This article details the upgrade of Astar Network and the Soneium project developed in cooperation with Sony Group, aiming to promote the widespread application of Web3 technology. The article discusses how Astar realizes its vision through technological innovation, strategic cooperation and community interaction. Build the world's largest Web3 ecosystem.

This article explores how memes, as fundamental units of cultural transmission, carry and convey ideas across different eras. It analyzes the role of communities in cultural formation and uses Bitcoin and gold as examples to demonstrate how memes become stores of value and cultural symbols.

Delve into the Ethereum Foundation's proposed Beam Chain initiative, aimed at addressing MEV issues, enhancing scalability and security, and leveraging ZK technology to boost performance by redesigning the consensus layer. The article explores the technical highlights of Beam Chain, such as Snarkification powered by ZKVM and hash-based aggregated signatures, while also examining the community's differing opinions and concerns regarding the proposal.

We previously discussed how AI and Web3 can complement each other across vertical industries like computational networks, intermediary platforms, and consumer applications. When focusing on data resources as a vertical field, emerging Web projects offer new possibilities for the acquisition, sharing, and utilization of data.

This article delves into the security challenges of DeFi protocols, highlighting the distinction between technical and economic audits. While technical audits focus on code integrity and bugs, economic audits address broader factors like market fluctuations, governance vulnerabilities, and liquidity crises that impact protocol stability.

This article highlights a groundbreaking milestone in the fusion of AI and blockchain technology: two AI agents, Aethernet and Clanker, independently worked together to create and launch the Luminous ($LUM) cryptocurrency token without any human involvement. This achievement showcases the potential of AI agents to innovate and operate autonomously in the financial sector, marking the dawn of a new era where AI and DeFi converge.

Explore how Fermah revolutionizes Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) generation with decentralized infrastructure, EigenLayer integration, and efficient resource allocation. Learn about its components, technology, use cases, and the experienced team behind this groundbreaking platform.

This article analyzes the impact of Telegram games on the blockchain industry in 2024. Starting with Notcoin, Telegram games have become a focal point of competition among major blockchain networks. Through case studies of Core, Sui, and Matchain, research shows that while this user acquisition method is low-cost (below $0.1), it faces challenges in user retention and market concentration. The key to future success lies in establishing sustainable growth mechanisms and user analytics systems.

It’s been a decade since Tether launched the first USD-backed, crypto-enabled digital currency. Since then, stablecoins have become one of the most widely adopted products in crypto, with a market cap of nearly $180 billion. Despite this remarkable growth, stablecoins continue to face significant challenges and limitations.

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Today’s stablecoins serve critical roles in the cryptocurrency and DeFi ecosystems, providing liquidity for exchanges, facilitating collateralized lending, and allowing market participants to retain digital asset exposure without continuous conversions to fiat currency.

This article examines MicroStrategy's outstanding bonds, their structure, and convertibility options. Based on the current debt structure, forced selling of Bitcoin holdings to finance cash redemption of the bonds remains unlikely.

There are over $160 billion worth of stablecoins used in transactions worldwide. This article explores the recent history of stablecoins and the banking industry, and provides a detailed evaluation of three types of tokens: fiat-backed stablecoins, asset-backed stablecoins, and strategy-backed synthetic dollars.

AI will be the catalyst that drives crypto into mainstream use cases. Crypto has always been the weird middle child in the tech space. This will finally cement Crypto’s role as a fundamental technology. I’ll give an overview of where we are today with AI agents, where crypto comes into the picture, how I think about the agentic future, and which teams are currently on my radar.

Gate Research Daily Report (November 25 ): BTC and ETH prices continue to fluctuate at high levels, trading at $97,900 and $3,361, respectively. Altcoins, particularly in the metaverse and gaming sectors, performed strongly over the weekend. The Fear & Greed Index remains in the "Extreme Greed" zone. Solana's DEX daily trading volume surpassed $6 billion, capturing a 45% market share. CBOE is set to launch the first spot Bitcoin ETF index options on December 2. Additionally, last Friday saw significant institutional inflows, with Bitcoin spot ETFs recording $490 million in net inflows and Ethereum spot ETFs attracting $91.21 million. This highlights robust institutional interest. Investors are advised to remain cautious of market volatility and changes in regulatory policies.