A recently highly focused niche is "social DEX", representative projects include: @Surf_Copilot @bloomsocialhq The logic of Surf and Bloom can be simplified to "project discovery/alpha - research/due diligence - trading", with the main functions provided being: Discovery: Identifying early high-quality projects through on-chain trading metrics and social media signals. Research: Providing market intelligence and high-quality research reports. Trading: Seamless integration of trading. As AI tools compress alpha mining and traditional analysis to minute-level, this closed-loop model is likely to nurture the next generation of on-chain trading infrastructure. The difference between Surf and Bloom is that Surf emphasizes AI empowerment, achieving intelligent project discovery and research through the Cyber AI model; Bloom leans more towards social aspects, planning to provide features like KOL copy trading, building a reputation-based economic incentive model. Now, let’s talk about Bloom. This month, Bloom just completed a $1.6 million seed round financing, and the quality of the investment lineup validates the investment value of the "social DEX" niche: Lead investor: Lightspeed's blockchain fund Faction. Angel investors: Aave founder @StaniKulechov; Wagmi Ventures general partner @CZituo. Team background: Both founders of Bloom come from IOTA, with CEO @c_varley previously serving as IOTA's engineering director (2017-2023). Bloom official website: Currently, Bloom doesn't have any particularly good ambush angles, so you can only early mouth off a bit or register your email on the official website. I wrote about Surf early, and it is still ranked number one on Yapper, Bloom also plans to replicate this, hence this article.