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This week, BTC briefly rebounded to $95,000 before retesting the $81,500 support level, while ETH remained in a triangular consolidation pattern. Ripple established the National Cryptocurrency Association in the U.S., Aave introduced a token buyback program and activated its fee switch to optimize its economic model, and Pendle launched a Community Listing mechanism to enable a permissionless yield market. Berachain led capital inflows, securing the top position this week, while Pump.fun's February trading volume dropped 63% month-over-month. In the NFT market, Paradise topped the rankings with a seven-day trading volume exceeding 28,000 SOL.

Gate Research (Feb 28 - Mar 6, 2025), on February 28, MetaMask announced a new roadmap, planning to add Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) network support, allowing users to manage multi-chain assets in a single wallet. On March 4, the 499,000 ETH stolen from Bybit was completely laundered. Aave protocol completed its expansion, officially deploying its decentralized lending market on the high-performance blockchain Sonic. On March 6, Pendle announced the launch of a Community Listing mechanism, aiming to drive its development as a permissionless yield market.

Gate Research(Feb 28 - Mar 6, 2025), this report provides a comprehensive analysis of key developments in the cryptocurrency market and the broader macroeconomy. On February 28, the U.S. core PCE price index for January rose by 2.6% year-on-year, generally in line with expectations. On March 3, Trump announced an initiative to establish a U.S. crypto reserve, incorporating BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, and ADA as core assets. On March 5, USDC became the first USD stablecoin approved for use in Japan. The White House supported repealing the crypto broker rule, potentially signaling a turning point for DeFi regulation. U.S. February ADP employment numbers unexpectedly fell to 0.077 million, falling short of expectations.

This report summarizes the on-chain data situation for Web3 in February 2025. The cryptocurrency market experienced a pullback after reaching new highs, with some holders in a loss-making position. However, despite the market correction, ecosystem development continues to progress steadily. On February 6, the Berachain mainnet was officially launched. With its Proof of Liquidity (PoL) mechanism and three-token model, it quickly became a market focal point. As the Berachain ecosystem rapidly expands, the value of the $BERA token is reflected in trading activity. It is gradually becoming the core asset of ecosystem liquidity, driving on-chain applications and user growth.

In this article, we will examine the roots of this fragmentation, examine one of the core challenges of rollup interop, equivocation, and categorize the solutions that exist to tackle this issue.

The stablecoin supply on Sui has surged nearly 100 times in more than a year, from US$5.4 million to US$490 million - this is the fastest-growing public chain in Web3. As capital inflows accelerate, is Sui positioning itself as the next blockchain to dominate stable digital assets? Let’s take a closer look.

This article will use Optimism's fraud proof solution as a reference to analyze its approach based on the MIPS virtual machine and interactive fraud proofs, as well as the main idea behind ZK-based fraud proofs.

ERC-7281 enhances token bridging with decentralization, security, and flexibility, gaining adoption from key industry players. Learn why it matters for Ethereum L2.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the critical voices of Bitcoin and explores the economic demand and value of Bitcoin as an emerging asset. The article quotes the opinion of Jürgen Schaaf, an advisor to the European Central Bank, that Bitcoin has no "real economic necessity" and analyzes the limitations of this view.

Beyond protocol-level modifications, the ability to anticipate terminal block values and likely winning builders has also shaped the order flow landscape. With this information, private mempool operators and order flow auctions are able to guarantee transaction inclusion, while keeping the cost to users low.

The cryptocurrency market is facing unprecedented challenges: a surge in the number of altcoins, a decline in the number of developers, a lack of regulation, and an escalating crisis of trust in the industry. This article will delve into the current state of the crypto market, uncover the underlying causes, and explore potential directions for change.

Gate Research: This report summarizes blockchain industry developments from March 3-7, 2025. Key highlights include: Cardano's decentralized lending protocol Liqwid has reached $112M in TVL; Soneium chain's TVL has broken its all-time high at over $50M; Solana network fees have dropped to $1.16M; USDC has become Japan's first approved USD-pegged stablecoin; Berachain leads on-chain capital inflow; and Pendle has launched a community listing mechanism to build a permissionless yield market.

Gate Research Daily Report: On March 7, Bitcoin price dropped 4.97% to 87,612.3 USD, while Ethereum price fell 5.91% to 2,156.88 USD. Trump signed an executive order to formally establish the United States Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. Safe{Wallet} investigated the Bybit security incident and confirmed its connection to North Korean hacker group TraderTraitor. Japan's ruling party plans to reduce the cryptocurrency transaction tax rate to 20%. Aave's high-risk loans decreased by nearly $1 billion, indicating a market deleveraging trend. USDC Treasury newly minted 66.499 million USDC on the Ethereum blockchain, with circulation continuing to grow.

Gate Research: This week, four projects, Sake Finance, AGNT Hub, Primus, and SedraCoin, offer users opportunities to engage with the Web3 ecosystem. Sake Finance, a liquidity protocol within the Soneium ecosystem, delivers seamless DeFi services and incentivizes user participation through Sake Points. AGNT Hub merges AI and blockchain technology, establishing a centralized AI agent creation and trading platform. Primus aims to resolve data consistency challenges between blockchain and AI. By validating data and training AI models, it rewards users with PRM tokens. Sedra, a fork of Kaspa, utilizes the GHOSTDAG protocol to enhance transaction speed and network security. It also distributes SDR tokens to early supporters via the Zealy platform. These projects are still in their early stages, providing users with opportunities to contribute to ecosystem development while potentially earning rewards.

Hyperspace is an open standard protocol for distributed model inference. It integrates large language model (LLM) capabilities with the latest user data to create an innovative intelligence service that is real-time, socially aware, and widely accessible for free. In short, Hyperspace enables a highly customizable AI model execution ecosystem.