What is DeFi? Without traditional banks, how are lending and trading carried out?
In the Web3 world, DeFi (decentralized finance) is changing how people participate in financial activities. It uses blockchain, smart contracts, and digital assets to let users access some financial services directly. But the absence of traditional banks does not mean there are no rules, nor does it mean there are no risks.
First, what is DeFi?
DeFi is short for Decentralized Finance and generally refers to financial applications built on blockchain and smart contracts. Users can participate in trading, lending,

CryptoSpectoan hour ago

Gate_Square2026-10-27 08:29:43

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Gate_Square2 hours ago

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Crypto_Buzz_with_Alexan hour ago

#BTCBattlesFor80000 #ShareWeekly
‍#WCTCS9 $BTC
Can BTC hold 80K” is really three questions running on three different clocks: price, flows and derivatives. Here’s how I’d read each one.
1. The price clock: support keeps stepping down
BTC is 79,764 on my chart, 3.7% below the 82,819 I saw on October 22 (my math). The marked support has migrated from 80,228 to 79,880 to 79,597 over six days, about 0.8% lower (my math), so 80K isn’t a fixed floor so much as a moving one. RSI is 40.4, and the MACD histogram is -378, back to where it was on October 20.
2. The flow clock: mixed, and concentrated
S

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ChenAn an hour ago

“Without enduring bone-chilling cold, how could plum blossoms give off their fragrance?”
Bull and bear markets are both the norm; every rise and fall is a lesson in self-mastery.
The market never lacks noise; what it lacks is the clarity to think independently.
After years of deep focus on mainstream sectors, I have always believed in the long-term value of BTC and ETH, while respecting the power of every market cycle.
Though mountains and rivers may keep us apart, we’ll meet again; we come together on screen.$BTC #BTC争夺8万美元关口

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ThisIsTranslateContent:DustyA an hour ago

On the hourly and short-term 15-minute charts, the market still leans bearish, but for now I’ll wait and see. The KDJ lines have entered the oversold zone on both timeframes, and the short-term market has a strong desire to rebound and recover.
If gold rebounds toward 4000, I personally think it could be a good opportunity to open a short-term short. Alternatively, if the bearish trend continues and the 15-minute candle breaks below 3900 decisively, I’ll enter a short, targeting around 3975!#黄金 #伦敦金 $XAUUSD ‌

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ThisIsTranslateContent:41 minutes ago

A free VPN recommendation—you can use it by entering a code, and it now supports Windows too.
Address:
Redemption code: SG6Q
When your time runs out, go to the TG group and ask an admin to renew:
#加速器 #梯子

Crypto_Buzz_with_Alex42 minutes ago

#KOSPIRalliesOver4% $SKHY $SAMSUNG #ShareWeekly
‍#WCTCS9
KOSPI hit +4.55% this morning and closed +3.09%. The shape of the day is more informative than the headline. Here’s my read on whether it was an oversold bounce or the start of something more.
1. The shape of the day (my math)
The index opened 3.46% higher at 5,658.65, touched about 5,717 and triggered a buy sidecar at 10:13 am, the 53rd of the year. It then faded to close at 5,638.34. That’s about 68% of the peak gain kept, and a close 0.4% below the open (my math). A sidecar tells you the move was fast, and the close tells you how mu

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GateUser-8bfcbe88 an hour ago

The market is bad, so here’s a little money-saving tip: Open Taobao, search for “Utility Payments,” and tap it to get a ¥0.2 red packet. That’s ¥0.2 a day, or ¥73 a year.

CryptoMishuan hour ago

GateLiveChinese2026-10-27 04:09:09

Always a beat slow in short-term trading? Understand moving averages, but get confused in live trading?
Tonight (Tuesday) at 20:00 (UTC+8), Gate Live Trading Academy welcomes guest @董亮 for hands-on practice—no empty theory, just turning moving average combinations into a feel for short-term rhythm.
🎯 Topic: "Practical Trading Analysis: Wielding the Three-Seven Sword, Catching Dragons in Short-Term Trades"
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✅ How to build moving average combinations: less noise, more focus on the main rhythm
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CryptosBatman an hour ago

$INJ is really not playing around in the RWA industry.
They just launched the Super Intelligence Compute Markets.
In short, it's the on-chain index of NVDA's GPU rental prices.
This is not just a game-changer for traders.
But for investors, you can actually track the key units of economics that drives revenue of AI companies.

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MrFive19 minutes ago

Those people really love using these videos to mislead newbies
They say that however much money you put into Grok @bot, that’s how much you’ll earn by tonight
In reality, even if you use exactly the same data, you’ll still lose money

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智赢舵手 an hour ago

$AIN TP1 hit! The second wave is underway—don't miss the rest of this big move. Look at the chart: the second leg is unfolding exactly as we predicted.
I told you the second wave was the real opportunity. I also told you we were in a pure price discovery phase. And the result? TP1 hit ✅ Buyers didn't hesitate, breaking straight through $0.140 with ease. If you caught the second-wave entry, congratulations. You're already in profit and riding the momentum. If you missed TP1: don't sit on the sidelines and watch this big move continue without you. The uptrend is still strong, and we're heading s

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LittleFool 12 minutes ago

AI × Web3: As Information Grows, Clear Judgment Becomes Truly Scarce
The digital economy has never lacked information. The real challenge is identifying important signals from an ocean of information and turning them into valuable judgments.
In the Web3 industry, project announcements, protocol updates, community discussions, and on-chain data emerge every day. Information is becoming easier to access, but having more of it does not necessarily make decisions easier. On the contrary, data from different sources, of varying quality and updated at different speeds, can consume a great deal of ti

NovaCryptoGirl2 hours ago

Arthur Hayes states he has exited his positions in ETH, ENA, UNI

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CryptoSpectoan hour ago

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BotsOfficial2026-10-27 08:51:08

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