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This report presents comprehensive data and charts that demonstrate the correlation between the growth of the total market capitalization of the crypto market and the expansion of global risk asset market capitalization. It also analyzes how large-scale asset supply affects pricing.

By comparing the development history of XRP with traditional financial infrastructure, the author reveals the market's flawed approach to evaluating XRP.

The article points out that despite strong global liquidity, higher SOFR rates have led capital to flow into government bonds rather than the cryptocurrency market, leaving the cryptocurrency market in a self-financing phase at present.

In October, Bitcoin recorded its first monthly loss since 2018, with the overall cryptocurrency market significantly underperforming traditional risk assets. Despite this weakness, the top 30% of quantitative fund portfolios achieved an impressive annualized return of 35.4%, substantially outperforming Bitcoin. The Hedging Investment-USDT strategy stood out, delivering a positive 5% return even as Bitcoin declined more than 5.5% during the month. Overall drawdowns across quantitative funds remained minimal, with the USDT strategy’s maximum drawdown at just -0.01%. Looking ahead to November, macro liquidity conditions and policy expectations are expected to continue driving market direction, while the crypto market may remain in a “high-volatility, low-trend” consolidation phase.

The article examines the financial challenges of expanding conventional power grids. It also explains how significantly lower solar hardware costs are creating new opportunities for off-grid solar solutions.

The article demonstrates the practical application and immense potential of this system through specific cases, such as Phantom earning millions of dollars in revenue on the Hyperliquid platform by using builder codes.

The article not only outlines how stablecoin chains are reshaping the cryptocurrency payment landscape through high performance, low fees, and compliant design but also explores their profound impact on the DeFi ecosystem, traditional finance, and global financial regulation.

The article reveals the risk mechanisms underlying these projects, such as high leverage, lack of transparency in asset operations, and complex financial strategies. It also examines the role of Curator within the DeFi lending market and its influence on risk transmission.

The article examines historical investment cases and urges readers to remain humble and vigilant during periods of market exuberance, warning them not to overlook potential risks due to short-term gains.

Gate Research Weekly Report: Bitcoin has fluctuated between $100,300 and $107,500 over the past week, and its consolidation phase is expected to continue. Visa has launched a stablecoin payment pilot, enabling platforms to pay content creators and freelancers directly in USDC. VCI Global plans to invest $100 million to acquire the OOB token of Oobit, a crypto payments company backed by Tether. The number of Ethereum validators has fallen back to April 2024 levels, while the exit queue waiting time has reached a new high. Meanwhile, Solana’s active address count has dropped to 3.3 million, the lowest level in a year. The x402 Network facilitators have processed more than 18.82 million transactions, marking a 35-fold increase since May.

Gate Web3 BountyDrop is a one-stop hub that gathers the most popular airdrop projects, offering users a fast-track entry into interactive tasks. Users can easily browse the latest airdrop projects, view project overviews, the interaction process, participation timeframes, and directly access project pages through task links to participate.

Gate Research Daily Report: Bitcoin faces strong resistance above, and declining on-chain activity limits its rebound momentum. Ethereum, after failing to sustain upward momentum above $3,600, has once again fallen back to test key support levels. BEAT rose 139.25% within 24 hours, showing a strong price rebound, mainly driven by the positive impact of exchange listings. SUBHUB increased approximately 76.04% over 24 hours, with the price rise primarily supported by product updates. Visa launched a stablecoin payment pilot, enabling direct USDC payments. VCI Global plans to invest $100 million to acquire Oobit (OOB) tokens backed by Tether. The number of Ethereum validators has dropped back to April 2024 levels, while the waiting time in the validator exit queue has reached a new high.

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the technical details of the fee switch mechanism, why past proposals failed, and the shifting stances of key stakeholders such as a16z. It further explores how the approval of the proposal could affect the Uniswap protocol and liquidity providers (LPs). It also considers the broader market dynamics.

Prior to its Coinbase listing, Monad published an 18-page sales document that provides comprehensive details on token allocation, release schedule, market-making strategy, and associated risks. According to the document, just 0.16% of the market-making supply will underpin a $2.5 billion Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV), underscoring the project's highly disciplined and cautious approach to price discovery and liquidity management.

If the global internet were to go down for 24 hours, how would Bitcoin survive? This article provides an in-depth analysis of how Bitcoin would be forced to form multiple independent partitions in a scenario of network fragmentation, how the distribution of hash rate would affect block production and transaction confirmation, how nodes would automatically coordinate after reconnection, and why Bitcoin would evolve into multiple independent networks if the internet outage were to become permanent.