Foresight News has evaluated the heat rankings Top 5, model worker rankings Top 1, and newcomer rankings Top 2 for September 2026 based on data such as article readership, content quality, and publication quantity by column authors, along with recommendations for excellent articles in their columns:

🔥 Heat Rankings

The top 5 columns are rated based on article readership, content quality, etc. for the month:

01.168X

168X deeply engages in the forefront of Web3 and AI, continuously interviewing top global investors and project founders, delivering first-hand dialog content from the industry. Recommended article: “Mojo AI Founder Forest: Hyperliquid is nearing its endgame, the next incremental cycle in crypto relies on AI trading agents” Put dopamine and decision-making power in your own hands, and leave the dirty work to AI.

02.SoSo Value

SoSo Value is an AI-driven one-stop investment research platform for crypto, focusing on on-chain data, secondary market trends, and Alpha opportunity mining, targeted at professional crypto investors. Recommended article: “Why does Circle want to create its own blockchain? A complete breakdown before the launch of the Arc mainnet” The Circle Arc mainnet is about to launch, with a compliance institution clearing public chains, disrupting the industry while being mired in centralization controversies.

03.Daii

Daii is the curator of Zhihu’s “Crypto Reference,” focusing on popular explanations of crypto foundational technologies, privacy, regulatory policies, and theories related to Vitalik Buterin. Recommended article: “Goldman Sachs expects the RMB to appreciate to 5.5 in five years, what should you do?” Exchange rates determine what measure you use to assess returns, the quality of the assets determines whether there's anything below the ruler.

04.Black Mario

Black Mario is a blockchain content editor and independent media author, skilled in the historical analysis of the crypto industry, hacking events, CEX, and public chain ecosystems. Recommended article: “The Infamous Lazarus Group: North Korean Hackers Who Stole Nearly $7.8 Billion from the Crypto Industry” A state-level gray production hiding in the Crypto world.

05.CoinMarketCap

CoinMarketCap is a globally established crypto market data platform, providing basic token data, market overviews, and foundational educational content for the industry. Recommended article: “Coinbase Obtains Clearing License, Perpetual Sector Becomes the Weakest” Winning regulatory permission belongs to trading venues, while the chains supporting them are rising. These two events happened in the same week.

👷 Model Worker Rankings

The top of the model worker rankings is determined from multiple dimensions including the number of publications, content readability, etc.:

Stablehunter

Stablehunter is a researcher focusing on Web3 payment, stablecoins, and AI Agent finance, adept at analyzing cutting-edge financial architectures such as digital banking and Agentic Payment. Recommended article: “Everyone is talking about the endgame of Agentic Payment, but what’s truly hard is the road in between” While the industry is depicting the endgame of Agentic Payment, the real question worth studying is not what the future looks like, but how the path from “human point confirmation” to “machine execution of payments” is being paved step by step. Payment has never been about “can it be done,” but rather “can it be authorized, constrained, and trusted.”

🌟 Newcomer Rankings

For September 2026, newly arrived column authors are ranked based on readership, content quality, publication situation, etc., resulting in the top 2 columns:

X-Agent

X-Agent is a columnist focusing on the intersection of AI Agent + Crypto, continuously providing industry analysis of on-chain AI Agent products and trading Agents. Recommended article: “The Agentic Economy: Why Cryptocurrency Will Become the Default Payment Channel for Artificial Intelligence” Artificial intelligence provides intelligence while blockchain provides the economic foundation.

BigTime

BigTime is a technology solution provider serving institutional clients in the Web3 market. Recommended article: “The Map of the Crypto Market Making Industry: GSR and its Competitors” Volume is shrinking, client groups are becoming institutionalized. The customer structure, service methods, and income sources of market makers are changing alongside this background.