Gate Insights and Crypto Market Analysis

Peter Brandt, a market analyst with over 50 years of experience, predicted in a recent interview that Bitcoin's bear market has not yet reached its bottom. The veteran analyst stated that BTC could fall below $50,000 or as low as $40,000, with a specific bottom date of October 4, 2026. Brandt

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced on local time that Section 301 measures related to forced labor are expected 'soon.' Speaking in a CNBC interview, Greer addressed questions about additional tariffs by referencing the ongoing Section 301 investigation into forced labor practices.

CoinShares PLC launched a UCITS platform on Tuesday to access Europe's institutional investors, listing its first fund and entering a regulated market that held €26.3 trillion in net assets as of April 2026. The Jersey-based asset manager built the platform to complement its exchange-traded

XRP broke above a 66-day descending trendline that had capped rallies since late May, delivering a technical breakout that market analyst Ash Crypto says signals bulls may be regaining control. The breakout ended a prolonged corrective phase as selling pressure weakened and market sentiment began to

The Solana network's total stablecoin market cap crossed $15Bn for the first time, according to Token Terminal data. The milestone was driven by the non-USDC/USDT stablecoin segment hitting an all-time high of $4.81Bn, now accounting for nearly one-third of Solana's total stablecoin supply, per Sola

United Stables appointed Chainlink as the official oracle and cross-chain infrastructure provider for its U Stablecoin on July 20, 2026, following the token's milestone of surpassing $1 billion in circulating supply and recording more than $2.5 billion in average daily trading volume. The

Korean ETF investors shifted from covered call funds to high-dividend ETFs on the 22nd, according to KOSCOM CHECK data. The PLUS High Dividend Weekly Covered Call ETF posted a 24.51% annual dividend rate but suffered a -27% one-year return, prompting investors to seek stocks offering both

Nvidia released detailed specifications and benchmarks for its Vera data center CPU on Tuesday, entering competition with Advanced Micro Devices and Intel in the AI server processor market. The chip giant delivered Vera processors to clients including OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX in June,

The Bank of Korea raised its base interest rate from 2.50% to 2.75% on the 16th, the first increase in three years and six months, as major Korean brokerage stocks declined sharply over the preceding month. According to the Korea Exchange on the 21st, Mirae Asset Securities fell 23.59% over one mont

Alphabet is releasing three new Gemini models on Tuesday, including Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber designed for cybersecurity. The releases aim to show progress across a product pipeline that has faced delays and mounting competition. Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber will initially be available only to governments an

Lee Chan-jin, Governor of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service, announced supplementary measures on the 16th for leveraged ETFs and ETNs. The measures were introduced just 50 days after single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) targeting Samsung

Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced on Tuesday that Telegram will ship a native non-custodial Gram wallet inside every Telegram app this summer. The announcement, made on his official Telegram channel, promises instant zero-fee transactions for over 1 billion users. GRAM climbed 8.4% in 24

The London Stock Exchange announced Tuesday the launch of LSE 24, a new 24/5 trading venue designed to support digital, algorithmic and agent-based trading. The venue will operate from 17:00 to 07:50 Monday through Friday with a 30-minute pause each evening for end-of-day processing, running

The Open Standard alliance launched the Open USD stablecoin with backing from more than 140 institutions including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, and BlackRock, triggering a 15% to 18% drop in Circle shares. The market reaction reflected investor concern that Open USD's revenue-sharing

SpaceX announced on Monday that it will post its first earnings report on Aug. 4, triggering the expiration of its first lock-up period that allows insiders to sell up to 911.5 million shares. The aerospace company's stock gained 5% on Tuesday following the announcement. The earnings date

FinWise Bancorp acquired the technology platform of Tallied Technologies, Inc., ending a nine-month arrangement that began with an agreement signed on 27 October 2025. The Murray, Utah-based lender, trading as FINW on Nasdaq, now holds end-to-end ownership of its card issuing operations from

The White House has agreed to ethics provisions in the Clarity Act, one of the most comprehensive cryptocurrency regulatory bills in the US, according to multiple industry sources cited by Eleanor Terrett, host of the Crypto In America program. The agreement text was sent to select Senate