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2025 was not a bull-market reset but a quality-driven recapitalization. Funding exceeded $30B before Q4 (≈ $13B in Q3), far above the 2024 low (~$9B), while deal count stayed flat—pointing to larger, more selective checks and a clear fat-tail effect. Capital concentrated on compliance-ready financial rails (payments/stablecoins, RWAs, infrastructure, regulated trading, information markets), as consumer narratives cooled. Meanwhile, capital flows turned multipolar, favoring jurisdictions with regulatory clarity. The core question now: where the next institutional default stack forms—and who controls distribution in 2026.

Gate Founder and CEO Dr. Han reflects on key Web3 shifts in 2025 and Gate’s 12-year milestone, highlighting trading strength, security transparency, global compliance, and brand expansion, while outlining a long-term vision for Web3 adoption in real life.

Gate Research Daily Report: Bitcoin continues to trade within a narrow range, having faced resistance near the $90,000 level four times since mid-December. Recent price action in Ethereum suggests a clear shift toward a wait-and-see market sentiment, with bullish momentum weakening while bears have yet to take effective control. ZEROBASE surged 61.82%, mainly driven by sector rotation into privacy-focused tokens, while ZRT gained 27.80%, largely fueled by investor sentiment. The RWA sector’s TVL has surpassed that of DEXs, ranking as the fifth-largest vertical in DeFi. Bitcoin’s year-end rebound toward $90,000 has lost momentum amid insufficient demand and weakening on-chain activity. Meanwhile, as silver prices surged to record highs, trading volume in tokenized silver increased by more than 1,200%.

Gate Web3 Swap has completed a major update. This upgrade re-engineers the underlying trading logic, merging single-chain and cross-chain functionalities into one, and adding support for native assets such as BTC/ZEC, aiming to provide a smoother and more unrestricted asset flow experience.

Gate has officially launched Smart Leverage, a new structured derivatives product designed to deliver a more controlled and resilient trading experience in highly volatile markets. By exempting positions from forced liquidation during the subscription period, Smart Leverage helps protect users from unexpected losses caused by short-term extreme price movements or “wick” events, while supporting high leverage with maximum potential losses capped at the initial subscription amount and no risk of additional liabilities. The first batch of supported assets includes BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, and ADA, and a limited-time incentive campaign has been introduced to lower the entry barrier for first-time participants, underscoring Gate’s continued expansion of a more flexible and diversified structured products ecosystem.

To thank our community for their continued support, Gate Web3 is launching the “New Year Cross-Chain Carnival.”

BTC consolidated between $87,000 and $90,500 and gradually stabilized, but upward momentum remains limited. ETH continued its low-level recovery, slowly climbing after finding solid support around $2,900. CC surged 43.84% over the past week, standing out as the top performer. Ethereum led net inflows with nearly $200 million. This trend largely reflects defensive capital reallocation during a contraction phase. Transaction volumes on crypto payment cards continue to expand, and stablecoin payment use cases are accelerating, emerging as one of the few areas that maintain growth certainty in a cautious market environment.

As traditional upward mobility channels break down and AI acceleration erodes job security, why are young people turning to meme coins and prediction markets? This article examines the structural forces behind the rise of “long-term speculation.”

ZEC decoupled from Bitcoin during its consolidation phase. Messari explains Zcash’s market repricing through its privacy features, regulatory shifts, and Bitcoin’s ongoing institutionalization.

In 2025, the crypto industry executed 133 mergers and acquisitions with a total value of $8.6 billion. Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, and Stripe are aggressively expanding their presence across trading, custody, payments, and regulatory licensing in the financial infrastructure sector.

A review of the 12 biggest winners in the crypto industry in 2025: from policy shifts and spot ETFs to stablecoins, RWAs, and prediction markets—analyzing who truly captured the structural trends.

The 2026 World Cup will serve as a system-level stress test for prediction markets. This article examines the core constraints and winner dynamics of prediction markets at scale, focusing on regulation, settlement, distribution, and liquidity.

With the midterm elections approaching, can Congress pass a crypto market structure bill within the narrowing time window? This article analyzes the jurisdictional battle between the SEC and the CFTC, interest-bearing stablecoins, DeFi regulation, and political risks, assessing the legislative outlook heading into 2026.

Trust Wallet browser extension version 2.68 was compromised in a supply chain attack, where hackers inserted a backdoor to steal users' mnemonic phrases, leading to total losses of over $6 million. This article reconstructs the attack timeline, examines the technical details and movement of funds, and explores why official extensions can also present significant security vulnerabilities.

Amid an environment shaped by both risk and real-world constraints, ETH Cali continues to guide Colombia’s Ethereum community from short-term events toward long-term ecosystem building through education, open-source wallets, and real-world applications—showcasing the growth trajectory and potential of Ethereum across Latin America.