TOP Trending, December 19, 2025 

Tulip King 🌷 — Macro Commentary with a Wink

Tulip King 🌷 is a crypto commentator and former Messari analyst, now active with Counterparty TV, a platform for industry discussions and events. His handle nods to historic tulip mania—a playful reference to speculative markets. He shares sharp insights on macro trends, privacy coins like Zcash, and the convergence of traditional finance and crypto. Recently, he’s been visible promoting community awards and sparking debate on passive investing, retirement policy, and market structure.

His profile has risen following contributions to Messari’s newly released Crypto Theses for 2026, a 300+ page flagship report outlining key trends and predictions. A promotional post on December 18, 2025, drew strong engagement, reinforcing his growing influence as the crypto community looks ahead.

Nesa — Privacy-First Infrastructure for On-Chain AI

Nesa is a Layer-1 blockchain bringing AI on-chain in a decentralized, privacy-preserving way. It enables encrypted AI inference across 180,000+ nodes using technologies like ZKML, Equivariant Encryption, and Trusted Execution Environments. With low hardware requirements, support for 120,000+ models, and sub-5-second inference, Nesa makes AI outputs verifiable and trustless. The $NES token powers staking, payments, consensus, and governance, with the testnet live ahead of mainnet.

Nesa is trending on the back of the AI–crypto narrative and growing community momentum. The December 11 launch of invite-only AI Cards—on-chain personas that track activity and XP—sparked early-user FOMO and airdrop speculation. Strong social engagement, Kaito leaderboard visibility, and influencer buzz position Nesa as a high-conviction bet in decentralized AI infrastructure.

Fuse Energy — Utility-Driven DePIN for the Power Grid

Fuse Energy is a London-based renewable energy company founded in 2022 by former Revolut executives. It operates as a vertically integrated electricity retailer while building a DePIN layer on Solana called The Energy Network. Through its app, Fuse connects existing household assets—EV chargers, solar panels, and batteries—without new hardware, optimizing energy use and easing grid strain from AI data centers and electrification. Users earn the $ENERGY token for grid-supporting actions, which can be burned for real-world discounts, tying the token directly to utility rather than speculation. Fuse serves 200,000+ UK households, generates ~$400M in ARR, is cash-flow positive, and has raised $160M+ from top investors including Multicoin, Lowercarbon, Accel, Balderton, and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko.

Fuse is trending after announcing a $70M Series B on December 18, valuing the company at $5B and accelerating expansion into Europe and the US. Momentum was further boosted by a rare SEC no-action letter confirming $ENERGY is not a security, providing major regulatory clarity for DePIN. With real revenue, live infrastructure, and relevance to rising AI and EV energy demand, Fuse is emerging as one of the strongest utility-backed DePIN plays in crypto.

IOPn — A Human-Centric Layer 1 for Digital Sovereignty

IOPn (Internet of People Network) is a blockchain ecosystem focused on digital sovereignty, combining AI, decentralized identity (NeoID), and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization on its EVM-compatible Layer 1, OPN Chain. Built with the Cosmos SDK and Tendermint consensus, it offers high performance (10,000+ TPS, sub-second finality, low fees) while prioritizing human-centric design. Still in testnet as of December 2025, IOPn has seen heavy usage—76M+ transactions, millions of wallets, and daily activity across swaps, liquidity, faucets, and RWA interactions. Recent launches include IOPn Learn, an education platform with quizzes and testnet $OPN rewards, alongside growing global community channels and a forthcoming 2026 roadmap.

IOPn is gaining attention for its organic, community-led growth and strong airdrop-farming narrative. “Mainnet-level” testnet metrics, reputation mechanics, quizzes, and leaderboard tasks are driving consistent engagement, as users speculate on future rewards for early participation. By aligning with major 2025 themes—AI, RWAs, and sovereign identity—IOPn stands out as a quiet, utility-first infrastructure play gaining momentum without heavy marketing.

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