Macro Trends

These views offer policymakers important considerations for how to approach crypto regulation, ensuring that the U.S. leads this critical shift toward the next generation of the internet.

Circle is developing an open technology platform powered by USDC. Building on the U.S. dollar's strength and widespread adoption, the platform taps into the internet's scale, speed, and low cost to drive network effects and practical applications for financial services.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the past year's market performance and future development trends from four key perspectives: market overview, popular ecosystems, trending sectors, and future trend predictions. In 2024, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization reached an all-time high, with Bitcoin surpassing $100,000 for the first time. On-chain Real World Assets (RWA) and the artificial intelligence sector experienced rapid growth, becoming major drivers of market expansion. Additionally, the global regulatory landscape has gradually become clearer, laying a solid foundation for market development in 2025.

Currently, AI-related projects dominate the cryptocurrency market with over 70% of market interest, while the gaming sector follows with single-digit market share. This concentration of interest has led to an undervaluation of Web3 gaming's innovation and growth potential. This report aims to analyze in depth why many gaming companies entered the Web3 gaming market and why the sector has since lost momentum.

This article explores the evolution of blockchain interoperability, focusing on the current phase, Interop 3.0, which enables applications to implement customized cross-chain strategies. The article reviews the progression of interoperability from Interop 1.0 (Asset Transfer Era) to Interop 2.0 (Message Passing Era) and now to Interop 3.0, with an emphasis on full-chain application logic, interoperability owned by applications, and chain abstraction. As the blockchain ecosystem expands, applications need to develop multi-chain strategies to stay competitive and prepare the right scalability approach based on their specific business models.

As the global financial landscape continues to evolve, PayFi is emerging at the intersection of blockchain technology and payment systems, aiming to combine the efficiency of DeFi with the immediacy and convenience of modern payment solutions, transforming transaction methods. This article will delve into the reasons behind the rise of PayFi, provide an overview of the current state of its industry, highlight key cases, and explore its potential application scenarios.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of Denmark’s policy changes regarding crypto asset taxation and supervision. It covers the basic framework of the Danish tax system, main tax types, and Denmark’s tax policy and regulatory framework for cryptocurrency. The article details how Denmark will integrate unrealized cryptocurrency income into its tax system and explores key components of its crypto regulatory framework.

As we step into 2025, we continue to summon Ether's Phoenix through the evolution of Retroactive Public Goods Funding. This post outlines our plan to improve the Retro Funding mechanism, as well as the proposed scope of contributions Retro Funding will reward in 2025, with the end goal of more effectively and accurately rewarding those creating the impact on the Superchain.

This report provides key insights into the crypto derivatives market, helping investors stay informed and identify opportunities. Stay tuned for more updates every week!

The current analysis across BTC and ETH derivatives reflects a market preparing for heightened short-term volatility with a cautious but optimistic outlook for the long term. Leading up to the election, BTC and ETH derivatives exhibit contrasting trends that underscore differing market perceptions regarding each asset’s immediate stability and long-term potential.

After experiencing rapid growth and a bubble burst, GameFi began recovering toward the end of 2023. In 2024, the success of projects like Pixels, Hamster Kombat, and Catizen, along with promotional strategies such as token airdrops, brought GameFi back into the spotlight. This report delves into the 2024 GameFi market, analyzing funding data, token performance, and the development of different public chains to uncover the trajectory of GameFi and its future prospects.

Gate Research Daily Report(November 27): Over the past 24 hours, BTC has fallen by 2.62%, reaching a low of $90,800 and testing the $90,000 mark. Recently listed on major exchanges, MEMEFI has performed exceptionally well, achieving a single-day increase of 85.22% and leading the altcoin sector. The total amount of staked ETH has surpassed 34 million, with Lido maintaining market leadership. According to Arkham data, Donald Trump holds over $5.4 million in crypto assets, with Ethereum accounting for the largest share. The integrated public blockchain Supra has announced that its mainnet and TGE will go live on November 27. Meanwhile, Uniswap v4 has launched the largest bug bounty program in blockchain history, offering a maximum reward of $15.5 million.

Gate Research Weekly Review & Outlook reports, this week, BTC price fluctuated widely, ranging mainly between $90,500 and $99,500. ETH surged 18.14%, currently trading at $3,603.7, strongly breaking through the $3,500 resistance level. XLM led the altcoin sector with a seven-day gain of 102.7%. Pump.fun suspended its live streaming feature on November 26 pending improvements to its review mechanism. The platform captured over 62% of Solana ecosystem DEX trading volume in November. Partior secured $20 million in Series B1 funding on November 27, with several traditional financial institutions participating. Next week, SUI tokens worth $221 million are scheduled to be unlocked.

In this article, we will go through the three key types of nodes that will shape the future of the Ethereum network: stateless nodes, stateful nodes, and full/archive nodes. We will examine how stateless nodes can enable trustless verification of new blocks using zero-knowledge proofs, how stateful nodes can provide quick and trustless access to the current state of Ethereum, and how full/archive nodes can store the entire chain history back to genesis.

We previously discussed how AI and Web3 can complement each other across vertical industries like computational networks, intermediary platforms, and consumer applications. When focusing on data resources as a vertical field, emerging Web projects offer new possibilities for the acquisition, sharing, and utilization of data.