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Gate Research: This report covers key blockchain industry developments from April 11-17, 2025. Ethereum gas fees hit a record low, with the average transaction cost in March plummeting 80% compared to the end of last year; Gate.io released its Q1 2025 report, showing growth in both trading volume and reserves; OM experienced a flash crash with a peak drop of over 90%; TRON reported record-high quarterly revenue of $760 million; Solana raised its block compute limit, further enhancing network performance; Sony-backed Soneium partnered with EigenLayer to reduce blockchain finality time by 98%, setting a new benchmark for L2 performance; and the depegging of sUSD worsened, triggering market panic.

In 2025, crypto ETFs expanded to alternative assets such as Solana, XRP, and DOGE, with mainstream asset management firms rushing to submit applications. This article provides a detailed analysis of the current status of ETF applications, the likelihood of approval, and their potential impact, outlining the key path for crypto assets to integrate into the traditional financial system.

This article explores the concept and development of the decentralized exchange platform Hyperliquid, the events and potential causes of its crisis, and the debates over centralized intervention, associated risks, and future prospects.

US President Donald Trump scored his first crypto win this Thursday when he signed a resolution into law that eliminates the IRS's controversial DeFi broker rule.

In the context of escalating global trade wars and frequent tariffs, cryptocurrencies, with their decentralized, censorship-resistant, and borderless characteristics, are once again demonstrating their potential as a "safe haven in chaos." History and current events show that tariffs often lead to economic recessions and market turbulence, while cryptocurrencies are quietly building a new economic system that is not bound by traditional rules, offering individuals greater sovereignty and choice.

WLFI's massive sell-off of ETH has attracted market attention. This article details its stop-loss motivations, cash flow pressure, and possible strategic adjustments. By analyzing signals such as the stagnation of active Ethereum addresses, Layer 2 diversion, and institutional bearishness, it reveals the underlying logic behind changes in ETH's fundamentals and the weakening confidence of large holders.

Gate Research: This weekly report covers key blockchain industry developments from April 3-10, 2025. Highlights include: Shardeum's upcoming mainnet launch on April 15; Solana reaching its highest Total Value Locked (TVL) since 2023 with strong DEX market performance; the official launch of Lens Protocol's mainnet Lens Chain; Mantra's new $108 million fund to accelerate real-world asset tokenization and DeFi project development; Bitcoin's hashrate exceeding 1 Zetahash for the first time, marking a 1000x infrastructure advancement; and Babylon's launch of their Layer 1 blockchain, Babylon Genesis, on April 10.

This article will reconstruct the “market scene” of the past four historic crashes based on real data, comparing factors such as the scale of the drop, sentiment indicators, and macroeconomic conditions. It aims to extract a traceable pattern from these extreme moments to help understand and anticipate future events: How does the crypto market bear pressure when risks emerge? And how does it repeatedly reshape its narrative amid systemic shocks?

As the narrative around RWA continues to evolve, Plume has the potential to emerge as a prominent player in RWA infrastructure. However, its success will depend on sustained institutional adoption and the development of practical retail applications.

The explosion of $Ghibli's popularity is essentially a reflection of how market sentiment can quickly gather attention and liquidity on the blockchain. While its innovation in the narrative isn’t particularly outstanding, the meme token world demonstrates that once the market "feels it," the price will rise naturally.

Gate Research: This report summarizes key developments in the blockchain industry from March 28 to April 2, 2025. Sonic Labs announced the upcoming launch of SonicCS 2.0, aiming to double consensus speed and significantly reduce resource usage. Active users on the Solana network continued to hit new highs, with over 11.12 million addresses now holding more than 0.1 SOL. Uniswap v4 surpassed $2.7 billion in cumulative trading volume. Vitalik Buterin released a Layer 2 security roadmap for Ethereum, focusing on scalability, proof mechanisms, and system unification. The second phase of the Babylon Genesis Mainnet is set to launch. Bio Protocol released its V1 upgrade, introducing a permissionless launch platform and AI agents.

Gate Research: This report summarizes the key developments in the blockchain industry from March 24-28, 2025. Gate.io Wallet has officially integrated support for Berachain, enhancing both security and liquidity; PancakeSwap topped the weekly trading volume among DEXs, with a remarkable increase of over 40% in weekly volume; Berachain launched its PoL system, enabling liquidity-driven decentralized governance; Nillion Alpha went live on its mainnet, advancing the development of privacy-preserving infrastructure for Web3; PumpSwap recorded a daily trading volume exceeding $580 million, capturing 19.2% of the Solana ecosystem's market share; Hyperliquid experienced a manipulation attack, intensifying concerns over trust and security.

Gate Research: This report summarizes blockchain industry developments from March 17-21, 2025. Key highlights include: Gate.io Web3 Wallet's major upgrade featuring AI-powered multi-chain hub aggregated trading; Base ecosystem's contract deployments surging to a record 11.4 million in a single week; Solana capturing 57% of blockchain revenue in February; Hyperliquid's trading volume exceeding $1.122 trillion, driving the scaled development of decentralized exchanges; and XRP's fully diluted value (FDV) breaking through $250 billion, surpassing ETH's FDV.

Gate Research: This report summarizes blockchain industry developments from March 10-14, 2025. Key highlights include: Sui's on-chain stablecoin market cap has exceeded $600M, reaching an all-time high; Anzen Finance protocol's TVL has broken through $112M, also hitting a record high; Movement has submitted a MOVE ETF application while its mainnet beta launch drives ecosystem growth; Ordinals EVM extension protocol Veda's TVL has surpassed $2B; Securitize partners with RedStone to enhance RWA data support, advancing on-chain financial development; and Ripple obtains Dubai license, expanding crypto payment services into the Middle East market.

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.