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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.

This report focuses on three key segments—mining rig manufacturing, self-operated mining farms, and cloud mining. It provides a comprehensive review of global mining landscape shifts by analyzing supply chains, cost structures, geopolitical transitions, and stock performance. The report also evaluates how policy shocks feed back into Bitcoin’s medium- to long-term price structure.

The U.S. dollar not only dominates global trade, but has also become a hidden economic weapon. Whoever controls the dollar, controls the lifeline of the global economy. What’s even more concerning is that this war will expand from the domain of commodities to that of currencies—a global currency devaluation race is now underway.

Thus far, the only products that have been produced by crypto, and accepted by the rest of the financial system, are stablecoins and Bitcoin. DeFi is yet to take off meaningfully outside of crypto and decouple from trading volumes.

Exploring Trump's tariff strategy and its impact on global markets, power dynamics, and economic manipulation.

This article examines gold's vital role in modern investment portfolios, compares the volatility patterns between gold and Bitcoin, and demonstrates how gold's price stability makes it an effective capital preservation tool during market turbulence—in contrast to Bitcoin's high-risk characteristics.

This article offers a deep dive into the 2025 altcoin season. It examines a fundamental shift from traditional BTC dominance to a narrative-driven dynamic. It analyzes evolving capital flows, rapid sector rotations, and the growing impact of political narratives – hallmarks of what’s now called “Altcoin Season 2.0.” Drawing on the latest data and research, the piece reveals how stablecoins have overtaken BTC as the core liquidity layer, and how fragmented, fast-moving narratives are reshaping trading strategies. It also offers actionable frameworks for risk management and opportunity identification in this atypical bull cycle.

This report offers an in-depth analysis of the multifaceted ways tariffs are influencing crypto markets, specifically focusing on liquidity conditions, mining economics, capital flows, monetary fragmentation, and Bitcoin's evolving role in the global financial order.

This article will go into some examples of what programmable money achieves and why it truly represents such a substantial global unlock regarding how money moves.

The article analyzes in detail the direct effects of tariffs, including increasing national revenue, reducing global production efficiency, and the stagflation effect on the global economy. At the same time, it explores the indirect effects of tariffs, such as the responses from taxed countries, exchange rate fluctuations, and adjustments in monetary and fiscal policies.

Gate Research (April 4–10, 2025) : This report provides a comprehensive analysis of key developments in the cryptocurrency market and the broader macroeconomic landscape. On April 10, Trump's suspension of tariffs triggered a broad-based rally in the markets, with U.S. equities and crypto assets rebounding simultaneously—Bitcoin surged past $82,000. On April 9, the SEC dropped its lawsuit against Ripple, coinciding with the launch of the first ETF linked to XRP. On April 8, South Korea's National Pension Service introduced blockchain management to pave the way for broader crypto asset adoption. On the same day, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission announced that it would allow staking services for spot virtual asset ETFs, with limits to enhance risk control. On April 6, the SEC began reviewing digital asset policies from the Biden era, signaling a potential move toward regulatory easing. On April 4, the U.S. March nonfarm payroll report significantly beat expectations, highlighting continued resili

In this article, we’ll examine how reflexivity operates in today’s fragmented market, explore why liquidity has become the silent killer of this cycle, and share insights on my personal market positioning in this environment.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of nine major U.S. stock market bear markets over the past 50 years. It explores each bear cycle’s timeline, scale of decline, underlying causes, and turning points. The article distills essential strategies for navigating bear markets: avoid leverage, ensure downside resilience, build positions gradually, and maintain sufficient liquidity. It also emphasizes that market reversals typically require a triggering “event,” encouraging investors to seize opportunities when key signals—such as policy shifts or trade negotiations—emerge. Ultimately, the article concludes that the U.S. economic fundamentals remain strong, and bear markets may present valuable investment opportunities.

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?

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