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As 2024 ended and 2025 began, I reflected on my crypto journey and drawing insights from OpenGuild Vietnam discussions, yappers around Ethereum and Optimism Superchain. Here’s a deep dive into the key technical and strategic developments shaping Polkadot and Ethereum in 2025.

This is a value investor's reflection on investing in Bitcoin. Initially influenced by his sons' belief in cryptocurrency, he discusses the generational shift in perceiving value and explains why he allocated a portion of his portfolio to Bitcoin despite it contradicting traditional value investing principles.

Through continuous purchases of Bitcoin and innovative financing, MicroStrategy has become the world's largest holder of Bitcoin in listed companies. Its stock price is closely linked to the price of Bitcoin, making it a Bitcoin amplifier in the U.S. stock market. Chairman Michael Saylor’s strategy advances the discussion of Bitcoin as corporate digital capital while also revealing the potential and challenges of this high-risk, high-reward strategy. This article analyzes MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin strategic transformation and its profound impact on corporate asset management.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the development of Hong Kong's cryptocurrency policies in 2024, reviewing the evolution of regulation since 2014. It explores the roles and responsibilities of regulatory bodies such as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), as well as key policy measures like the licensing regime for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP). The article serves as a comprehensive policy guide by examining Hong Kong's regulatory framework, legal requirements, and market positioning in the cryptocurrency space. Additionally, it discusses Hong Kong's strategic role as an international financial center in the global cryptocurrency market and the opportunities and challenges under the regulatory environment. Whether you're a market participant, investor, or policy researcher, this article helps you understand Hong Kong's cryptocurrency policies' current state and future direction.

In the financial markets, these digital representations of debt securities aim to increase accessibility, efficiency and transparency. Understanding tokenized debt gives a better grasp of blockchain-based financial instruments and how decentralized finance (DeFi) is changing lending, investing and borrowing.

Gate Research (January 4-10, 2025) – This report analyzes key macroeconomic and cryptocurrency market dynamics. U.S. API crude oil inventories dropped by 4.022 million barrels for the fourth consecutive week of decline. Initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. were 201,000, marking a new low since the week of February 17, 2024. The Federal Reserve meeting minutes indicated that inflation would continue to ease, but the Trump administration's policies could heighten the risk of increased price pressures.

This article, Overview and Recommendations on Regulatory Policies for Cryptocurrencies in Major Countries and Regions, aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the global cryptocurrency regulatory landscape, offering valuable trading references for investors and decision-makers. The report begins with big data statistics on global cryptocurrency legalization and regulatory policies, outlining the legal status of cryptocurrencies in different countries and categorizing them based on these legal statuses. The focus of the research is on G20 countries, which account for a significant portion of the global population, trade volume, and GDP, making their regulatory policies of crucial reference value for the world.

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the UAE’s strategy for fostering the Web3 gaming industry, with a focus on the strategic framework centered around Dubai. It examines potential opportunities to offer a comprehensive understanding of this evolving sector.

This analysis explores the latest developments in EU cryptocurrency policies, focusing on the MiCA regulation and its major regulatory initiatives for 2024. The study examines how the EU's framework impacts digital finance through technological innovation support, market regulation improvements, investor protection mechanisms, and cross-border financial cooperation. Through comparisons with US and Russian policies, it investigates how the EU's regulatory approach influences the global cryptocurrency landscape, providing comprehensive insights into this evolving sector.

Hedge funds are rapidly entering the crypto market, with 47% of traditional funds now holding digital assets, up from 29% in 2022. Following the SEC’s approval of the Bitcoin spot ETF, trading volumes have surged past $350 billion, boosting market activity. Leading firms like Pantera Capital are using strategies such as arbitrage and quantitative trading, driving market transformation and signalling a new growth phase for the industry.

According to Gate Research's latest Web3 industry fundraising report for December, the industry completed 159 funding rounds during the month, with a total amount reaching $3.08 billion, setting a new annual high. Fundraising approaches were diverse, with debt financing and over-the-counter (OTC) transactions gaining traction alongside traditional equity financing. Notably, funding proportions for CeFi and social tracks increased significantly, becoming investment hotspots, while the DeFi track experienced declining enthusiasm. The report also includes an overview of major funded projects such as Usual, Avalanche, BVNK, Lens Protocol, and Fraction AI.

The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS have released new broker reporting rules, which highlight the similarities in operational processes between the securities industry and the DeFi sector. This article provides an interpretation. Key points: Understanding when DeFi is considered a "broker," exploring the underlying logic and space for survival in decentralized systems and regulatory attitudes, and finding the perfect exit strategy.

This report reviews the key events surrounding enforcing the EU MiCA regulation and releasing U.S. economic data. MiCA provides a unified regulatory framework for the crypto asset market, enhancing market confidence and compliance. The U.S. PMI shows a rebound in manufacturing activity, while the decline in initial unemployment claims reflects improvements in the labor market. These dynamics have an impact on the global economy and investment decisions.

This article presents a framework combining green electricity and AI computing power in the RWA model, suggesting the future financial foundation will shift to “green electricity + computing power + DePIN.” It highlights the challenge of balancing green power, emissions, and energy supply. Companies like Amazon and Microsoft are driving green energy initiatives to support AI, with solving energy consumption and carbon emissions being key to AI's progress.

After eight weeks of consecutive green candles, the crypto market finally saw some retracement. But, I'm more bullish on BTC than ever, even though we’re literally in a price discovery zone. The premise is simple, Bitcoin as an asset class is now properly entering the TradFi (3,3) system.