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Gate Research: AI Agent Leads Year-End Rally, Musk's Name Change Spurs Memecoin Surge

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**Gate Research Weekly Report: **This week, BTC found major support around $92,500, with the market in a wait-and-see phase. ETH traded in a narrow range between $3,300 and $3,400, with overall trading volume declining. The AI Agent sector showed impressive performance over the New Year, with AI16Z gaining approximately 136.5% in the past 7 days. Elon Musk briefly changed his X username to "Kekius Maximus" before reverting it within 48 hours. Shiba Inu plans to launch the TREAT token in early 2025. Base chain reached a new daily transaction volume record, exceeding 13.3 million on January 1, 2025. Unichain mainnet plans to go live with permissionless fault proofs on January 6th, 2025.

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**Market Analysis**: This week, BTC found major support around $92,500, with the market in a wait-and-see phase. ETH traded in a narrow range between $3,300 and $3,400, with overall trading volume declining.

**Weekly Spotlights:** Elon Musk briefly changed his X username to "Kekius Maximus" before reverting it within 48 hours. A Swiss Bitcoin referendum proposal requires collecting 100,000 signatures within 18 months to enable cantonal voting on incorporating Bitcoin into the Swiss constitution.

**Data Highlights:** Base chain set a new transaction volume record on January 1st, 2025, exceeding 13.3 million, indicating continued user growth. Web3 wallet brand SafePal has surpassed 20 million global users, growing over 90% this year.

**Market Opportunity: **This week's featured airdrop project is **OpenLoop**. As demand grows for secure, scalable, and fast connectivity solutions, it aims to enhance internet service delivery by allowing users to transform idle internet bandwidth into a powerful global network.

**What to Watch Next Week: **Unichain mainnet will go live with Permissionless Fault Proofs on January 6th, 2025. On January 9th, 2025, the US will release initial jobless claims data for the week ending January 4th, which helps assess labor market conditions and provides insights into US economic activity.

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