Recently, something interesting is happening in the market — public chains are shining, who will be the one to "take the baton and sprint"? Let me introduce you to the three "players" I've been keeping an eye on: @Aptos, @PythNetwork, @NEARProtocol. 1️⃣ @Aptos — The tech whiz turned financial street king This guy @Aptos was born with a buff; his parents are blockchain big shots from Meta, and he carries the technical genes of Diem in his DNA. When he first came out, everyone said he was a tech show-off, "Sure, he shows off, but can he make money?" But he really turned the show into real skills: trading speed skyrocketed, after the Baby Raptr upgrade, validator latency dropped by 20%, block time is 130ms, and user confirmation is 650ms. Even more impressive, the ecosystem took off too, with the stablecoin market cap rising to 1.2 billion USD, and RWA assets ranking third across the network. In short — @Aptos has transformed from a "lab prodigy" to a "regular at the financial exchange". 2️⃣ @PythNetwork — The price information dealer @PythNetwork is an information dealer, but a top-tier intelligence boss. With a solid background — Jump Crypto supported it from @solana in 2021. Unlike other oracles, it doesn't "ask others for prices"; it directly gets quotes from first-hand sources like Wall Street and exchanges. Data updates are ridiculously fast, sub-second, and it operates across more than 20 chains. You can think of it this way: Chainlink is a newspaper, @PythNetwork is a real-time financial influencer, with its own screens, exchange backend, and all original data at hand. 3️⃣ @NEARProtocol — The ideal land for AI geeks @NEARProtocol's founder Illia was a Google big shot who wrote the Transformer paper (a pioneer in large models). Originally, he wanted to create NEAR AI to teach machines to code, but halfway through, he pivoted to building a public chain, integrating distributed systems and machine learning. Its Nightshade sharding technology is like a multi-lane highway, fast and smooth, with human-readable account names, account abstraction, progressive security... the experience is so good that even newbies can get started. Now @NEARProtocol boldly calls itself the "AI-native blockchain", with 1-second confirmations, optimized for AI and smart agents — it feels like it will soon become the base for AI DApps. In summary: @Aptos: Financial expert + performance monster @PythNetwork: Financial information dealer @NEARProtocol: Paradise for AI geeks Once the bull market arrives, these three might just become the "new darlings" of institutions, pouring money, getting things done, and creating momentum all in one go. What do you think, which one will be the next to explode?