After Creating a Web3 Wallet, Don’t Rush to Transfer Funds: 7 Security Checks

Creating a Web3 wallet usually takes just a few minutes.

But what really determines whether a wallet can be used safely over the long term isn’t how quickly it can be created—it’s whether you understand the risks behind private keys, signatures, networks, and permissions.

Many asset losses don’t result from sophisticated technical attacks, but from seemingly simple actions: downloading the wrong wallet app, leaving your recovery phrase vulnerable when backing it up, choosing the wrong network for a transfer, or cl

$ASTER is quietly moving up the perp DEX rankings.
It’s now the second largest by open interest at around $1.33 billion.
$HYPE is still far out in front, but nobody else is quite close to Aster at the moment.
Not many projects are growing like this in a market this rough.

Talking Crypto at a Racing Factory

On November 9, 2026, the "Racing the Future Vol. 5" event took place at the Oracle Red Bull Racing headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK. Dr. Han, founder and CEO of Gate, was invited to the event, where he delivered a keynote speech titled "New Rules, New Grid: Be Ready for Crypto’s New Era."

The event brought together the engineering discipline of Formula 1 with the evolution of security, regulation, and business models within the crypto industry. Gate serves as an official sponsor and the exclusive crypto trading platform partner for the team. While the ser

What Is a Cryptocurrency Exchange? How Does It Help You Trade Digital Assets? Understand Trading Mechanisms and Potential Risks, from Exchange Types to How to Use Them

After entering the cryptocurrency market, many people start by registering an exchange account. But an exchange is more than just a place to buy and sell Bitcoin; it may also offer spot trading, derivatives trading, fiat deposits and withdrawals, asset custody, and other digital asset services.

Understanding how exchanges work can help you distinguish between the features of different platforms, learn how funds move, and ident

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#美国10月CPI即将公布 #BTC Bitcoin at $73,416: Inflation Has Changed the Fed Outlook, but Has Buying Demand Returned?

Bitcoin is now facing a different market environment from the one traders expected before the October CPI announcement. The inflation report has arrived, the bond market has reacted sharply, and expectations for another Federal Reserve rate increase have strengthened.

BTC is trading around $73,416** in the latest price snapshot I am using. The important question is no longer simply whether Bitcoin can bounce from $73,000. It is whether buyers have enough conviction to absorb sellin

What should the complete process for a BTC futures trade look like, from opening to closing a position?

Many traders new to the BTC futures market go long when they see prices rising and go short when they see them falling. But what really determines the outcome of a trade isn’t just the directional call—it’s whether you have a complete execution process, from before opening a position to closing it.

Step 1: Analyze the market trend. Before opening a position, first assess whether BTC is trending up, trending down, or moving sideways. Examine price structure across different timeframes to ga

How Should Beginners Start Investing in Cryptocurrency? A Practical Guide from 0 to 1

When entering the cryptocurrency market, many people’s first instinct is to look for the next token poised to rise, study short-term market trends, or find a trading strategy that can generate quick profits.

But for beginners, the truly important first step is not deciding what to buy, but developing the right investment mindset.

The cryptocurrency market is highly volatile. Some assets also face issues such as insufficient liquidity, project failure, platform risks, and security vulnerabilities. Without a

How to Identify and Analyze Crypto Projects? Build Your Own Research Framework from White Papers to On-Chain Data

In the Web3 world, new tokens, protocols, and projects emerge every day.

Some projects gradually build real products and user communities, some attract attention by riding market hype, and others ultimately fail to deliver on their initial promises.

For ordinary investors, the real challenge is not finding a new project, but deciding whether it is worth spending time researching and whether its risks are within their tolerance.

Rather than relying on recommendations on social m

$INIT It plunged from 0.30 to around 0.18 in a day, shedding nearly 40% and hitting a low of 0.168. The futures price is now hovering around 0.178, funding rates have turned negative, and short positions have clearly increased. The densest cluster of long liquidations is between 0.16 and 0.17 below; if it drops further, it will likely sweep through that area first. A lot of short liquidation levels are stacked between 0.21 and 0.22 above. If it really rebounds, that’s where shorts will feel the pain. Do you think it will retest 0.165 first, or rebound to 0.21 first? Leave your price target in

$ONE Currently trading at 0.001555, down 19.31% over 24H and nearing the 24H low. The 1H and 4H trends are both weak, with price below the EMA20. Volume is only 0.13x the average, and the rebound is seeing little support. If volume picks up and price holds above the 0.001956 resistance level, the strength of the recovery can be monitored; if it breaks below the 0.001534 support level, weakness may persist. Key points to review are whether price can hold firmly above 0.001956 and whether it can recover after breaking below 0.001534. The market is volatile; for observation only.

How Should You Create a BTC Trading Plan? Build a Truly Executable Trading Process!

In BTC trading, many people watch the market and study indicators every day, and often adjust their views based on market changes. But when it comes time to trade, they don’t know where to enter, how much loss should prompt them to exit, or when to stop trading.

The problem is often not a lack of analysis tools, but the absence of a complete trading plan.

First, determine the market direction. Before opening a position, observe BTC’s higher-timeframe trend and decide whether the market is currently rising, f

Why Can High Funding Rates Make Long-Term Positions Increasingly Expensive?

Many cryptocurrency traders pay attention to BTC price movements but overlook another factor that can continually affect trading results: funding rates.

You may have correctly anticipated the market move and your position may temporarily be profitable, but if you hold a perpetual contract for a long time, ongoing funding payments can still erode your final returns.

Your directional view determines the profit or loss from price movements, while funding rates can continuously affect the cost of holding a position.

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Setting a stop-loss does not mean you will definitely exit at the expected price.

Many traders believe that as long as they set a stop-loss in advance, their maximum loss is already determined. But in real markets, the stop-loss trigger price may differ from the final execution price.

Why does this happen?

I. Market volatility: Prices may quickly move past the stop-loss level

When the market suddenly becomes highly volatile, prices may move past your stop-loss trigger price in a very short time. If the next available execution price is already worse, your actual loss may exceed your origin

The transaction shows as successful, so why might the recipient still not receive the funds?

In the Web3 world, a transfer showing as successful does not necessarily mean the recipient has received the assets and can use them.

The issue may occur at different stages:

1️⃣ Blockchain confirmation and receipt status are different

A transaction being confirmed by the blockchain only means that it has been included in a block and has met the relevant confirmation requirements. An exchange or other platform may require additional confirmations before crediting the assets to the user's account.

Why might a trading strategy that performed well on historical data gradually fail in the real market?

A beautiful backtest curve does not mean that the strategy already has a stable edge in live trading.

The problem is often not that backtesting is worthless, but that we may overestimate what historical data can prove.

There are four key reasons worth paying attention to.

1. Overfitting: The strategy memorized history but did not truly understand the market.

Continually adjusting parameters until the historical return curve looks beautiful can easily make the strategy fit past noise rath