Between December 28, 2024, and January 3, 2025, the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector experienced numerous significant events demonstrating market vitality and industry trends. Key developments from projects like Sophon and Hyperliquid—including platform launches, service expansions, feature introductions, mainnet activations, and mining activities—showcased innovation while driving technological and community growth, giving the industry fresh momentum. On the regulatory front, the European Union's dedicated cryptocurrency regulation, the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA), came into effect on December 30. This marks a significant step forward in the EU's approach to cryptocurrency regulation.

This report reviews the key events surrounding enforcing the EU MiCA regulation and releasing U.S. economic data. MiCA provides a unified regulatory framework for the crypto asset market, enhancing market confidence and compliance. The U.S. PMI shows a rebound in manufacturing activity, while the decline in initial unemployment claims reflects improvements in the labor market. These dynamics have an impact on the global economy and investment decisions.

The development of this track has far surpassed the Meme space, with diverse narratives involving foundations, DAOs, and AI Agents, creating a dazzling array of opportunities. This article categorizes the new generation of AI tokens into four categories: AI Meme, AI Agent, Launchpad, and Framework/DAO, to help users better understand investment opportunities in the Crypto + AI space.

This two-part report explores ERC-7281: a new proposal to make cross-chain tokens fungible. Part 1 introduces the problem (non-fungibility of bridged tokens) and analyzes current solutions.

This article examines the four major mainstream frameworks currently available — Eliza (AI16Z), G.A.M.E (GAME), Rig (ARC), and ZerePy (ZEREBRO) — analyzing their technical differ

This article compiles insights and predictions from major institutions such as a16z and Coinbase on the stablecoin market, alongside an analysis of the article How Stablecoins Will Eat Payments, and What Happens Next. It addresses key questions such as how stablecoins can enhance and transform traditional payment systems, create more practical applications, improve corporate balance sheets and profitability, and drive the mass adoption of stablecoins. Finally, it examines the future trajectory of the stablecoin market from a broader Web2 cross-border payment perspective, offering valuable insights for professionals in stablecoins, Web3 payments, and cross-border payment sectors.

Gate Research Weekly Report: This week, BTC found strong support around $92,500, with the market in a wait-and-see phase. ETH traded in a narrow range between $3,300 and $3,400, with overall trading volume declining. The AI Agent sector showed impressive performance over the New Year, with AI16Z gaining approximately 136.5% in the past 7 days. Elon Musk briefly changed his X platform account name to "Kekius Maximus" before reverting it within 48 hours. Shiba Inu plans to launch the TREAT token in early 2025. Base chain reached a new daily transaction volume record, exceeding 13.3 million on January 1st. Unichain mainnet plans to go live with permissionless fault proofs on January 6th, 2025.

Elys Network is a decentralized perpetual trading and leveraged lending platform based on oracles, featuring an ETF-style multi-asset index pool. Its characteristics include high scalability, interoperability, and security, as well as high TPS and low transaction fees. Elys Network aims to serve as the PerpDex and all-in-one DeFi consumer chain for the Cosmos Hub.

FWOG is a community-driven meme token based on the Solana blockchain. Emerging from the failed frog-themed project FLOG, it was revitalized under community leadership. Created by artist Tito, FWOG incorporates anime-inspired art and has rapidly grown through transparent operations and a community co-building model. Supported by notable figures in the NFT space, it has a total supply of approximately 976 million tokens and a peak market cap of $720 million. FWOG exemplifies the vast potential of community-driven projects, becoming a successful case in the crypto world.

Facing the surging wave of AI, TROY AI has decisively chosen to transform itself, evolving from a hybrid intelligent asset management platform with a GameFi ecosystem into an AI-driven decentralized ecosystem dedicated to democratizing AI development and usage. This article will comprehensively analyze the project’s team background, development history, core technical architecture, ecosystem products, and tokenomics, providing users with a detailed understanding of its past, present, and future development.

This article examines Shiro Neko ($SHIRO), an Ethereum-based meme coin project, exploring its community-driven development model, innovative tokenomics, and market performance. As a cat-themed meme coin, Shiro Neko combines playful narratives with scalable technology and a unique dual-staking system, helping it emerge as a notable player in the competitive meme coin landscape. Through comprehensive analysis, the article delves into Shiro Neko's ecosystem, token utilities, market dynamics, and development roadmap, providing investors with essential insights.

AI is currently one of the hottest concepts in the market. The combination of AI and memes caused significant market fluctuations in the first half of the year. What happens when AI intersects with GameFi? This article will explore some of the top-quality projects in the AI + GameFi space, focusing on aspects like market capitalization, project backgrounds, and innovative gameplay.

Talus is a platform that allows users to locally design and deploy decentralized on-chain intelligent agents. It offers a seamless, trustless, and interoperable way to integrate on-chain and off-chain resources and services.

This article provides an in-depth introduction to Dotcoin, including its gameplay, how to earn income, strategies for maximizing rewards, and an investment analysis of its advantages and risks.

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