Gate Research: This report summarizes key blockchain industry developments from February 10–14, 2025. Gate.io has established a multi-year partnership with the Red Bull Racing Team to advance blockchain's global influence. Etherscan has launched an on-chain address credit scoring feature, while Bitcoin service provider Fold has expanded its Visa partnership to offer a Bitcoin rewards card. In the DeFi space, Kamino has emerged as Solana's fastest-growing lending protocol, surpassing $1 billion in lending volume. Meanwhile, Unichain's mainnet launch has driven a 611% surge in activity, and SatLayer has achieved a record-high TVL of $316 million.

Myshell is a decentralized application platform based on Web3 and AI technologies, designed to provide users with low-barrier, personalized AI bot creation tools and to build an open and fair AI content ecosystem.

Gate Research: This week, Kite AI, Sandwatch, Harpie, and iAgent Protocol have all provided users with opportunities to engage in the Web3 ecosystem. Kite AI focuses on the integration of artificial intelligence and blockchain, incentivizing users to participate through the PoAI mechanism. Sandwatch, on the other hand, is centered around Web3 streaming, offering creators and communities a transparent and fair platform. Harpie is a digital asset security tool, providing users with safety and protection. iAgent Protocol combines artificial intelligence with gaming, creating a unique AI agent ecosystem. These projects attract users through airdrops, allowing them to earn token rewards by completing tasks and engaging in social interactions.

This article discusses the development direction of the cryptocurrency market, pointing out that it faces two paths: a free crypto-anarchic state versus a regulated crypto economy. Starting with Bitcoin, crypto technology has provided humanity with an alternative to traditional finance. Through analysis of tokenization and reputation systems, the article demonstrates how users can choose the market ecosystem that suits them at this crossroads.

The author analyzes the impact of excessive ETH Beta Tokens, liquidity fragmentation, and technological catch-up from other L1 blockchains on ETH’s performance. The article suggests encouraging L2 projects to incorporate ETH, reinforcing ETH’s central role in the Ethereum economy, addressing L2 fragmentation, and accelerating technological upgrades.

This guide offers strategies for low-stress, profitable liquidity provision (LP) in memecoins, focusing on managing market volatility. Key tactics include using wide range, single-sided positions to reduce impermanent loss (IL) and risk, and employing bid-ask strategies to maximize fees.

This report conducts a detailed backtest comparing the investment performance of Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) versus Buy-and-Hold strategies for BTC, ETH, SOL, GT, and their combinations in Gate.io investment products from September 1, 2021, to December 30, 2024. The report uses an example-based approach to demonstrate the calculation steps and core formulas for each strategy, accompanied by data tables for key periods.

Gate Research (2025.2.8-2025.2.14) – This report provides a comprehensive analysis of key developments in the cryptocurrency market and the broader macroeconomy. On February 11, U.S. one-year inflation expectations for January remained steady at 3%, while five-year inflation expectations rose from 2.7% to 3%. On February 11, Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters proposed stablecoin regulation. On February 12, U.S. CPI rose to 3% for the first time since June of last year. Brian Quintenz was nominated by Trump as the next chairman of the U.S. CFTC. The rise in U.S. inflation expectations have had a multifaceted impact on Federal Reserve policy, global markets, U.S. stock and cryptocurrency markets, and emerging markets.

Gate Research Weekly Review & Outlook: This week, BTC price movement followed a downward channel, while ETH entered a consolidation phase after testing support twice. Brian Quintenz has been nominated by Trump as the next CFTC chairman. SIMD-96 has launched on Solana, allowing validators to receive full priority fees. Plume Network partnered with Mercado Bitcoin to tokenize $40 million worth of Brazilian RWA assets. Stablecoin market cap on the Sui network reached $500 million, hitting an all-time high. SatLayer TVL broke its historical record, reaching $316 million. zkLend suffered an attack on the Starknet network, resulting in losses exceeding $9 million.

The Elixir Network is a decentralized liquidity infrastructure designed for high-throughput use cases. It allows users to optimize their capital efficiency by automating liquidity provisioning across decentralized exchanges.

AdEx (ADX) is a blockchain-based platform for transparent and privacy-focused ad exchange, enabling advertisers and publishers to trade ad space.

Discover BrickTrade, a blockchain-based platform revolutionizing real estate investment through tokenization. Learn about its features, $BRKT tokenomics, and roadmap.

Web3Auth offers seamless authentication for dApps with social logins, biometrics, and key management, enabling fast and secure Web3 access with user-friendly authentication solutions.

OpenSocial is a SocialFi platform built on the blockchain with on and off-chain functionalities. Its modular structure allows developers to build and reuse components.

Powerloom enables developers to build decentralized, consensus-backed data solutions for Web3 applications with transparency and reliability.