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What are political memecoins? A beginner’s guide
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What are political memecoins? A beginner’s guide

This beginner’s guide on political memecoins discusses various aspects of political memecoins, including how to avoid fake political memecoins and buy genuine ones, if interested.
2/12/2025, 12:44:42 PM
The Grand Hypothesis: Bitcoin as the Global Reserve Currency
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The Grand Hypothesis: Bitcoin as the Global Reserve Currency

This article proposes an innovative restructuring of the global financial system. Arthur Hayes suggests that the U.S. Treasury should establish Bitcoin as a neutral global reserve asset while keeping the dollar as the main currency for trade settlements. His proposal outlines several key steps: gradually raising Bitcoin's value, extending U.S. Treasury bond maturities, using social media to promote digital dollars, and developing a new blockchain-based financial infrastructure. This strategy aims to protect both America's economic interests and global financial stability.
2/12/2025, 12:38:06 PM
How Ethereum Became "Ultrasound Money": The Evolution of Issuance and Burn Mechanisms
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How Ethereum Became "Ultrasound Money": The Evolution of Issuance and Burn Mechanisms

The current issuance curve of ETH is a trap. Unfortunately, like Bitcoin's issuance, Ethereum's issuance was misdesigned.
2/12/2025, 11:51:12 AM
What is Global Dollar? (USDG)
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What is Global Dollar? (USDG)

The Global Dollar (USDG) is a stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar, issued by Paxos Dollar Singapore Ltd and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Backed by the leading financial companies under the Global Dollar Network, USDG aims to promote real-world adoption and enterprise-focused use cases.
2/12/2025, 9:20:56 AM
 Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Explained
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Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Explained

This article examines Ethereum's Pectra upgrade (Prague/Electra) coming in March 2025. The upgrade introduces key changes: raising the maximum validator stake to 2048 ETH, enhancing execution and consensus layer interactions, adding BLS12-381 curve support, optimizing blob transactions, and enabling EOA account code settings. These changes will reshape staking distribution, validator operations, cross-chain functionality, and user experience.
2/12/2025, 8:50:34 AM
What is Blockstream?
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What is Blockstream?

Click to discover how Blockstream is enhancing Bitcoin’s functionalities, ensuring wider blockchain adoption.
2/12/2025, 8:43:49 AM
Ethereum Beast Falls, How VC Barnacles Hollow Out the Decentralized Foundation?
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Ethereum Beast Falls, How VC Barnacles Hollow Out the Decentralized Foundation?

This article delves into the capital control issues of Layer 2 scaling solutions in the Ethereum ecosystem, analyzing how venture capital (VC) influences the decentralized foundation through governance and economic means, and proposes potential solutions to provide new insights for Ethereum's future development.
2/12/2025, 8:20:26 AM
Top 10 Crypto News Stories from the Spring Festival: What Caused the Crypto Market to Take a Hit?
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Top 10 Crypto News Stories from the Spring Festival: What Caused the Crypto Market to Take a Hit?

The author highlights the 10 major crypto events that occurred during the Spring Festival: Trump’s tariff war, which led to a significant decline in the crypto market; the launch of Deepseek, sparking strong market reactions; El Salvador revoking Bitcoin’s official currency status; and the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged...
2/12/2025, 8:12:32 AM
Solayer (LAYER) — A Solana-Based Restaking Protocol
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Solayer (LAYER) — A Solana-Based Restaking Protocol

Solayer is a restaking protocol built on the Solana blockchain, designed to optimize capital efficiency and enhance cross-chain liquidity by integrating multiple revenue streams such as Proof-of-Stake (PoS), Maximal Extractable Value (MEV), and Actively Validated Services (AVS).
2/12/2025, 7:45:07 AM
Gate Research: January Crypto Market Review
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Gate Research: January Crypto Market Review

Gate Research's latest report, "January 2025 Crypto Market Review," analyzes market trends, on-chain data, key developments, security incidents, funding information, and upcoming events, offering deep insights into the crypto market's performance and industry trends.
2/12/2025, 7:19:43 AM
Gate Research: Security Incident Summary for January 2025
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Gate Research: Security Incident Summary for January 2025

Gate Research's report points out that in January 2025, the Web3 industry experienced 40 security incidents, resulting in approximately $87.94 million in losses, a significant increase compared to the previous month. Account breaches were the primary threat, accounting for 52% of the total losses. Major incidents included a hacker attack on the Phemex exchange, a significant security vulnerability affecting NoOnes, and a private key leak at Moby. These incidents exposed key risks in smart contracts and cross-chain protocols, highlighting the need for stronger contract audits, the introduction of real-time monitoring, and multi-layered defense mechanisms to improve platform security and enhance user trust.
2/12/2025, 2:17:50 AM
Gate Research: Multiple Blockchains & DeFi Protocols Reach Record TVL; Nasdaq Files for LTC, XRP ETFs
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Gate Research: Multiple Blockchains & DeFi Protocols Reach Record TVL; Nasdaq Files for LTC, XRP ETFs

Gate Research Daily Report: February 11, in the past 24 hours, Bitcoin price increased 1.75%, remaining in a stable consolidation range; Ethereum price rose 1.84%, forming a descending triangle. Soneium TVL exceeded $33 million, reaching an all-time high. BOB Chain TVL increased 50.78% in a day, surpassing $247 million. Pendle TVL reached 1.95 million ETH, setting a new record. Nasdaq submitted trading applications for CoinShares LTC ETF and XRP ETF. Democratic Representative Maxine Waters introduced a stablecoin regulation bill. Bitcoin financial services firm Fold expanded its partnership with Visa.
2/11/2025, 3:22:25 PM
The Wind Is Coming! At This Stage, How Should Mainland Enterprises Compliantly Issue RWA?
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The Wind Is Coming! At This Stage, How Should Mainland Enterprises Compliantly Issue RWA?

This article delves into the rise of Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization and its significance at the intersection of traditional finance and crypto assets. Drawing from practical experience, it provides a detailed analysis of key aspects of RWA project issuance, including the selection of underlying assets, determination of issuance plans, and considerations for issuance regions.
2/11/2025, 12:33:20 PM
A Tale of Two Markets - The Cryptoeconomy in 2025
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A Tale of Two Markets - The Cryptoeconomy in 2025

This article explores the contradiction between speculation and real-world applications in the crypto economy, highlighting that they are two sides of the same coin. Despite criticisms of financial nihilism, blockchain technology demonstrates potential in democratizing wealth and reducing transaction costs. The article emphasizes that speculative activities play a crucial role in attracting new users and stress-testing systems while also driving the development of real-world applications.
2/11/2025, 12:11:35 PM
Stake BERA with Chorus One: A comprehensive overview of Berachain, Proof-of-Liquidity
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Stake BERA with Chorus One: A comprehensive overview of Berachain, Proof-of-Liquidity

The article delves into Berachain's core innovation, the Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) consensus mechanism, and its unique three-token model (BERA, BGT, and HONEY), designed to enhance both security and liquidity. Key applications of Berachain, such as the BEX exchange, Bends lending market, and Berps perpetual futures exchange, will provide users with efficient capital utilization and deep liquidity.
2/11/2025, 11:52:38 AM

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