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Gate Research Weekly Report: Bitcoin saw an upward trend this week, rising 8.39% to $100,550, breaking through $100,000 to reach a new all-time high. Support levels should be monitored for potential pullbacks. Over the past 7 days, ETH price increased by 6.16% to $3,852.58, currently in an upward channel with key breakthrough levels to watch. Grayscale has applied to convert its Solana Trust into a spot ETF. Bitcoin's new ATH coincided with surging Coinbase premiums, indicating strong buying power from U.S. market participants. Multiple projects secured funding this week across various sectors including infrastructure, totaling $103 million.

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Infinitar is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game built using Web3 and blockchain technologies. It aims to serve as a gateway to metaverse realities

Learn about the origin, features, and tokenomics of Comedian (BAN), a meme-based cryptocurrency inspired by Maurizio Cattelan's iconic banana artwork.

This report rounds up the major developments in the blockchain industry from December 2nd to December 6th. XRP's market cap surged 380%, surpassing USDT to become the third-largest cryptocurrency, while WisdomTree filed an XRP ETF application, promoting financial product innovation. The Bitcoin community showed division over the CTV proposal, highlighting challenges in decentralized governance. Wormhole launched its W token staking program and plans to introduce multi-chain governance, while Tether minted 1 billion USDT, bringing the total circulation to 72.9 billion tokens. These developments demonstrate the continued potential of blockchain technology in finance and governance.

This week, Gate Research's selected airdrop projects include Nordom, Magic Eden, Sandwatch, Namada, and 4EVERLAND. Nordom is accumulating points for future token distribution; Magic Eden has announced the upcoming launch of the ME token airdrop qualification check; Sandwatch has introduced a blockchain-based creative reward program; Namada offers cross-chain privacy trading, with users able to claim mainnet airdrops; and 4EVERLAND will launch a Web3 cloud ecosystem airdrop. These projects offer users diverse early participation opportunities and potential value.

According to Gate Research's latest Web3 industry security report for November, there were 21 security incidents during November, resulting in losses of approximately $76.86 million. The types of incidents have become more diverse, with contract vulnerabilities remaining the primary threat, accounting for 39% of total losses. The report also provides detailed analyses of key security incidents, including the Thala contract vulnerability, DEXX private key leak, and Polter Finance flash loan attack. Contract vulnerabilities, account hacks, and flash loan attacks were identified as the main security risks this month, highlighting the need for the industry to continuously enhance its security measures.

On December 6, the price of BTC plummeted from $99,000 to $91,111 within one hour. However, BTC quickly rebounded and has now risen to around $95,781. The total liquidation amount across all contracts on the network reached approximately $1.007 billion. Due to BTC's sharp price spike, a large number of long positions were liquidated, totaling $806 million. Among them, Bitcoin had the largest liquidation volume, reaching 537 million USDT. Bitcoin's annualized premium reached 20%, the highest level in 8 months. The total value locked (TVL) in DeFi reached $202.7 billion, setting a new all-time high. Donald Trump has appointed David O. Sacks as the White House Director for Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence.

This article explains the concept of arbitrage in the cryptocurrency perpetual contract market, focusing on the "cash and carry trade" strategy, which allows traders to profit from discrepancies between spot and futures prices. By using perpetual contracts and spot positions simultaneously, traders can earn passive income through funding rates.

This article provides a detailed introduction to the UBC token launched by Lester Paints and the UBC and UBCH projects behind it. The aim is to ensure fair access to computing resources for all autonomous AI entities. The article explores the definition and principles of UBC, its comparison with UBI, its significance for AI development, and its potential applications.

This document classifies attack methods against PoS Ethereum, focusing on the risks of a 51% attack, where an attacker controls over 51% of the staking ratio. It proposes two defenses: Close Vote Detection, which detects potential attacks, and Emergent Dynamic Finalization, which delays finalization during heightened risk.

Lumoz is one of the leading projects in the emerging "RaaS" (Rollup as a Service) sector. It not only enhances the large-scale deployment of zkEVM application chains but also empowers developers to create multiple chains with a single click. By advancing ZK-Rollup development and providing computational support, Lumoz is driving the evolution of blockchain technology.

After Bitcoin (BTC) surged again due to Trump's presidency, another Trump-related meme culture exploded. This time, it’s not just Politifi—AI memes and the leading memes on various chains have brought about new wealth effects. As the leading Layer 2 (L2) chain, Linea has become a focal point for airdrop hunters. Will memes on Linea also experience a market surge?

USUAL is a decentralized stablecoin issuer that aggregates tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) from entities such as BlackRock, Ondo, Mountain Protocol, M0, and Hashnote, converting them into permissionless, on-chain verifiable, and composable stablecoins (USD0). The project redistributes ownership and governance through the $USUAL token.

This article explores the evolution of blockchain-based network economies, categorizing them into three types: Fixed Mechanism Networks, Governable Parameter Networks, and Autonomous Networks. It takes the reader through the three evolutions of crypto network economies, from Bitcoin to AI-driven autonomy.