Places with massive wealth concentration are often the most intense battlegrounds for law and order.

As 2025 draws to a close, the global stablecoin issuance has firmly surpassed the $300 billion mark—nearly tripling the previous year's figure. Monthly trading volumes are even more astonishing, reaching between $4 trillion and $5 trillion. Once considered a niche toy for geeks, stablecoins have now undergone a stunning transformation, becoming the most convenient gateway for traditional finance to access the digital world.

But beneath the surface of prosperity, dark currents are surging.

The latest industry data offers a warning: by 2025, the amount of funds received by global illegal addresses is expected to exceed $51.3 billion. Imagine hundreds of billions of dollars crossing borders within seconds—traditional regulatory systems simply cannot keep up with this speed. Law enforcement agencies often cannot determine immediately which transactions are normal and which are illicit gains. The entire industry is like paving a road that isn't fully laid yet, while traffic has already exploded.

In this context, a special class of entrepreneurs has emerged. They possess both deep academic knowledge and practical industry experience. For example, figures like Zhou Yajin, who went to the US for doctoral studies in 2010, rooted himself in mobile security for five years, then, together with his mentor Jiang Xuxian, joined Qihoo 360, making the first leap from academia to the frontline. In 2018, he returned to Zhejiang University to teach, and three years later, he entered the industry wave again by founding BlockSec, a company focused on blockchain security. This career evolution is essentially preparing for a new world that is gradually taking shape.