Gate Research Daily Report: On January 8, the prices of BTC, ETH, and altcoins experienced a comprehensive pullback. The number of Bitcoins held by enterprises increased by 2.24 times, while exchange balances significantly decreased. The 24-hour DEX trading volume on the Solana chain reached $3.98 billion, significantly surpassing the combined total of Ethereum and Base at $2.913 billion, reflecting the market's enthusiasm for DEX platforms on this chain.

PREDA (Parallel Relay Execution Distributed Architecture) is an innovative model designed to enhance blockchain performance and scalability. It achieves full parallelization of smart contract functions by breaking down the execution process of smart contracts into multiple steps that can be processed in parallel. These steps are executed asynchronously across different Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) instances, thereby maximizing the concurrency of a set of transactions.

As the second-largest NFT project by market cap, Pudgy Penguins recently launched its $PENGU token, generating widespread market interest. Since its July 2021 launch, the project has undergone leadership changes, with CEO Luca Netz now steering ecosystem development through diverse offerings—from physical toys to gaming platforms. The $PENGU token features a total supply of 88.888 billion and will operate across multiple blockchains. Through IP development and strategic partnerships, the team seeks to establish Pudgy Penguins as both a global brand and crypto industry mascot.

This analysis explores the latest developments in EU cryptocurrency policies, focusing on the MiCA regulation and its major regulatory initiatives for 2024. The study examines how the EU's framework impacts digital finance through technological innovation support, market regulation improvements, investor protection mechanisms, and cross-border financial cooperation. Through comparisons with US and Russian policies, it investigates how the EU's regulatory approach influences the global cryptocurrency landscape, providing comprehensive insights into this evolving sector.

This article will explore how intent-based trading models are changing the competitive landscape of DEXs, optimizing liquidity distribution, reducing MEV attack risks, offering zero Gas Fee trading experiences, and promoting the widespread adoption of Web3 finance.

A Comprehensive Analysis of AI Arena: This blockchain game integrating AI explores its core gameplay, infrastructure, native token $NRN's functionality, as well as potential opportunities and risks.

This article explores the potential development of the DeSci (Decentralized Science) field, particularly focusing on how the BIO Protocol is driving a new model for biomedical data sharing through blockchain technology. It promotes the fair distribution of global research resources, with an emphasis on the profound impact of DeSci on medical data management, especially in terms of enhancing research efficiency and protecting intellectual property. The article also discusses the challenges in this field and the future directions of its development.

Clanker is a meme publishing platform combining AI agents and Web3 social elements. It simplifies the process of launching meme tokens through automated token deployment and collaborates with the AI and Web3 social platform Farcaster to drive platform growth. To date, it has successfully launched several meme tokens worth over $10 million, including LUM, ANON, and CLANKER.

Meme trading on Solana is often likened to a “PvP battlefield,” with rapid trading cycles and intense price volatility. However, in market reports, we frequently see cases where smart money addresses hold tokens for days or even weeks before realizing thousand-fold returns. So, which trading style is more “correct”? Is the secret to success “diamond hands,” high leverage, or perhaps other trading characteristics? In this article, Odaily conducts data backtesting to try to uncover the “holy grail” of meme trading.

An overview of the meme market is presented in conjunction with the analysis of the meme project introduction by a16z.

The combination of AI and memes has created a more imaginative AI meme sector. This article reviews the development history of GOAT, analyzing the significant information gaps in the current crypto market, the concerns surrounding AI memes, and the future speculation directions and logic for the sector.

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This article explores the evolution of AI agents as they shift from personality-driven to utility-focused systems. It examines how Web3 AI agents have developed, highlighting the triumph of practical value over simple personalized interactions. By examining specialized large language models in finance and law, alongside Web3's key strengths—global liquidity, tokenomics, and decentralized infrastructure—it presents a vision of AI agents in 2025 evolving from basic chatbots into sophisticated professional co-pilots.

TopGoal is an innovative sports metaverse platform centered around Footballcraft, an AI-driven football simulation game that allows players to manage teams, develop strategies, and participate in matches. Built on BNB Chain and Chiliz Chain, the platform ensures players have true ownership of their NFTs and in-game assets. TopGoal supports cross-platform use across iOS, Android, and Web, and plans to incorporate real clubs and players, creating a decentralized gaming ecosystem through smart contracts where users can participate in platform governance and decision-making.

This article dives into the growth drivers in the crypto AI space, including OpenAI's Sora project, NVIDIA's AI conference focus on decentralized GPUs, and the explosion of AI Agent memes. It also explores the investment frenzy in the sector, the strategies of top venture capital firms, and the market potential of "Crypto for AI" and "AI for Crypto."