I’m short HYPE. The good news has been fully priced in, and it has broken below a topping pattern. With the broader market very weak, it will likely drift lower from here. Stop-loss at 77, take-profit at 55

The reason big tech companies like Tencent are laying people off is probably hidden in the people they keep on staff. What exactly is going on with these people? After seeing this, you finally understand why they had to make cuts.

Congratulations to the 12 angel investors. The 10 spots are now full, and profit-sharing will return to the normal 20% going forward

What Risks Can Blockchain Congestion Bring? Understanding Gas Fees, Transaction Delays, and Fund Management

In the Web3 world, users need to complete transfers, swaps, borrowing, staking, and contract interactions through blockchain transactions.

But a blockchain’s processing capacity is not unlimited. When many users submit transactions at the same time, or certain applications generate concentrated activity, the network may become congested, causing transaction fees to rise and confirmation times to become unstable.

For a regular transfer, this may simply mean waiting longer and paying mo

Why Do Spot and Futures Prices Trade at a Premium or Discount?

When you open a cryptocurrency trading platform, you may notice that even for the same asset, such as BTC, the spot price and futures price are not exactly the same.

Why does this difference occur? Does it mean there is an arbitrage opportunity?

To understand this, we first need to clarify how the spot and futures markets work.

I. What Are Premiums and Discounts?

When the futures price is higher than the spot price, it is generally called a futures premium; when the futures price is lower than the spot price, it is generally c

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Global Compliance Is More Than a Collection of Licenses — It Is the Foundation of Long-Term Trust

In the cryptocurrency industry, trading features and supported assets often attract the most attention. However, one of the most important factors behind choosing an exchange is something less visible but considerably more fundamental: regulatory accountability.

For traders, compliance is not simply a corporate achievement. It determines which legal framework governs the services they use, which entity is responsible for providing th

💰 Where do DeFi yields actually come from?

Liquidity mining, crypto lending, and staking all appear to generate yields, but the mechanisms behind them are completely different.

🔹 Liquidity mining: Yields may come from trading fees and protocol rewards.

🔹 Lending: Yields are usually tied to borrowing demand and interest rate mechanisms.

🔹 Staking: Rewards are usually tied to a blockchain’s validation and consensus mechanisms.

⚠️ A high annualized yield does not mean high returns, much less low risk. Smart contract vulnerabilities, falling token prices, and insufficient liquidity can al

If Jensen Huang Leaves, Will the AI Bull Market Fizzle Out? NVIDIA’s Influence Goes Beyond NVDA’s Share Price!

If Jensen Huang really leaves NVIDIA, the impact may extend beyond NVDA.
Why? Because NVIDIA has become a major player in building global AI infrastructure.
From major cloud service providers to AI model developers, many companies’ computing-power expansions are closely tied to NVIDIA products. Jensen Huang has not only driven the chip business but also actively helped build the AI industry ecosystem.
If there is a major change in management, the market may reassess NVIDIA’s future p

What Is Token Approval? Why Can a Single Signature Put Your Assets at Long-Term Risk?

In the DeFi world, you may just want to swap tokens once, provide liquidity once, or use a new decentralized application.

During the process, your wallet may ask you to confirm an approval transaction.

Many people see a familiar token name and what looks like a normal operation, and click confirm right away. But the questions that really matter are: Who are you authorizing? How many tokens can they use? Will this permission remain in effect after the transaction is complete?

Understanding these three ques

How can you avoid getting chopped up in a BTC sideways market?

In BTC trading, sideways markets often test traders more than one-way markets. When prices rise, many people worry about missing out and rush to chase the rally; when prices pull back, they fear further declines and hurriedly stop out. When prices rise again, those who just exited can’t help jumping back in. After several rounds, they may not have misjudged the direction by much, but their accounts have already taken a noticeable drawdown.

So how can you reduce ineffective trades in a sideways market?

First, identify the trading

Why Can Stablecoins Depeg? Understanding the Mechanisms Behind Price Deviations, from Reserves and Redemptions to Liquidity

In the cryptocurrency market, stablecoins are often used as units of account for trading, tools for transferring funds, and foundational assets in DeFi applications.

Many people believe that as long as a stablecoin targets a price of $1, it should always be worth $1.

But a target price is not the same as a market price. Whether a stablecoin can maintain its peg depends on its design, reserve assets, redemption capabilities, market liquidity, and user confidence.

To un

Layer 2 transaction fees are very low, so why should we still care about data availability?

In the Web3 world, one major advantage of Layer 2 networks is that they can reduce transaction costs and improve processing efficiency.

Compared with executing everything directly on the Ethereum mainnet, many Layer 2 networks can lower users’ transaction fees through off-chain execution, batching, and other methods.

But there is an easily overlooked issue:

Cheap transactions and fast processing do not automatically mean that users can safely withdraw their assets in all circumstances.

This brings

$H That wick hit hard, dropping straight from 0.0344 to 0.0243. It’s down 16% in 24 hours, with 23.5M in trading volume—all bloodied positions. The market maker’s playbook is all too familiar: first push the price up to attract momentum buyers, then dump repeatedly to trigger stop-losses, and finally accumulate gradually around 0.025. At the current level of 0.0269, selling pressure has already dried up, but don’t rush to go all in. My advice: test a long position with a small allocation at 0.025–0.026, set a stop-loss below 0.0243, and take profit at the first target of 0.0295. Keep your posi

Why Doesn't Price Necessarily Rise When Open Interest Keeps Increasing?

In the crypto derivatives market, Open Interest (OI) is often used to gauge market participation.

When OI keeps increasing, some traders believe that more and more capital is entering the market and that a move may be about to begin.

But there is a key issue here:

An increase in open interest reflects an increase in open positions, not necessarily an advantage for buyers.

Why?

First, every open contract has both a long and a short side.

In derivatives markets such as perpetual futures, each open contract corresponds

Around this time last year, I charged back into crypto, only to get completely liquidated a few days before 1011—the second image shows what I looked like then. Actually, I’ve said many times since that I was almost glad I got liquidated; at least I was able to sleep soundly for a few nights. I was bullish on $BTC
at the time, and even if I hadn’t been liquidated, sooner or later I would have been stuck holding on through the night of 1011 until dawn, watching my position go to zero.
After the liquidation, I felt completely adrift, not knowing what I was doing from one day to the next. And mo

💰 Gate Live Livestream Mining Rewards Distributed (11.2 –11.8)

All USDT mining rewards for this period were distributed on November 12.
Users can check their receipt status in Funds History.

Distribution list: https://www.gate.com/social-mining-commission
Event details: https://www.gate.com/announcements/article/102537
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How to Identify Phishing Websites and Fake DApps: 7 Security Details to Check Before Connecting Your Wallet

In the Web3 world, many asset risks don’t start with a transaction—they start with a single click.

You might see an airdrop announcement on social media, receive a so-called official direct message, or land on a DApp page that looks very legitimate through a search engine.

The website may be beautifully designed, the project name familiar, and the rewards tempting, but none of that proves it’s real.

Phishing websites are often designed to trick you into connecting your wallet, signin

Why Do Spot and Futures Prices Trade at a Premium or Discount?

When you open a cryptocurrency trading platform, you may notice that the spot and futures prices for the same asset, such as BTC, are not exactly the same.

Why does this difference occur? Does it mean there is an arbitrage opportunity?

To understand this, we first need to clarify how the spot and futures markets work.

I. What Are Premiums and Discounts?

When the futures price is higher than the spot price, it is generally called a futures premium; when the futures price is lower than the spot price, it is generally called a fu