Lido, as the largest liquid staking platform for Ethereum, despite its market share nearing 33% raising concerns about decentralization, its data transparency, risk diversification, and diverse node options may exaggerate the centralization risk. While following Lido, it is necessary to balance its advantages with potential risks and explore broader solutions.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is steadily advancing the regulation of stablecoins, emphasizing the need for prudent compliance. Regulators state that stablecoins should return to the essence of financial instruments, supporting the real economy. Through the published "Stablecoin Regulations," Hong Kong will strictly control the issuance of legal stablecoins, expecting to issue the first batch of licenses by the end of the year, while hoping that the application of stablecoins can revolve around actual needs.

Gate Alpha will launch a limited-time zero-fee event and "Alpha Points Carnival" on May 29, 2025, encouraging users to participate in on-chain asset trading. During the event, users can enjoy zero fees and earn points to exchange for multiple rewards. Since its launch, this section has performed excellently, with a total trading volume reaching $3 billion. In the future, we will continue to optimize and expand the range of on-chain assets.

Since El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021, it has experienced a dual test of economic vitality and public dissatisfaction. Despite the low acceptance of Bitcoin among the public, the government continues to actively promote Crypto Assets regulation and related policies, planning to create a new Capital Market and striving to lead development in the financial revolution.

The Slerf project has recently attracted attention due to controversies surrounding community takeover, with its price doubling within 5 days, reflecting the opportunities and challenges in the development of the MEME project. Although fundraising progress has slowed down, community opinion leaders have proposed takeover suggestions that received widespread response. This incident not only highlights governance and incentive issues but also provides a direction for future development of the MEME project.

The Newbie Guide to Crypto Investment emphasizes safety and Risk Management, suggesting to invest only with funds that one can afford to lose, understand market Fluctuation, adopt Auto-Invest strategies, avoid leverage, and use a hardware wallet to protect assets. Newbies should first learn about Bitcoin, gradually invest, to achieve long-term stable appreciation.

The tokenization technology of US stocks enables ordinary investors to participate in investments with a low barrier to entry, providing 24-hour trading, asset diversification, and global allocation opportunities. Investors need to follow equity, platform security, and liquidity risks, invest rationally, and carefully choose platforms to gradually understand this emerging investment method.

The trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has begun in New York, with the first day focused on jury selection and the reading of charges. SBF faces seven criminal charges, including fraud and Money Laundering, with prosecutors needing to prove his direct involvement in the crimes. The trial is progressing quickly, and the outcome will impact the crypto assets industry.

Polkadot's report for the first quarter of 2024 shows that the ecosystem has reached 514,000 daily active Addresses, a historic high. The volume of XCM messages has significantly increased, and Gavin Wood has proposed future development plans. Meanwhile, the circulating market capitalization of DOT has risen, with the treasury holding 37 million DOT. The ecosystem continues to expand, with new developments in parachain auctions and developer support programs.

Decentralized Finance regulation is emerging, and the performance of leading projects varies.
The shift in the U.S. regulatory attitude has brought a glimmer of hope to the DeFi sector. Recently, the positive signals released by senior regulators suggest that DeFi platforms may welcome a more favorable development environment.
However, against this favorable backdrop, the DeFi market presents a complex situation: the total locked value of leading protocols like Aave has repeatedly hit new highs at (TVL), with strong fundamental data; on the other hand, many mainstream DeFi protocols are experiencing weak TVL growth, and token prices remain below the levels at the beginning of the year, making the path to value discovery in the market still long. Despite the recent rapid rebound of DeFi tokens, is this driven by short-term market sentiment fluctuations or deeper value logic? Let us focus on the latest dynamics and data performance of leading DeFi players to analyze the opportunities and challenges within.
Regulators release positive signals: DeFi welcomes

AI agents are rapidly rising in the Web3 space, with the number of daily active independent wallets reaching 4.5 million, accounting for 19% of the market. These agents enhance user capabilities in DeFi, social, and gaming sectors. Despite market fluctuations, the market capitalization of AI-related Tokens remains significant, with continuous inflows of capital, demonstrating investor confidence in the sector. In the future, the application of AI agents will become more widespread, driving a transformation in decentralized interaction methods.

Vitalik Buterin stated at the TOKEN2049 conference that the crypto industry is in a special stage of development, with significant reductions in transaction fees and improvements in confirmation times, Ethereum is adapting to mainstream demands. He emphasized that technological advancements will drive the development of digital asset management and decentralized applications, achieving true mainstream adoption in the next decade.

Bittensor subnet Investment Guide: Seizing AI Development Opportunities
In February 2025, the Bittensor network launched the Dynamic TAO (dTAO) upgrade, shifting the governance model to a market-driven decentralized resource allocation. This upgrade greatly stimulated the vitality of ecological innovation, with the number of active subnets skyrocketing from 32 to 118 in just a few months, an increase of 269%. These subnets cover various subfields of the AI industry, from basic text reasoning and image generation to cutting-edge protein folding and quantitative trading, creating the most comprehensive decentralized AI ecosystem to date.
The market performance is equally impressive. The total market value of the top subnets skyrocketed from 4 million USD before the upgrade to 690 million USD, with the annual staking yield stabilizing in the range of 16-19%. Each subnet allocates network incentives based on the market-oriented TAO staking rate, with the top 10 subnets accounting for 51.76% of network emissions, reflecting

New Exploration of DeFi in the Polkadot Ecosystem: How Gigadot Enhances Asset Efficiency?
In the Polkadot ecosystem, cross-chain liquidity and asset efficiency have always been core challenges faced by DeFi applications. As a cross-chain staking protocol focused on liquidity release, a certain project is dedicated to providing users with more flexible ways to utilize staking assets. Another project is based on Polkadot.

Governance V2
Polkadot employs a sophisticated governance mechanism that allows it to evolve continuously based on the needs of stakeholders. Its goal is to ensure that the majority of stakeholders can always control the network.
The content of this article may change. The governance protocol has undergone several iterations (v1 and v2), and there will be more changes in the future (v2.5).
The first decentralized governance system of Polkadot (v1) consists of three main components:
- Technical Committee: Manage Upgrade Schedule
- Council: An executive "government" elected, responsible for managing parameters, proposals, and expenditures.
- Referendum: A universal voting system that grants greater influence to long-term stakeholders.
The system operated well in the initial years, but as it matured, it needed to evolve continuously to improve shortcomings and keep up with advancements. For example, in "Governance v1", all referendum weights were the same, and only one referendum could be voted on at a time.

The Ethereum Foundation recently transferred 35,000 ETH to an exchange, attracting market attention. Looking back in history, the foundation has sold ETH multiple times at peaks, but has also missed out on price rises. This transfer is explained as part of fund management, with the ETH it holds accounting for only 0.25% of the total supply, having a limited impact on market liquidity, but it may affect market sentiment. The foundation should disclose financial information more transparently to enhance holder confidence and promote ecological development.

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The "Research Report on the Application and Development of Blockchain Finance in China (2020)" analyzes the current application status and future trends of Blockchain in the global financial field, covering application scenarios and challenges. The report summarizes three types of functions of Blockchain in non-coin applications in finance, and proposes challenges and corresponding suggestions at the technical, governance, and business levels, aiming to promote its Compliance and safe application, and to assist in the construction of a modern financial system.