Gate Research Weekly Review & Outlook: This week, BTC experienced a surge and pullback, reaching a high of $109,702.5. ETH price continued to consolidate within a range, showing weaker performance compared to BTC. Trump's inaugural speech did not mention cryptocurrencies, leading to continued market volatility. Trump's pardon of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht sparked discussions in the crypto community. Cuba's official X account was hacked, and a related token was issued. The TVL of the RWA protocol grew by over 200% year-over-year, reaching $7.3 billion. OP will unlock tokens worth approximately $52.97 million on January 31, representing 2.32% of the total supply.

Currently, the total market value of cryptocurrency stablecoins has surpassed $206 billion. In the face of increasing market demand, global attitudes towards stablecoins are shifting, with more emphasis on their compliance. This article will explore the current development of the stablecoin market, the stance of major countries worldwide on stablecoins, and provide a brief overview of the compliant stablecoin projects at present for user reference.

On-chain analysis indicators provide transparency and real-time access to blockchain transaction information. This data reflects market participants' actual behavior while enabling investors to track large transactions, fund flows, and position changes. Through detailed analysis of on-chain data, investors can spot market trends, assess risks, identify opportunities, and monitor the behavior patterns of institutions and major players. The value of on-chain indicators stems from their immutable and transparent nature, offering reliable market insights for more informed decision-making in the volatile cryptocurrency market. This analysis method, grounded in actual transaction data, proves more compelling and valuable than traditional technical analysis.

Mind Network is an "HTTPZ" infrastructure utilizing Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to propel Web3 into a new era of quantum resistance and end-to-end encryption. It provides unique solutions for data sovereignty, fair consensus, private voting, secure cross-chain transmission, and trusted AI.

Eliza is not merely a cute AI girl character—it's a powerful, lightweight AI agent framework that enables users to create, deploy, and manage AI agents efficiently. As GitHub's top-ranked AI repository, Eliza features a modular architecture, supports multiple blockchain and platform integrations, and offers extensive extensibility. This article analyzes the project and its underlying ai16z ecosystem through an examination of Eliza's team background, market performance, modular architecture, token economics model, and future plans, while exploring its development potential in the AI agent field.

As one of the leading projects in the AI Agent space, Virtuals Protocol’s core token, $VIRTUAL, surged from $0.03 to a peak of $3.30 within just 3 months, a 109x increase. What is the underlying value logic of Virtuals Protocol? This article explores the project's team background, technical architecture, product innovation, economic model, and noteworthy projects within its ecosystem for user reference.

With the increasing number of active users in social network protocols and the continuous influx of developers and capital, the SocialFi user base is growing exponentially, gradually reaching historical highs. This demonstrates the huge potential and growth space in the market. The following article introduces the advantages of the four major mainstream social protocols.

After Trump's election victory, the crypto market entered a bull run. This report will analyze how investors typically allocate cryptocurrency investments during bull markets, summarizing investment patterns, strategies, and preferred asset allocations. In the recommendations section, it will explore how market sentiment, regulatory policies, and emerging technologies influence investment decisions, providing examples to help investors optimize asset allocation during periods of market growth.

Gate Research (January 18-24, 2025) – This report comprehensively analyzes key developments in the cryptocurrency market and the broader macroeconomic landscape. On January 20, Trump's inaugural speech did not address cryptocurrencies, leading to noticeable volatility in the crypto market. On January 21, Trump nominated Caroline Pham as the acting chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). On January 22, Trump announced a $500 billion AI project in partnership with three major tech giants.

Gate Research (2025.1.11-2025.1.17): On January 20, Polyhedra introduced a new Zero-Knowledge Bootcamp with five specialized tracks, including zkML, to boost zero-knowledge proof technology development and enhance the blockchain ecosystem. That same day, Tether launched USDT0 on Kraken's Ethereum Layer 2 network, Ink—an innovation utilizing LayerZero's omnichain fungible token standard. On January 21, EigenLayer deployed its Rewards v2 protocol upgrade to the mainnet, implementing its first improvement proposal (ELIP-001). Also, on January 21, the Ethereum Foundation committed 50,000 ETH to the DeFi ecosystem, with initial test transactions completed on Aave.

AGIXT is an AI automation platform that supports multi-tasking and is highly scalable. It is compatible with mainstream models and provides Docker deployment and API interfaces. It has attracted the attention of developers since its launch in 2023. Its GitHub project, launched in early 2023, has received more than 2,700 stars, showing recognition from the developer community.

This article explores the development of Bitcoin Finance (BTCFi), with a focus on how Bitcoin is driving its financialization process through integration with traditional finance (TradFi), centralized finance (CeFi), and decentralized finance (DeFi). It also introduces how Solv protocol, through innovative services like wrapped Bitcoin, staking, and liquidity pools, is promoting the growth of BTCFi and helping it progress toward a trillion-dollar market.

The 2024-2025 Crypto Market Yearbook (Yearbook) released by CoinMarketCap sorts out the major innovations, market-shaking moments and unforgettable milestones of the past year, while also looking forward to 2025.

DeFi was born to create an open, permissionless, and trustless financial system. But as DeFi has grown into what it is now, I’ve got to ask: is it still decentralized? More importantly, does it even matter? And what can you do to work your way around it?

PerpAI explores the untapped synergy between AI agents and perpetual futures DEXes, unlocking innovative use cases in automated and AI-driven trading. By integrating advanced AI tools, platforms like Hyperliquid demonstrate how DeFAI is revolutionizing on-chain trading experiences.