Pi Network has entered a new phase of technical growth with the launch of smart contracts on Testnet2, marking a major step toward real-world application development. With this upgrade, developers can now deploy and test fully functional decentralized applications, including on-chain logic, payments, and user interactions, rather than relying on theoretical prototypes. Community feedback indicates that on-chain performance remains stable as these new tools are introduced, signaling a focus on sc

In the cryptocurrency market, traders often focus on the Federal Reserve, but in fact, the Bank of Japan's impact on Bitcoin is equally crucial. The reason is that Japan has long been a core node in the global liquidity system, and changes in its monetary policy often first impact high-risk assets, with Bitcoin usually being the first to react. For a long time, Japan maintained near-zero or even negative interest rates, making the yen one of the lowest-cost funding currencies worldwide. This environment has given rise to a massive "yen arbitrage trading" industry. Institutional investors borrow yen at low cost, then exchange it for US dollars or euros to invest in stocks, credit, emerging markets, and high-yield assets like cryptocurrencies. When the financing environment is loose, these funds provide sustained liquidity support for high-volatility assets such as Bitcoin.

DGrid AI announces that its core network development has entered a new phase. Global node public sales and genesis mining will commence on January 1, 2026, aiming to build a decentralized AI intelligent network that provides open and efficient infrastructure. Users can share in the benefits by operating nodes.

BlockBeats News, December 11 — Bitwise Co-Founder and CIO stated at the Solana Breakpoint Conference that compared to networks like Ethereum, applications on Solana truly utilize the last 1% of performance, providing users with the next marginal liquidity and scalability. On many chains, running a node is just "downloading software and double-clicking to start"; who stakes more or less, and what applications can be made for the network and users, hardly makes any difference. But on Solana, the application landscape changes daily, with protocol layer, performance, and capacity rapidly iterating; node performance directly determines the ceiling. It is precisely because of this that we pay extra attention: as this product (referring to staking ETFs/trusts) locks more and more SOL and its weight increases, the ecosystem, developers, users, and even the entire community must feel

Odaily Planet Daily News: MCNGlobal Group announced that its public chain MCN will go live in the first quarter of 2026. After the launch announcement, it received investment from Web3 investment research institutions, currently securing 30 million USD for MCN public chain node subscriptions, with 25 million USD remaining in subscription shares. It is reported that the quota for Web3 investment research institutions will be released linearly over 3 years.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Nasdaq-listed diversified real estate and digital asset management platform Caliber announced that it has staked 75,000 LINK from its treasury with a Chainlink node operator, aiming to directly participate in the core infrastructure development of Chainlink network security and earn staking rewards. Caliber also stated that it will further increase the staking proportion in the future. (Globenewswire)

Terra's LUNA token experienced a rare explosive surge this week, rising over 250% in the past ten days, clearly outperforming the overall cryptocurrency market. Key factors driving this rally include the implementation of network upgrades, the countdown to the legal trial of Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, and cyclical rebounds caused by technical structures. The rally was first triggered by the Terra v2.18 network upgrade on December 7. This update mainly improved node performance, fixed memory vulnerabilities, and addressed intermittent reliability issues that had plagued the network for months. As technical improvements boosted market sentiment, external events further intensified volatility. Do Kwon is scheduled to be sentenced on December 11, 2025, at the Manhattan Federal Court. He has previously admitted to fraud charges related to the 2022 TerraUSD collapse. The incident caused approximately $40 billion in market capitalization to evaporate. Prosecutors seek a 12-year prison sentence, while the defense advocates for a lighter sentence. This legal milestone has become a major focus for short-term traders. As the verdict approaches, market speculative sentiment has significantly heated up, causing LUNA trading volume and price to rise in tandem.

Gate News Bot message, December 11 — According to CoinMarketCap data, at press time, LIGHT (Bitlight) is priced at $0.85, up 31.03% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $1.47 and a low of $0.57. The 24-hour trading volume reached $34.8 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $36.6 million, an increase of $8.67 million compared to yesterday. Bitlight Labs is committed to "making Bitcoin smarter," a member of the LNP/BP Association, and a major contributor to the RGB protocol. The company leads the development of native smart contract infrastructure for Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, driving the development of native BitcoinFi. As a key contributor to the Lightning Network, Bitlight Labs has developed the RGB Lightning Network node (RLN) based on LDK.

Swiss crypto custodian Taurus has partnered with Everstake to integrate the latter's validation node infrastructure into the Taurus-PROTECT platform, providing staking services to over 20 banks, supporting staking for Solana, NEAR, Cardano, and Tezos, aiming to simplify compliance processes while maintaining asset control.

Gate News Bot news, December 1st, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, LIGHT (Bitlight) is currently priced at $1.15, with a rise of 18.52% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $1.33 and a low of $0.88, with a 24-hour volume of $36.4 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $49.3 million, an increase of $7.71 million compared to yesterday. Bitlight Labs is dedicated to promoting the potential of the Bitcoin Lightning Network ecosystem. As a member of the LNP/BP Association and a key contributor to the RGB protocol, Bitlight Labs is committed to pioneering native BitcoinFi by developing the native smart contract infrastructure for Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. The project is developing the RGB Lightning Network node RLN based on LDK to achieve Bitcoin.

Odaily News Decentralized Finance platform Xbank announced the official launch of its new DApp. This launch fully connects four core modules: RWA finance, decentralized trading, PayFi payment, and ecological governance, aiming to provide global users with more transparent, efficient, and trustworthy on-chain financial services. Also launched is the Xbank NFT Node Certificate, which serves as a key entry point and value carrier for the ecosystem. This NFT will be used in the future for user level identification, staking yield enhancement, Airdrop rights allocation, and community governance voting scenarios. Xbank stated that the platform will continue to promote the deep integration of real assets and on-chain liquidity, accelerating the construction of an open, secure, and sustainably growing financial ecosystem.

According to a report by Newspim on Wednesday, KakaoBank, a digital bank under the leading IT company Kakao in South Korea, has advanced its stablecoin plan pegged to the Korean won to the actual development stage. KakaoBank's official website also published information on recruiting backend developers for blockchain services, indicating this progress. The main requirements include proficiency in smart contracts, knowledge of token standards, and experience in trading management and Full Node operations. KakaoBank's Chief Financial Officer Kwon Tae-hoon stated in the performance report for the first half of 2025 released in August that the bank is evaluating various options for participating in digital finance, such as issuing or custodizing digital assets.

Gate News Bot news, on November 25, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, HEMI (Hemi) is currently priced at $0.02, having risen 18.36% in the last 24 hours, with a highest point of $0.02 and a lowest point of $0.02. The current market capitalization is approximately $22.7 million, an increase of $3.52 million compared to yesterday. It currently ranks 707th in the market capitalization of Crypto Assets. Hemi is a blockchain project focused on the programmability of Bitcoin, aiming to combine the security of Bitcoin with the flexibility of Ethereum. The project achieves Bitcoin-level security through the Proof-of-Proof (PoP) consensus mechanism while maintaining the speed and flexibility of a second-layer network. The Hemi Virtual Machine (hVM) encapsulates a complete Bitcoin node within the EVM, allowing developers to create directly with Bitcoin.

The cybersecurity company Quarkslab has completed its first public third-party security audit of the Bitcoin core codebase. The Bitcoin core codebase is the open source reference implementation that supports the Bitcoin network, containing full node clients, the graphical user interface (GUI), and embedded wallets. According to the announcement released on Wednesday, this four-month assessment is funded by the non-profit organization Brink, which supports the development of Open Source Bitcoin protocol, and coordinated by the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF). The assessment focuses on the peer-to-peer network layer (the main attack surface of the network) and related components, including memory pool management, chain state, transaction verification, and consensus logic.

According to ChainCatcher news, users can now experience a more secure and responsive local AI service based on BitTorrent technology. With the continuous expansion of the distributed node network, coupled with the BTT token incentive mechanism, a revolutionary Web3 infrastructure is gradually taking shape. This ecosystem is committed to ensuring user data security while allowing every participant to share in the technological dividends brought by a decentralized future.

c-node indicates that MPC, tFHE, and TEEs can achieve privacy applications that ZK cannot provide, but their privacy strength is weaker. It is recommended to prioritize pure ZK in payments, transfers, and voting. Vitalik Buterin emphasizes that ZK alone cannot independently provide coercion resistance and needs to be combined with other technologies to enhance system security.

Republic Technologies announced the issuance of $100 million zero-interest convertible bonds to expand its validation node business and increase Ethereum holdings, with 90% allocated for ETH acquisitions. The initial tranche of $10 million has been launched. This transaction optimized financing terms and avoided deep discount issues.

TRON announces that its mainnet will release the GreatVoyage-v4.8.1 version in November 2025, bringing multiple improvements in system compatibility, network performance, and stability. The update includes support for ARM architecture and JDK 17, as well as compatibility updates for the Ethereum Virtual Machine. This upgrade will significantly enhance the mainnet's operational efficiency and node synchronization stability.

Gate News Bot news, on November 4th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of publication, MINA (Mina) is currently priced at $0.14, with a rise of 18.79% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.17 and a low of $0.09. The 24-hour volume has reached $161 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $180 million, an increase of $28.5 million compared to yesterday. Mina Protocol is the lightest blockchain, focusing on providing security for decentralized applications. Mina's fixed size is 22 KB, while other blockchains continue to grow in size. Mina uses zero-knowledge proof technology, allowing users to easily join and verify the entire blockchain in milliseconds, while maintaining full node security. Users only need to check a single, recursive "proof of all things". Mina supports the use of Ty

PANews, November 3rd news, listed company SOL Strategies disclosed in its business update in October that as of October 31, 2025, its treasury currently holds 526,513 SOL; of which 8,000 SOL have been converted to laineSOL and invested in the Decentralized Finance sector, while the underlying SOL remains staked with the Laine validation Node. The SOL earnings from its own validation Node in September were approximately 787 SOL.

Gate News Bot news, November 3, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, NAORIS (Naoris Protocol) is currently priced at 0.05 USD, with a 16.76% rise in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of 0.05 USD and a low of 0.04 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 31.8 million USD, an increase of 4.57 million USD compared to yesterday. Naoris Protocol is a decentralized post-quantum infrastructure project aimed at providing trust and security for Web3 and Web2. The protocol employs post-quantum encryption technology, a custom decentralized security proof (dPoSec) consensus mechanism, and decentralized group AI, eliminating single points of failure. Naoris Protocol transforms each device into a secure verification node, establishing shared trust certificates between devices and organizations.

Odaily News BNB Chain announced on the X platform that the Fourier Hard Fork of the opBNB Testnet will be launched soon. Please upgrade your Node before 03:00 UTC on November 6 to maintain synchronized operation and prepare for a 250 millisecond block time.

Jinse Finance reported that Animoca Brands announced on platform X, "Congratulations to Karrat for launching Studio Chain. Animoca Brands has staked 20 million KAR tokens to the Studio Chain nodes from our treasury."

Odaily News BNB Chain stated on the X platform that recently some node operators using the Erigon client have encountered a decrease in synchronization speed or an increase in resource usage. The BSC development team is actively optimizing performance and expanding client diversity to enhance network stability and support long-term scaling needs. Erigon remains a client on BSC, but some aspects still require adjustment.

Gate News Bot news, on October 24, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, LIGHT (Bitlight) is currently priced at $2.37, having risen 28.73% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $2.53 and a low of $0.91. The current market capitalization is approximately $102 million, an increase of $22.8 million compared to yesterday. Bitlight Labs is committed to promoting the potential of the Bitcoin Lightning Network ecosystem. As a member of the LNP/BP Association and a major contributor to the RGB protocol, Bitlight Labs is dedicated to pioneering native BitcoinFi by developing the native smart contract infrastructure for Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. The company is developing RGB Lightning Network node RLN based on LDK to achieve efficient and low-cost asset trading and transfer on Bitcoin.

Solmate Infrastructure announced the advancement of the UAE validators center construction, using SOL purchased at a historic discount, and implementing an aggressive acquisition strategy. After completing a $300 million PIPE financing, the company's stock price rose significantly by about 40%.

Solmate Infrastructure's stock price has risen by 40%, reaching a market capitalization of $754 million. The company announced progress on its validator and acquisition strategy, planning to build the Middle East's first high-performance Solana Node, and has secured a $50 million discount on SOL. The CEO stated that they will actively seek acquisition opportunities to enhance shareholder value.

PANews reported on October 23 that Sonic issued an important notice on the X platform stating: All nodes on the Mainnet and Testnet must be upgraded to version 2.1.2 immediately to avoid disconnection. This version introduces native fee subsidies and key security improvements, replacing the earlier v2.1 before the full upgrade of Sonic Mainnet to Pectra compatibility. It is applicable to validators, RPC providers, archive nodes, exchanges, and other node operators. After the upgrade, nodes will continue to operate on the current Mainnet until the complete transition on November 3, 2025.

Gate News Bot news, on October 21, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, LIGHT (Bitlight) is currently priced at $1.82, with a rise of 23.90% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $1.83 and a low of $0.78. The current market capitalization is approximately $78.20 million, an increase of $1.51 million compared to yesterday. Bitlight Labs is committed to promoting the development and widespread application of the Bitcoin Lightning Network ecosystem. As a member of the LNP/BP Association and a major contributor to the RGB protocol, Bitlight Labs focuses on advancing native BitcoinFi by developing the native smart contract infrastructure for Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. The company is also an important contributor to the Lightning Network and is developing the RGB Lightning Network node (RLN) based on LDK to realize

Gate News Bot news, on October 21, according to CoinMarketCap data, NIL (Nillion) is currently priced at 0.30 USD, with a rise of 9.30% within the last 24 hours, reaching a high of 0.30 USD and a low of 0.24 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 773,000 USD, an increase of 65,800 USD compared to yesterday. Nillion is a decentralized trust network focused on the secure handling of sensitive data. The project aims to protect important data through distributed trust, similar to how blockchain decentralizes transactions. Nillion supports a variety of application scenarios, including personalized AI, decentralized trading, and identity risk management. The network consists of a processing layer, a coordination layer, and a connection layer, enabling secure computation and storage through the Node Deployment Kit (NDK). Nillion's goal is to become

Gate News bot message, according to the Gate announcement on October 20, 2025: Gate will launch Mumubit Token on October 20, 2025, at 20:00 ( UTC+8, 019283746656574839201, and open the MCTP/USDT trading pair. At the same time, the platform will initiate the 311th HODLer Airdrop event, with a total of 94,877 MCTP tokens to be airdropped. Mumubit was established in 2021 and is a decentralized node system platform supported by institutions such as the Polygon Foundation and Metis Foundation. MCTP is a token issued based on the ERC-20 protocol, with a total supply of 1 billion pieces, and the contract address is 0x98509e66FBf5a68d18EbB01dc4a52ce020fc8D1F. The airdrop event will last until October 20, 2025, 18:00 ) UTC+8 and will end on (. Participants must hold no less than 1 GT. This airdrop uses a 100% instant unlock method, with rewards distributed according to the GT holding ratio.

Gate News Bot reported on October 17th, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, ZKC (Boundless) is currently priced at $0.28, having risen 52.00% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.29 and a low of $0.11. The current market capitalization is approximately $55.4 million, an increase of $1.89 million compared to yesterday. Boundless is a protocol for accessing verifiable computation on any chain and rewarding nodes for contributing useful work. The protocol is built for everyone, including Rollups, node operators, application developers, and individuals. Boundless introduces verifiable work proof, a new method of securing each chain and earning rewards through verifiable computation. Important news about ZKC recently: 1️⃣ **The verifiable proof of work technology has sparked heated discussions in the market.

Gate News Bot news, on October 16, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, DIN (DIN) is currently priced at 0.14 USD, down 4.20% in the last 24 hours, with a highest of 0.21 USD and a lowest of 0.05 USD, and a 24-hour volume of 430,400 USD. DIN is a project positioned as an AI blockchain. The project offers ecosystem products including Chipper Node and xData. DIN also has an airdrop and staking program that allows users to earn DIN tokens. The project is preparing for mainnet launch and has provided detailed project documentation for reference. Important news about DIN recently: 1️⃣ **Achieve strategic cooperation with DataVLT** The DIN blockchain and data analytics company DataVLT has established a strategic partnership.

Gate News Bot news, on October 13th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, ZKC (Boundless) is currently priced at $0.22, with a rise of 25.90% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.33 and a low of $0.11. The current market capitalization is approximately $43.5 million, an increase of $8.96 million compared to yesterday. Boundless is a protocol that allows access to verifiable computation on any chain and rewards nodes for contributing useful work. The protocol is built for everyone, including aggregators, node operators, application developers, and individuals. Boundless introduces verifiable proof of work, a new way to earn rewards through verifiable computation that protects each chain. Important news about ZKC recently: 1️⃣ **Verifiable Computing Technology Sparks Attention** B

Gate News Bot message, on October 13, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, LIGHT (Bitlight) is currently priced at 0.81 USD, down 7.20% in the last 24 hours, with a high of 1.02 USD and a low of 0.79 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 3.48 million USD, a decrease of 2.6946 million USD compared to yesterday. Bitlight Labs is a company dedicated to promoting the development of the Bitcoin Lightning Network ecosystem. As a member of the LNP/BP Association and a major contributor to the RGB protocol, Bitlight Labs is committed to pioneering native BitcoinFi by developing the native smart contract infrastructure for Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. The company has also developed the RGB Lightning Network node RLN based on LDK to enable efficient and low-cost asset transactions on Bitcoin.

BlockBeats news, on October 10th, the 0G Foundation announced that the second phase of Airdrop sign up has begun. For Testnet contributors, they do not need to undergo KYC. As the 0G team reviews the appeals of Testnet Node operators and finalizes the data for the on-chain activity Airdrop, the Airdrop will be automatically distributed to their Wallet. For community participants, the second phase allows users who failed to complete KYC registration in the first phase to sign up, while also allowing users who were mistakenly omitted in the first phase, selected a Discord role, or are active users as Kaito to verify their eligibility.

According to ChainCatcher news, as reported by Jin10, Fed's Daly stated that the labor market has reached a Node, and if risk management is not implemented, signs of economic slowdown may become more concerning.

Gate News Bot news, on October 10, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, SQD (Subsquid) is currently priced at $0.25, with a rise of 41.66% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.27 and a low of $0.15. The current market capitalization is approximately $213 million, an increase of $62.6 million from yesterday. Subsquid is an open data lake network designed for AI agents. It allows anyone, AI agents, or enterprises to access PB-level data with the $SQD token without permission. $SQD is designed to incentivize enthusiasts, developers, and institutions to participate through an innovative reward system. The network includes a deflationary mechanism, revenue capture, and a sustainable rewards system for node operators and delegators. SQD recent important news: 1️⃣ **Acquisition by Nasdaq-listed company

The Graph core development team Edge&Node is exploring a proxy payment mechanism with Coinbase, proposing a latency settlement solution to achieve micropayments under one cent, promoting the expansion of the proxy economy.

The Cardinals Index Node is now open, allowing anyone to run a node to maintain the Dogecoin on-chain ledger, emphasizing complete decentralization. This breakthrough extends to UTXO-based blockchains, enhancing speed and programmability, laying the foundation for the next generation of on-chain applications.

Gate News bot news, according to the Gate platform announcement on October 7, 2025: Gate will launch Pipe Network on October 8, 2025, at 23:00 UTC+8, with the trading of ( PIPE) spot market and will open the 329th Launchpool project. This airdrop event will distribute 500,000 PIPE tokens from October 7, 2025, 14:00 to October 12, 2025, 14:00, and users can participate by staking GUSD or ETH. Pipe Network is a decentralized super cloud project that integrates CDN, storage, and AI inference capabilities. This project is developed on the Solana chain, with a total token supply of 1 billion, and the contract address is 7s9MoSt7VV1J3jVNnw2AyocsQDBdCkPYz5apQDPKy9i5. The token distribution includes 33% for the community, 20% for venture capital, 17% for core contributors, 10% for the ecosystem, 10% for node operators, and 10% for angel investors. Airdrop rewards will be distributed to the spot account every hour based on the proportion of users' staked assets. Users with VIP 5 and above can enjoy a maximum of 500% staking limit bonus rights. Gate Labs declares that it has not participated in the investment of the Pipe Network project.

At the Golden Finance live report on October 1, 2025, Tom Lee pointed out during his speech at the Token 2049 event in Singapore that 2025 is a key macro transition node for Wall Street since the US dollar depegged from gold in 1971. He believes that if the value of the Bitcoin network aligns with gold (currently the Bitcoin network value is only about 10% of gold), its price potential is significant – if it only reaches 10% of gold's network value, the price of Bitcoin could reach $140,000; if it basically matches or even exceeds gold's network value, the price could go as high as $2.2 million. If the price ratio of Ethereum to Bitcoin returns to the 2021 peak of 0.087, based on a Bitcoin price of $250,000 by the end of the year, the price of Ethereum could reach $22,000; in the long term, its price is expected to rise to $62,000. In addition, Tom

Gate News Bot news, on September 30, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of publication, SQD (Subsquid) is currently priced at 0.14 USD, having risen by 21.63% in the past 24 hours, with a high of 0.27 USD and a low of 0.07 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 115 million USD, an increase of 20.4 million USD compared to yesterday. Subsquid is an open database network that provides data services for AI agents. It allows anyone, AI agents, or enterprises to access PB-level data using SQD tokens without permission. The SQD token is designed to incentivize enthusiasts, developers, and institutions to participate through an innovative reward system. The platform includes a deflationary mechanism, revenue capture, and a sustainable reward system to ensure that node operators and delegators are compensated. Important news about SQD recently: 1️⃣ **market capitalization

Gate News Bot message, September 29, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, ZKC (Boundless) is currently priced at $0.58, with a rise of 8.69% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.75 and a low of $0.53. The 24-hour volume has reached $990 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $117 million, an increase of $9.33 million compared to yesterday. Boundless is a protocol for accessing any on-chain verifiable computation and rewarding nodes for contributing useful work. The project aims to build a protocol for everyone, including providing services for rollups, node operators, application developers, and individuals. The Boundless mainnet is now live, and users can stake their assets. Important news about ZKC recently: 1️⃣ **Mainnet staking feature launched, annualized yield