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The Federal Reserve’s rate cuts and bond-buying programs have driven long-term interest rates higher, signaling deeper structural risks—chiefly, the weakening of central bank independence. This article delivers a thorough examination of the latent vulnerabilities in US dollar credit, assessing the impact of political influence, fiscal dominance, and the repricing of term premiums. It further analyzes the strategic roles of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and DeFi during the ongoing global financial trust crisis.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Hong Kong's adoption of the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), including its background, evolution, and potential impact. It examines how CARF integrates with established tax transparency systems like CRS and FATCA. Additionally, the article analyzes the anticipated changes and strategic responses for four key groups: trading platforms, custodians, individual investors, and traditional financial intermediaries.

x402 V2 has transitioned from a per-use billing tool to a scalable internet economic layer. The latest update delivers a unified payment interface, reusable sessions, cross-chain and traditional payment compatibility, a modular plugin architecture, and an automatic discovery mechanism. These improvements dramatically lower integration and payment costs for APIs, AI agents, and multi-chain applications. This article offers a comprehensive analysis of V2’s core innovations and their far-reaching effects on users, developers, and AI agents.

Drawing on the expert perspective of Polygon Labs executive Aishwary Gupta, this article examines how institutional capital inflows are fueled by advancing infrastructure, compliance demands, and yield-driven factors. It showcases how cutting-edge solutions like tokenized government bonds and on-chain staking are enticing large asset management companies to participate.

Dual-currency investment has attracted attention due to its simple structure and transparent returns, yet the market lacks systematic, cycle-based quantitative research and analysis of optimal entry points. This study constructs a backtesting framework in four steps: first, segmenting Bitcoin market cycles using trend and standard deviation; second, verifying that implied volatility (IV) in Bitcoin responds to both upward and downward movements, making it an effective entry signal; third, establishing “buy low / sell high” rules based on market phase; and fourth, estimating dual-currency APR using a simplified Black-Scholes model. Results indicate that the dual-factor framework of “IV-based entry + cycle-driven direction” effectively captures volatility premiums, performs particularly well in sideways markets, delivers stable returns, and supports reinvestment, providing a practical path for systematizing dual-currency investment strategies.

The article provides an in-depth analysis of several key directions, including user experience–centric customized blockchain design, DeFi intelligent agent curation driven by multi-party collaboration, the deep integration of short-form video and cryptocurrencies, how blockchain is advancing AI infrastructure upgrades, and the growing trend of on-chain tokenization of real-world assets.

According to official news, Gate Ventures has announced its lead investment in Goblin Finance's strategic financing round to support the development of native liquid staking and yield infrastructure within the Aptos ecosystem. This funding round raised $1 million, which will be used to accelerate the improvement of yield aggregation mechanisms and ecosystem collaboration.

This week’s recap focuses on heightened market sensitivity amid year-end positioning and evolving macro signals. As investors reassessed risk exposure, Bitcoin and Ethereum showed constrained upside, while overall market liquidity remained selective. Capital rotation favored narrative-driven themes, with segments such as AI infrastructure, on-chain finance, and emerging application layers attracting incremental attention. The report also outlines recent venture investments, ecosystem initiatives, and notable protocol updates, offering a structured overview of how the Web3 landscape continues to adapt under shifting market conditions.

Gate Research: On December 15, the crypto market remained under pressure, with BTC and ETH consolidating at low levels while GT showed relative strength. FHE (+95.2%) surged on strong momentum from privacy computing narratives, Chainlink partnership, and ecosystem incentives; ICE (+46.8%) rallied amid speculative hype over token migration and mainnet transition; BAS (+48.2%) climbed sharply, driven by ERC-8004 protocol upgrades. Persistent structural selling in options continued to suppress BTC upside, with OG holders selling volatility diverging from ETF-driven call buying. Ant International is reshaping corporate treasury management using blockchain, AI, and tokenized deposits. Stable's on-chain activity has lagged expectations post-mainnet launch, highlighting ongoing challenges for differentiated stablecoin public chains.

Gate Research Daily Report: On December 15, the crypto market continued to trade under pressure, with BTC and ETH consolidating at lower levels while GT showed relative resilience. Against a weak backdrop for major assets, tokens such as FHE, ICE, and BAS moved higher against the trend, driven by catalysts including privacy computing and a Chainlink partnership, token migration and mainnet transition, and the ERC-8004 protocol upgrade—highlighting concentrated positioning in structural opportunities. Structural selling pressure in the options market continues to weigh on BTC’s upside, as ETF-driven demand for call options diverges from volatility-selling by OG holders, making a period of range-bound consolidation more likely than a swift breakout in the near term. At the same time, Ant International is reshaping enterprise treasury management through blockchain, AI, and tokenized deposits, while Stable’s mainnet launch has seen weaker-than-expected on-chain activity, underscoring the ongoing challenge for sta

The holiday season is here. To give back to our users for their support, Gate Web3’s Swap platform, Gate Swap, is officially launching the “Gate Swap Double Dan Check-in Party” event. This event features triple reward modes: “New User Peace Gift,” “Cumulative Check-in,” and “Holiday Specials.”

Leveraging the latest macroeconomic data, on-chain behavior, and regulatory developments, this article provides a comprehensive breakdown of the Latin American stablecoin market’s evolution. It explores how stablecoins have progressed from instruments of survival amid currency collapse and banking exclusion to serving as the backbone of Web3 financial infrastructure, evidenced by $1.5 trillion in on-chain transaction volume. The article also uncovers the alpha opportunities behind the emergence of Crypto Neobanks.

Farcaster’s transition from prioritizing social features to focusing on wallets has generated debate. However, this move does not signify the abandonment of social elements; rather, it is a necessary step in the natural evolution of crypto applications. In this article, we provide a comprehensive breakdown of how built-in wallets, the Mini Apps ecosystem, and social graphs work together to propel crypto social platforms into the industrial era. We aim to dispel misunderstandings and redefine the growth logic behind Farcaster.

This report provides an in-depth analysis of momentum investing within the Bitcoin (BTC) market, examining how classical technical indicators perform under varying trend and volatility conditions. Beginning with the theoretical foundations of momentum and its behavioral finance interpretations, the report systematically reviews the structural logic, signal mechanisms, and analytical functions of MACD, Bollinger Bands, ADX/DMI, and RSI. Using actual BTC price movements, it illustrates how these indicators reflect trend formation, momentum decay, volatility expansion, and potential reversal signals. Backtesting results over a full year show that different indicators produce highly divergent outcomes when exposed to the same market environment: trend-following and oversold-reversal strategies tend to struggle during weak or choppy market phases, while volatility-breakout methods, particularly Bollinger Band strategies, demonstrate higher win rates and more stable drawdown behavior.

Fintech 4.0 is emerging: Stablecoins and programmable finance are fundamentally rewriting the underlying architecture of financial technology. Functions such as custody, settlement, and credit are no longer solely reliant on traditional banks but are increasingly supported by open networks, reducing startup costs from millions to thousands of dollars. This article analyzes how stablecoins are restructuring financial infrastructure, making it possible to create tailored financial products for specific groups, while also revealing the new competitive logic shaping the future of fintech.