Gate Insights and Crypto Market Analysis

Mok Dae-gyun, CEO of KCGI Asset Management, published a new investment book titled 'To Buy, To Sell, or To Hold' through Seosamdog publishing. The book compiles over 20 years of his experience in capital markets, addressing decision-making frameworks for investors navigating volatile conditions. The

BlackRock attributes Bitcoin's steep decline to deleveraging and flow dynamics rather than structural issues with the cryptocurrency's long-term value proposition. Bitcoin surged above $120,000 in October 2025 before declining more than 50% to below $60,000 by June 2026. The asset manager says the s

Retail investors holding KOSPI positions bought at the 7500 level face potential losses as the index fell below 7000 on the 20th, according to Korea Exchange data. The holdings at the higher price point amount to tens of trillions of won. Market analysts predict that even if the index rebounds, a

Solana is trading near $78.42 as crypto traders identify $81 as a key technical resistance level that could open the path toward $104 and potentially higher targets. Trader Gum highlighted the $81 area as the immediate breakout zone on a weekly chart, while trader KillaXBT outlined a broader

OpenLedger core contributor Ram Kumar identified agentic payments as crypto's first AI killer app at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2026. Kumar argued AI agents will turn to crypto because they cannot open bank accounts or complete know-your-customer checks. The assessment reflects growing

Evernorth is exploring DeFi deployment opportunities for its XRP holdings as the XLS-66 lending proposal advances through the XRP Ledger's review process, Chief Business Officer Sagar Shah said at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2026. The move stems from Evernorth's positioning as an XRP-focused di

Bitcoin closed above its 200-day simple moving average for the first time since November after breaking through several resistance levels, according to technical analysis from two traders. BTC traded near $69,000 following a rally from the $63,000 support area. The breakout brought Bitcoin above $64

The Korean corporate bond market's credit spread narrowed from 72.3 basis points on the 5th to 68.9bp on the 20th, a 3.4bp contraction indicating strengthened investor sentiment despite SK Hynix halting its bond investments. The credit spread, measured as the yield difference between AA- rated

Micron, the Boise-based computer memory manufacturer, has seen its stock surge over 670% in the past year, pushing its market cap past $1 trillion and creating sudden millionaires among employees in its Idaho hometown. The rally was driven by surging demand for high-bandwidth memory chips used in ar

Red Hat, the enterprise open-source solutions provider under IBM, partnered with decentralized AI platform FLock.io to integrate privacy-preserving federated learning technology into Red Hat's global ecosystem serving enterprises, government agencies, and public institutions. The collaboration

MemeCore principals Puple AI Inc. and Blockcat Pte. Ltd. announced a strategic transaction to contribute US$1.0bn worth of MemeCore ($M) tokens to Nasdaq-listed ZeroStack Corp. in exchange for equity. The transaction routes the native token onto a US public company balance sheet through a

Brokers are shifting client acquisition strategies from volume metrics like cost per lead and first-time deposits to retention-based quality measures, according to TMGM and Pearl Lemon Accountants executives. Nick Haring, Partnership Manager at TMGM, argues that second deposit rates and 90-day reten

Youngpoong Group and MBK Partners issued a rebuttal on the 20th against proxy advisory firm Sustainbest's recommendation opposing their audit committee candidate at Korea Zinc, ahead of the shareholder meeting scheduled for next month 9th. Sustainbest recommended voting for management's candidate

Sixteen companies transferred from South Korea's KOSDAQ market to the KOSPI main board between July 2016 and June 2024, according to Hanwha Investment & Securities. Major firms including Celltrion, Kakao, L&F, and POSCO DX—all ranked within KOSDAQ's top five by market capitalization at the time of t

The CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee convenes for its first meeting on Aug. 20 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, with an agenda covering crypto assets, artificial intelligence, and prediction markets. Chairman Michael S. Selig sponsors the committee, which holds 35 members including

Bybit launched the second phase of its RLUSD Hold & Earn program in partnership with Ripple, offering users up to 21.5% annual percentage rate on holdings of the RLUSD stablecoin. The program distributes daily rewards in both XRP and RLUSD without requiring staking commitments or lock-up periods. Th

Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Thursday (20th), with the Hang Seng Index rising 0.80% to 25,698.49 points, driven by strong gains in biotech and gold sectors. The rally was fueled by positive clinical trial results from US vaccine giant Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine partnership with Merck,

Securitize President Brett Redfearn stated the Securities and Exchange Commission delayed a planned innovation exemption for tokenized securities that had been expected Aug. 14 because releasing it could have complicated efforts to secure votes for the Clarity Act. Redfearn attributed the delay to l

Bitcoin surged nearly 11% in the last 24 hours to over $71,600 on August 20, triggering approximately $3.3 billion in crypto liquidations and driving pre-market gains across digital asset stocks including Strategy