This article explores the phenomenon of stablecoins in the cryptocurrency market, highlighting their role in reducing volatility risks. It offers a comprehensive overview of major stablecoins—including USDT, USDC, BUSD, DAI, TUSD, USDG, UST, USDe, PYUSD, and FDUSD—examining their pegging mechanisms, regulatory audits, and market performance. The article delves into stablecoins' applications in DeFi and their function as a safeguard against crypto market fluctuations. Emphasizing the pivotal role of stablecoins in the crypto economy, it advises investors to thoroughly understand their operational mechanisms before investing to ensure financial security.

Perpetual contracts are an essential derivative in the DeFi sector. Due to the lack of a fixed expiration date, these contracts have become a favorite among traders. This article provides an in-depth look at how perpetual contracts work, the operational framework of decentralized perpetual contract platforms, and the role of liquidity providers.

As blockchain technology rapidly evolves, privacy protection has emerged as a pressing issue. Aleo addresses the challenges of privacy and scalability, enhancing network security and sustainable development. This article delves into Aleo's technical advantages, application areas, tokenomics, and future prospects.

Near the end of 2024, blockchain payments suddenly accelerated. Many mainstream financial institutions have begun to increase their support for blockchain payments. What happened that caused blockchain payments to suddenly heat up? Will blockchain payment make a comeback and enter a rapid development track?

This article argues that ETH’s long-term outlook remains strong, as there are no direct competitors in the market. In Ethereum's narrative, the core focus is on "decentralization" rather than just the "decentralized execution environment," and this fundamental principle has not changed. Therefore, as long as resources are integrated and application development is driven forward, Ethereum’s future looks promising.

This article introduces the AO project, a decentralized computing system based on the Arweave platform, designed to support high-concurrency computing tasks, particularly suited for big data and AI applications. AO employs a clever DeFi economic model that allows users to mine with cross-chain assets such as stETH or DAI to earn high returns, while integrating a fair token distribution mechanism.

This article, the first in a three-part series, explores the landscape of traditional payment systems, from their historical origins to modern digital transformations. As one of the most classic narratives in Web3, GameFi is gradually shifting from “play to earn” to “play for play,” focusing more on gameplay rather than financial aspects. This article will highlight the most promising Web3 game projects in 2024 across various sub-sectors that have the potential to break out and gain mainstream appeal, much like *Black Myth: Wukong*.

Over the past decade, crypto trading demand has soared, with 2021 transaction volumes exceeding $24 trillion, leading to a significant increase in the number of CEXs and DEXs. While CEXs still dominate, DEX market share has grown from 0.33% in 2020 to 11.91% in 2024, showing strong growth potential. DEX platforms excel in niche assets and cross-chain trading, while CEXs enhance user experience through Web3 integration. With TradFi entering the market, crypto trading is poised for new growth momentum.

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Gate Research Daily Report (November 6): BTC's price rose by 8.9% to $74,284, while ETH's price increased by 7% to $2,590. Donald Trump's election as the 47th U.S. president is widely perceived as positive news for cryptocurrencies, prompting a strong market rally. DOGE saw a daily increase of approximately 24.63%, with growing attention on Trump and Elon Musk’s ongoing engagement boosting community interest and driving up its price. The ETH to BTC market cap ratio has dropped to 24.52%, its lowest since April 2021. Gate.io, Binance, OKX, and Coinbase are among the exchanges listed in Asia Fintech Innovators.

XRP is a digital asset that’s native to the XRP Ledger—an open-source, permissionless and decentralized blockchain technology. Created in 2012 specifically for payments, XRP can settle transactions on the ledger in 3-5 seconds, using a network of trusted validators to verify transactions on the ledger.

This report provides an overview of Ethereum's current account model, particularly their effects on transaction validity, what exactly account abstraction entails, and a framework for reasoning about it. We will then focus on the EOA programmability approach by evaluation of EIPs 5086, 3074, and 7702, and conclude with how this all likely affects the future of transacting on Ethereum. This report provides an overview of Ethereum's current account model, particularly their effects on transaction validity, what exactly account abstraction entails, and a framework for reasoning about it. We will then focus on the EOA programmability approach by evaluation of EIPs 5086, 3074, and 7702, and conclude with how this all likely affects the future of transacting on Ethereum.

Navi is a native one-stop liquidity protocol on Sui. It allows users to participate in the Sui ecosystem as liquidity providers or borrowers. Liquidity providers supply assets to the market and earn passive income through yields, while borrowers can flexibly obtain loans in various assets.

TON (Telegram Open Network) is a decentralized blockchain platform initially designed and developed by the Telegram team, creators of the Web2 messaging app. Due to regulatory challenges, the development and growth of TON were gradually taken over by the community. TON maintains a close collaborative relationship with Telegram, which provides the TON ecosystem with a natural pool of user traffic. Simple and engaging games like Hamster and Notcoin have drawn over a million new Telegram users into the Web3 world. This significant user base potential has attracted numerous Web3 builders and investors to the TON ecosystem. This article will begin with an introduction to TON’s origin with Telegram, systematically exploring the TON ecosystem and discussing the platform’s growth journey and the potential opportunities underlying its data.

Founded in 2023, bitSmiley is a Bitcoin-native DeFi project and the first stablecoin project in the Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem, often referred to as the "Compound + MakerDAO" for Bitcoin.