Blockchain

Gate Research (April 18-24, 2025): On April 17, Eliza Labs launched Auto-Fun, an AI agent Launchpad platform to accelerate AI-blockchain integration, while Circle released the Refund Protocol and stablecoin payment network to enhance on-chain payment flexibility. On April 21, the Ethereum Foundation initiated strategic adjustments for the Pectra upgrade, focusing on throughput bottlenecks and cross-chain interoperability. On April 23, Hyperliquid introduced 21 permissionless nodes and planned a delegation mechanism to strengthen decentralized governance and security. On April 24, the Solana Foundation implemented a new delegation policy, removing inactive validators to enhance network decentralization.

Converge is a blockchain platform jointly developed by Ethena Labs and Securitize, offering high performance and institutional-grade security through its high-performance EVM architecture, stablecoin gas fees, and integration with Arbitrum and Celestia. The platform features 100ms block times and high throughput, incorporates a Validator Network (CVN) for security, and plans to launch its testnet and mainnet in Q2 2025, providing innovative blockchain solutions for both institutional and retail users.

Explore how Privacy Pools introduces a new paradigm for blockchain privacy through its innovative ASP (Association Set Providers) mechanism and zero-knowledge proofs. This article examines the theoretical foundation by Vitalik Buterin’s team, the technical implementation by 0xbow, and how its three-layer architecture balances user privacy with regulatory needs. It also analyzes the protocol’s impact on DeFi, compares it with other privacy solutions, and explores future opportunities and challenges.

The appointment of Paul Atkins has injected fresh momentum into the struggling crypto industry. His pro-crypto stance, along with recent crypto-friendly signals from the SEC, CFTC, and the Trump administration, has created favorable conditions for explosive industry growth. This shift in regulatory attitude could not only accelerate institutional capital inflows but also provide a clearer path forward for crypto firms long plagued by compliance issues.

This article explores how traders can survive and seize life-changing opportunities in the market by focusing on probabilities rather than predictions, staying flexible, and following a clear trading process.

Clipboard security is a highly overlooked but risky issue in the Web3 and cryptocurrency space. This article explores how clipboards work, the potential risks involved, and how simple actions, such as clearing clipboard content, can help reduce these risks.

Blockchains aren't about money at all—they're about communication. What we perceive as "value transfer" is actually an information exchange problem.

a16z proposed five principles for crypto asset custody, emphasizing regulatory flexibility and substantive protection. These principles aim to empower RIAs to securely exercise token governance and economic rights, supporting institutional compliance in the tokenized future.

Under the growing trend of regulatory compliance, a fierce battle for discourse power in on-chain finance has begun. Amid this unfolding competition, who will lead the next wave of on-chain finance? This report explores the triggers behind the explosion of on-chain finance in 2025, how blockchain platforms can capture value, and the key factors to becoming critical infrastructure for the sector.

Gate Research conducts an in-depth analysis of the oracle sector, exploring the strengths and strategic layouts of leading projects such as Chainlink, Pyth, and Redstone. It looks ahead to the second growth curve driven by RWA, AI, DePIN, and other factors, forecasting that the oracle market has a potential value of $23.1 billion. This article will examine the topic from four aspects: the development history of oracles, market size, core projects, and future development.

Gate Research's latest report, "2025 Q1 BTC Network Review," presents a detailed analysis of Bitcoin's market performance, on-chain activity, transaction costs, ecosystem evolution, mining metrics, and technical upgrades in Q1 2025. The report offers key insights into the state and future direction of the Bitcoin network.

Gate Research's newly released report, "Q1 2025 Ethereum Network Review," offering a comprehensive analysis of Ethereum's market performance, holder distribution, network activity, on-chain applications, and future outlook for the first quarter of 2025. The report delivers in-depth insights into the overall state of the Ethereum network and its key emerging trends.

This report provides a comprehensive review of Solana’s network performance in Q1 2025. It covers price movements, on-chain activity, the state of smart contracts and staking, growth in stablecoins and decentralized exchanges (DEXs), returns from DePIN, and the cooling of the NFT market. It also examines the implications of the failed inflation governance proposal SIMD-0228 and what it could mean going forward.

The CryptoEconomic Decentralized Verifier Network (DVN) Framework, co-developed by LayerZero Labs and Eigen Labs, is a cross-chain security mechanism that economically incentivizes decentralized verification.

AB (AB) is a digital asset designed for secure, efficient transactions and utility within the AB ecosystem, supporting smart contracts and dApps.