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BTC serves as a value anchor for energy, and AI computing power drives the productive use of energy. Drawing on the history of the industrial revolution, this article provides a systematic analysis of how AI computing power, BTC, stablecoins, and RWA are integrating in the wake of the GENIUS Act. It explores the long-term investment strategies and industrial logic behind the “new gold” and “new oil” in the age of intelligent digital transformation.

HyperEVM’s ecosystem does not have the strong operational flywheel found in BNB Chain. As a result, HYPE depends only on transaction fee logarithms for its support, preventing it from evolving from a liquidity token into the central asset of a value-driven network.

Base contributes more than 70% of Superchain’s revenue while paying only a 2.5% revenue share. This article takes a deep dive into the economic imbalance between Superchain and Base, the exit risks embedded in the MIT open-source license, and the potential governance conflicts that a BASE token could trigger—examining the structural downside risks now facing OP holders.

The article directly exposes a structural flaw in Web3: founders can exit with relative ease while investors bear 99% of the failure costs, offering a stark diagnosis of the industry’s capital-burning reality.

The author provides a comprehensive analysis of diverse investment approaches, spanning miHoYo, insurance capital, and manufacturing family offices. He frames the IPO as the beginning of the next competitive phase, not the ultimate goal. This perspective highlights the core nature of the industry: commercialization is still unclear, while R&D spending remains relentless.

International spot silver prices broke through previous highs in mid-January, reaching a historic record. Rising geopolitical tensions, weak U.S. employment figures, and increased expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts have fueled a steady inflow of safe-haven capital into the precious metals market, resulting in a sharp rise in silver prices.

The article highlights essential data, including a 300% surge in both market capitalization and trading volume. It also identifies MEME coins as a sentiment barometer, helping track whether capital is moving from Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies toward higher-risk assets. Additionally, it urges readers to monitor how macroeconomic and geopolitical factors could trigger sentiment reversals.

The article revisits the lessons of the 2017 ICO boom and the airdrop/high-FDV VC model, arguing that a new generation of ICOs—integrating reputation and compliance—could become fertile ground for high-quality asset creation. At the same time, it points out that self-custody, yield-bearing accounts, and cross-border stablecoin payments provide differentiated moats for a new class of crypto banks, and predicts that together with reputation systems, they will form one of the most promising crypto narratives heading into 2026.

The article explains how to integrate these “on-chain fundamentals” into a practical three-step analytical framework to identify protocols and public blockchains with truly sustainable growth and strong capacity to absorb capital.

This article explores ZKP-based applications like Polygon zkEVM and Mina Protocol, and examines how ZKP is applied in real-world scenarios such as privacy payments, decentralized identity verification, and proof of funds.

This week’s recap highlights subdued markets as weaker U.S. jobs data tempered rate-cut expectations, keeping Bitcoin and Ethereum largely flat amid negative ETF flows and cautious sentiment. Selective catalysts like meme activity and privacy tokens drove pockets of strength, while major institutional and venture developments signaled continued ecosystem maturation.

A thorough breakdown of the latest IBIT ETF price movements, market trends, and institutional fund flows, designed to give you clear insight into Bitcoin ETF investment opportunities, associated risks, and evolving market sentiment.

Gate Research: On January 12, the crypto market continued its low-level recovery, showing a mild rebound while overall risk appetite remained cautious. BTC stabilized and reclaimed its short-term moving averages, signaling a partial repair in short-term structure, though upside momentum is still constrained by overhead resistance. ETH remained relatively resilient, maintaining a low-volatility recovery pattern and reflecting its role as a more defensive allocation within the market. On the thematic side, XCN, ARC, and VVV outperformed, driven by narratives around DeFi governance, AI agent tooling, and privacy-focused inference applications. From a structural perspective, the recent pullback in Bitcoin mining difficulty has eased pressure on the mining sector, while Ethereum recorded nearly USD 50 billion in net inflows over the past year, underscoring continued long-term capital accumulation in core assets amid market consolidation. However, the sustainability of the rebound will likely depend on a pickup in

Gate Research Daily Report: On January 12, the crypto market continued its low-level recovery, showing a mild rebound while overall risk appetite remained cautious. BTC stabilized and reclaimed its short-term moving averages, signaling a partial repair in short-term structure, though upside momentum is still constrained by overhead resistance. ETH remained relatively resilient, maintaining a low-volatility recovery pattern and reflecting its role as a more defensive allocation within the market. On the thematic side, XCN, ARC, and VVV outperformed, driven by narratives around DeFi governance, AI agent tooling, and privacy-focused inference applications. From a structural perspective, the recent pullback in Bitcoin mining difficulty has eased pressure on the mining sector, while Ethereum recorded nearly USD 50 billion in net inflows over the past year, underscoring continued long-term capital accumulation in core assets amid market consolidation. However, the sustainability of the rebound will likely depend on

BSC meme coins saw their market capitalization exceed $50 million, sparking notable interest across the market. This article delivers an objective breakdown of the latest trends, price movements, and risk factors, giving you a thorough understanding of investment prospects and ecosystem dynamics for meme tokens on BSC.