This week's news roundup
10.27 20.15 ADP
10.29 2.00 Fed interest rate decision
10.29 2.30 Fed Chair's press conference
10.29 20.30 Jobless claims

What Are Smart Contracts? How Do They Work, and Why Do Risks Still Exist?
In the Web3 world, smart contracts are the foundation of many blockchain applications. From DeFi lending to NFT trading, many operations rely on code that executes automatically. But smart contracts are not absolutely secure. Understanding how they work is key to seeing the risks behind their efficiency.
First, what is a smart contract?
A smart contract is a program deployed on a blockchain that processes transactions and state changes according to predefined rules. It is not a legal contract in the traditional sense, no

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What is blockchain? Why is it considered important infrastructure for Web3?
In the Web3 world, blockchain is an important technological foundation for digital assets, smart contracts, and decentralized applications. It is used not only to record cryptocurrency transactions, but can also help multiple parties jointly maintain and verify data without a single centralized administrator.
First, what is blockchain?
Blockchain is a technology for organizing, verifying, and recording data according to specific rules. Transaction information is packaged into blocks, which are then linked to existing b

You can trade gold on Saturdays now! Gate opens weekend trading for XAUUSD: investors thrilled, or market makers?
What’s the worst thing about weekends? Everyone else is taking a break while you’re still watching the charts. What’s the most exciting? Everyone else is taking a break, and you discover that gold can be traded too!
Gate has launched 7×23-hour trading for its $XAUUSD gold/USD CFD and opened a beta test to select clients, giving gold trading the chance to cover nontraditional hours, including weekends. For crypto users accustomed to around-the-clock trading, this news feels somewhat

You can go long on gold; short-term longs are fine.
Gold will see a rally ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday.
When your goal in life is to have crypto, gold, and U, that’s how you can truly become strong. Admiring the strong is human nature. Whether someone is strong depends on their financial resources and power, and financial strength is one important indicator. 😂

The Next Step in AI and Web3 Integration: Turning Complex Technology into a Simple Experience
When people talk about Web3, they often focus on blockchain performance, transaction speed, degree of decentralization, and technical architecture. But for ordinary users, what often determines whether a technology can be widely adopted is not how complex it is under the hood, but how easy it is to use.
Imagine users being able to complete a cross-platform task without needing to understand the differences between blockchains, repeatedly search for data, or switch between multiple apps. This is an imp

#Gate launches the first gold CFD with 7×23 trading 【ETF Alert】ETFs: Net inflows of +$110.3 million on October 26 (cumulative net outflows of $663.2 million over the past 3 days) → Bullish for the day, but still bearish overall; ① The market has priced in a 90% probability that the Fed will hold rates steady; BTC falls below $80,000 (currently 79,921.5, +0.03% over 24 hours and -0.1% over the past hour, funding rate of +0.0076% is neutral); Strategy pauses buying, while MARA transfers 1,000 BTC, as institutional buying wanes (16:24 Beijing time); ② ARK trims Bitcoin ETFs and switches to buying

Gold prices have been looking good these past couple of days, so I’ve started allocating to gold again. But when you hold gold, do you just wait for the price to rise? Are there any other uses for it?
Absolutely! Unlike simply tokenizing gold and silver, the HardFi built by @strato_net aims to create an on-chain financial system centered around real-world assets. The project has issued two metal tokens, $GOLDST and $SILVST , backed by physical reserves. They can be used directly as CDP collateral to mint the dollar-pegged stablecoin $USDST. The overall logic is much like the DeFi collateraliz

$BTC It's been chopping back and forth around 80,000 four or five times. Going long feels awful, and so does going short

#Share My Holding Returns# It's time to decide whether to wait or invest. Sui has dropped a lot!!!

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Oil prices recovered after Iran talks failed to ease fears of Houthi attacks and Middle East supply disruptions.
Hormuz oil flows near 60% of normal levels keep supply concerns elevated despite early profit-taking.
Global distillate inventories remain about 5% below their five-year average, reinforcing the bullish oil case.

#AnthropicFilesForUSIPO #ShareWeekly Anthropic IPO Buzz: What Will Investors Focus On Most?
Artificial intelligence is transforming the global technology industry, and Anthropic is one of the companies attracting attention in this rapidly evolving market. Reports about a potential IPO have sparked an important discussion: Could Anthropic become one of the major players in the next generation of AI-powered businesses?
In my opinion, investors should look beyond the excitement surrounding artificial intelligence and focus on three essential factors: growth, profitability, and AI commercializatio

The Next Step for AI Agents: From Information Integration to Real-World Task Execution
As news, market data, community discussions, and on-chain information continue to grow, the real challenge is no longer just accessing information, but turning scattered information into practical action. This is why AI agents are worth paying attention to.
Traditional AI has mostly taken on the role of answering questions and generating content, while AI agents can go further by understanding goals, breaking down tasks, using tools, and adjusting subsequent steps based on execution results. They are working

Those who trade gold can check out @Gate_zh's gold CFD. Gold prices can fluctuate over the weekend due to breaking news. For example, when major news broke over a weekend in the past, users who wanted to add to or reduce their positions or set stop-losses couldn't place orders and had to wait until the market opened on Monday. By then, the price might have gapped, leaving a difference between the opening price and Friday's closing price.
The gold CFD (XAUUSD) now promoted by @Gate_zh offers trading 7×23 hours, so you can open and close positions during tradable hours over the weekend and manag

4x account growth is underway: Only with aligned direction and goals can we go further and last longer.
The market has its rhythm, and every trade has a plan. With mutual trust and coordination, we move forward steadily.$XAU ‌

$UNITREE Key rationale for opening a long position:
Market news: Unitree Technology shares on the A-share market surged 8%; combined with 21 million in inflows over 24 hours, this created a stock-futures linkage effect.$BTC $ZEC #Gate首家推出黄金CFD7×23交易 #BTC battles for the $80k level