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The VIX has soared above 60, signalling extreme market fear. This article analyzes the historical correlation between the VIX and risk assets, explores how U.S. equities and Bitcoin typically behave during high-VIX environments, and offers strategic insights across different VIX ranges to help investors capture rebound opportunities.

Gate is celebrating its 13th anniversary with a commemorative gift box, offering a variety of custom merchandise themed "Your Gateway to iWeb3." These exclusive items will be distributed in limited quantities to users and partners.

This article introduces eight of the latest testnet projects that offer potential or confirmed airdrop opportunities and can be interacted with at zero cost. Projects include Huddle01, Recall, Irys, RISE, Somnia, Seismic, Seal and MultipliFi. Each project has a detailed interactive guide covering steps such as connecting a wallet, claiming test tokens, completing specific tasks, and more. These projects cover decentralized platforms, blockchain expansion solutions, key management services, multi-chain revenue agreements and other fields, attracting the attention of many well-known investment institutions.

Gate Research (April 11 – 17, 2025) : This report provides a comprehensive analysis of key developments in the cryptocurrency market and macroeconomic landscape. On April 11, U.S. March PPI came in at 2.7% year-over-year, falling short of both the expected 3.3% and the previous reading of 3.2%. On April 14, the SEC held its second crypto roundtable and announced plans to launch a "crypto regulatory sandbox." On April 15, Canada is set to debut its first spot Solana ETFs, which will allow staking for yield generation. On April 16, it was revealed that only 11% of registered Bitcoin companies in El Salvador are currently operational. On April 17, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered hawkish remarks, indicating that economic policy remains unclear and that crypto regulations may ease. On the same day, Panama approved the use of cryptocurrency for payments in government institutions, becoming the first public authority globally to do so.

The 2008 financial crisis gave birth to the earliest believers in Bitcoin. The "suicide" of the legal currency system in 2025 will also promote the growth of stablecoins on the chain, especially non-USD, non-full reserve interest-bearing stablecoins (YBS, Yield-Bearing Stablecoins). However, non-full-reserve stablecoins are still theoretically envisioned, and the aftermath of the Luna-UST collapse in 2022 is still lingering. However, driven by capital efficiency, partial-reserve stablecoins will definitely become the mainstream of the market. Non-US dollar stablecoins are still in the experimental stage, and the global currency status of the US dollar is still widely recognized. In order to maintain industrial production capacity and employment, the RMB will not actively internationalize on a large scale, and replacing the US dollar will be a very long process.

Gate Research (April 11–17, 2025): April 14, Solana raises block computation limit and upgrades network performance. April 15, EigenLayer launches mainnet slashing. April 16, Polygon’s AggLayer builds a “value internet.” April 17, Sony Soneium and EigenLayer slash blockchain finality time by 98%, setting a new L2 benchmark.

Gate Research Weekly Report: This week, cryptocurrency prices entered a recovery phase after a rebound, maintaining a consolidation range. Soneium collaborated with EigenLayer to launch a 10-second Fast Finality Layer, marking a significant improvement in L2 performance. KiloEx fell victim to a flash loan attack losing $7 million, highlighting ongoing DeFi security concerns. Bitcoin miners sold more than 40% of their March BTC production, while sUSD faced an escalating depegging risk that sparked market panic. In a positive development, Panama's capital city became the first to accept cryptocurrency for payments.

Within the Farcaster ecosystem, a series of projects based on zero-knowledge proof technology is quietly transforming our digital social experience. This article will deeply analyze the unique charms and technical highlights of various ZK projects within the Farcaster network, understanding how this wave of technological innovation disrupts traditional social models and opens up a more privacy-friendly and decentralized new digital world.

Openmesh Network positions itself as a decentralized, open cloud and oracle platform that aims to challenge centralized cloud providers like AWS through its Web3 infrastructure. Using a global network of Xnode participants for computing and storage, along with the DSMP protocol and OPEN token incentives, Openmesh seeks to enable anyone to become a cloud service provider.

This article explores the concept and development of the decentralized exchange platform Hyperliquid, the events and potential causes of its crisis, and the debates over centralized intervention, associated risks, and future prospects.

The "Godfather of DeFi" Andre Cronje (AC) returns with the launch of Flying Tulip, an all-in-one decentralized finance (DeFi) platform offering spot trading, perpetual contracts, liquidity pools, lending, and options. Positioned as a next-generation AMM+DEX, Flying Tulip aspires to surpass Hyperliquid as a fully integrated decentralized exchange.

Click to learn about the On-Balance Volume Indicator (OBV), its functions, use cases and how to use it in trading.

Explore how Fraction AI is transforming AI development with decentralized platforms, competitive training sessions, and advanced fine-tuning techniques, making AI creation more accessible and collaborative.

KernelDAO enhances blockchain security and staking efficiency through restaking, liquid staking, and automated yield strategies.

Click to learn all about narrative trading, which encompasses how people’s beliefs and opinions can affect market sentiment and thus the success or failure of a project.