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Gate Research: This report summarizes the key developments in the blockchain industry from March 24-28, 2025. Gate.com Wallet has officially integrated support for Berachain, enhancing both security and liquidity; PancakeSwap topped the weekly trading volume among DEXs, with a remarkable increase of over 40% in weekly volume; Berachain launched its PoL system, enabling liquidity-driven decentralized governance; Nillion Alpha went live on its mainnet, advancing the development of privacy-preserving infrastructure for Web3; PumpSwap recorded a daily trading volume exceeding $580 million, capturing 19.2% of the Solana ecosystem's market share; Hyperliquid experienced a manipulation attack, intensifying concerns over trust and security.

Gate Research: This report summarizes key developments in the blockchain industry from March 28 to April 2, 2025. Sonic Labs announced the upcoming launch of SonicCS 2.0, aiming to double consensus speed and significantly reduce resource usage. Active users on the Solana network continued to hit new highs, with over 11.12 million addresses now holding more than 0.1 SOL. Uniswap v4 surpassed $2.7 billion in cumulative trading volume. Vitalik Buterin released a Layer 2 security roadmap for Ethereum, focusing on scalability, proof mechanisms, and system unification. The second phase of the Babylon Genesis Mainnet is set to launch. Bio Protocol released its V1 upgrade, introducing a permissionless launch platform and AI agents.

As the narrative around RWA continues to evolve, Plume has the potential to emerge as a prominent player in RWA infrastructure. However, its success will depend on sustained institutional adoption and the development of practical retail applications.

WLFI's massive sell-off of ETH has attracted market attention. This article details its stop-loss motivations, cash flow pressure, and possible strategic adjustments. By analyzing signals such as the stagnation of active Ethereum addresses, Layer 2 diversion, and institutional bearishness, it reveals the underlying logic behind changes in ETH's fundamentals and the weakening confidence of large holders.

In the context of escalating global trade wars and frequent tariffs, cryptocurrencies, with their decentralized, censorship-resistant, and borderless characteristics, are once again demonstrating their potential as a "safe haven in chaos." History and current events show that tariffs often lead to economic recessions and market turbulence, while cryptocurrencies are quietly building a new economic system that is not bound by traditional rules, offering individuals greater sovereignty and choice.

US President Donald Trump scored his first crypto win this Thursday when he signed a resolution into law that eliminates the IRS's controversial DeFi broker rule.

This article explores the concept and development of the decentralized exchange platform Hyperliquid, the events and potential causes of its crisis, and the debates over centralized intervention, associated risks, and future prospects.

Gate Research: This report covers key blockchain industry developments from April 11-17, 2025. Ethereum gas fees hit a record low, with the average transaction cost in March plummeting 80% compared to the end of last year; Gate.com released its Q1 2025 report, showing growth in both trading volume and reserves; OM experienced a flash crash with a peak drop of over 90%; TRON reported record-high quarterly revenue of $760 million; Solana raised its block compute limit, further enhancing network performance; Sony-backed Soneium partnered with EigenLayer to reduce blockchain finality time by 98%, setting a new benchmark for L2 performance; and the depegging of sUSD worsened, triggering market panic.

Gate Research: This weekly report summarizes key blockchain industry developments from April 18-24, 2025. Solana's DEX trading volume reached $16.2B, surpassing Ethereum for the first time. Circle launched a stablecoin cross-border payment network, ushering in a new era of global real-time settlement. The Ethereum Foundation restructured its strategy to accelerate core protocol upgrades and address performance bottlenecks. Base chain experienced a surge in token issuance, while Eliza Labs launched the AI agent platform Auto-Fun to optimize token incentive mechanisms. Hyperliquid initiated a permissionless node validation mechanism, and Floki partnered with Rice Robotics to develop AI data markets. These multi-chain ecosystem innovations are driving the blockchain industry into a new phase.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of potential hot narratives for Memecoins in the second half of 2025. It reviews past trending events in the Memecoin space and makes predictions about popular IPs in the fields of video games, film art, streaming creators, and artificial intelligence for the latter half of the year. Cultural and technological products from the real world that have the potential for crossover appeal may become α investment opportunities for on-chain investors.

As of January 15, Strategy's Bitcoin holdings exceeded 687,000 BTC, establishing it as the world's largest publicly listed company by Bitcoin reserves. This achievement secures its dominant position in the crypto asset sector, significantly outpacing other public companies like Tesla, Metaplanet, and MARA.

X has revoked InfoFi application's API access to minimize spam on the platform.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the following key questions: What are token stocks? What types of token stocks are available? What opportunities and risks does this sector present?

Elon Musk is revitalizing long-form content on X by offering million-dollar incentives to creators. His goal is to boost user engagement, transform the creator landscape, and advance the "Everything App" strategy. This move comes amid intensifying competition with Threads and growing concerns over declining advertising revenue.

X (formerly Twitter) has released the source code for its latest recommendation algorithm, offering a comprehensive look at the platform's content ranking logic and interaction weighting mechanisms for the first time. This article provides a technical breakdown of how likes lose value over time, how conversations are priced, and how negative feedback is penalized at the code level. It also outlines practical traffic optimization strategies for creators.