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Gate Research (2025.1.4-2025.1.10): Unichain mainnet plans to go live with a permissionless fault proofs feature. VitaDAO's new proposal suggests bridging VITA to Solana. Swarms marketplace will launch automatic generation and upload features. Bedrock launches uniBTC Berachain Vault. Aave V3 has been deployed to the Aptos testnet, marking the Aave protocol's first deployment on a non-EVM network.

I choose to view cryptocurrency as an mmo (Massively Multiplayer Online game) because it has all the characteristics of one. Health, levels, online friends, pvp, pve, a town square, an economy - everything. The only difference is that the "gold" is worth more than World of Warcraft gold. These are the origins of the currency metaverse.

At the end of 2024, Solana announced the official launch of the first AI Hackathon, with a total prize pool of more than $185,000 to attract developers to submit projects. So far, in about half a month, more than 400 projects have submitted their works. Which Alphas may emerge from them? This article integrates various types of information and organizes some of the more discussed projects that already have tokens, and summarizes them as follows.

This article, Overview and Recommendations on Regulatory Policies for Cryptocurrencies in Major Countries and Regions, aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the global cryptocurrency regulatory landscape, offering valuable trading references for investors and decision-makers. The report begins with big data statistics on global cryptocurrency legalization and regulatory policies, outlining the legal status of cryptocurrencies in different countries and categorizing them based on these legal statuses. The focus of the research is on G20 countries, which account for a significant portion of the global population, trade volume, and GDP, making their regulatory policies of crucial reference value for the world.

In this article, we’ll explore three major use cases for AI within DeFi and illustrate how each one is poised to transform the way we access and benefit from decentralized financial services.

In the financial markets, these digital representations of debt securities aim to increase accessibility, efficiency and transparency. Understanding tokenized debt gives a better grasp of blockchain-based financial instruments and how decentralized finance (DeFi) is changing lending, investing and borrowing.

This week, the four projects—Loomlay, Redstone, UXUY, and Assisterr AI—have all offered opportunities for users to participate in airdrops. Loomlay focuses on creating and trading AI agents, allowing users to participate by creating or trading AI agents. Conversely, Redstone specializes in oracle services, where users can earn rewards by completing tasks. UXUY, as a decentralized trading platform, provides an incentive mechanism based on points. Assisterr AI enables users to participate in creating and maintaining small language models (SLMs). Participating in these airdrop projects requires active community engagement and the completion of specified tasks.

This report covers key blockchain industry developments from January 6 to January 10, 2024. Usual's stablecoin USD0 has reached a market cap of $1.8 billion, securing a top-5 position in the stablecoin market. Pump Science is preparing to launch new experiment compound tokens to advance decentralized anti-aging research. SUI has achieved a record-breaking Total Value Locked (TVL) of $2 billion. The Swarms marketplace plans to implement Auto-Generate and Upload features. Aave has expanded beyond Ethereum-based networks by deploying Aave V3 to the Aptos testnet. Meanwhile, Sonic Chain has seen remarkable growth, with its TVL rising 188% over seven days to reach $58.71 million.

Gate Research Daily Report: On January 10, ETH has seen increased net inflows over the past 7 days, with Base network showing strong net inflows. Altcoins experienced a broad pullback following BTC's decline, though AI Framework and Modular Blockchain sectors showed relative resistance to the downtrend. The US Senate has established a dedicated cryptocurrency subcommittee to improve regulation. The 148th Ethereum ACDC meeting: the seventh CL fork or upgrade will be named after the star "Gloas." Russia has begun selling Bitcoin seized in the Infraud case, which may create short-term selling pressure. Modular AI blockchain OG has completed $30 million in funding, which will be used to implement nodes for its decentralized AI platform.

This article summarizes three key insights from 2024, makes 25 predictions for 2025, reflects on lessons learned, and concludes by sharing 19 favored tokens.

BitPay is a crypto payment platform that enables users to buy, store, swap, and spend cryptocurrencies. It offers tools like a crypto debit card, the BitPay app for secure wallet management, and options to pay bills using crypto.

Through continuous purchases of Bitcoin and innovative financing, MicroStrategy has become the world's largest holder of Bitcoin in listed companies. Its stock price is closely linked to the price of Bitcoin, making it a Bitcoin amplifier in the U.S. stock market. Chairman Michael Saylor’s strategy advances the discussion of Bitcoin as corporate digital capital while also revealing the potential and challenges of this high-risk, high-reward strategy. This article analyzes MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin strategic transformation and its profound impact on corporate asset management.

Assisterr is a decentralized AI platform that leverages Small Language Models (SLMs) and an innovative economic model to make AI technology more accessible, efficient, and sustainable. The platform addresses the limitations of Large Language Models (LLMs) and promotes community collaboration, allowing users to create, share, and monetize AI models. Its unique decentralized economic system rewards contributors, ensuring fair value distribution, fostering AI adoption, technological innovation, and driving advancements in the field.

Bitcoin L2s will leverage their raised capital to develop robust applications and new use cases for BTC, aiming to attract significant liquidity from both native BTC holders and existing wrapped BTC markets. This report estimates that over $47bn of BTC could be bridged into Bitcoin L2s by 2030.

An in-depth exploration of blockchain virtual machine evolution, comparing EVM's established ecosystem advantageswith emerging altVMs' innovations in security and performance. The article examines the transition from EVM dominance to a multi-VM future, culminating in the vision of full-stack blockchain applications.