoin market direction.
The recommended article is “BTC falls below 64K under pressure ahead of the FOMC decision: continued ETF outflows and geopolitical conflict unsettle the crypto market.” The article says uncertainty around the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, together with tensions in the Middle East, pushed crypto funds from Bitcoin toward Ethereum, leaving the broader market in a cautious and choppy state.
Top 3 newcomer ranking
For new columnists who joined in July 2026, Foresight News ranked the top three based on readership, content quality, publishing activity, and related factors.
1. Corundum｜刚玉
The author of Corundum｜刚玉 focuses on global Web3 regulation, stablecoins, and compliance policy for RWA.
The recommended article is “Circle wins approval for a national trust bank charter: how a stablecoin issuer gradually becomes a bank.” The piece says that while Circle gained national-level compliance credibility, it also avoided the extremely heavy capital constraints and compliance operating costs faced by traditional commercial banks.
2. Money in Motion
The author of Money in Motion tracks global capital flows, including U.S. stocks, commodities, cross-border hot money, and institutional fund movements, and uses macro flow logic to interpret rises, declines, and rotations in the crypto market.
Its featured article is “A conversation with Jia Hang, looking back on two decades of China’s payment expansion overseas.” The article says UnionPay as a card network, Alipay+ as a wallet, and stablecoins as blockchain-based infrastructure have, in retrospect, all been trying to answer the same question.
3. Surf
Surf is presented as an AI research platform for the crypto market that offers fast, professional insight into projects, on-chain activity, and market developments.
Its recommended article is “The ‘MEV moment’ of prediction markets: betting on price moves or creating them.” The piece says Polymarket and Kalshi have taken different product paths.
Disclaimer
At the end of the report, Foresight News said market activity carries risk and that investors should remain cautious. The article does not constitute investment advice, and readers should consider whether any opinions, views, or conclusions in it fit their own circumstances. Responsibility for any investment decision rests with the user.