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Gate Research: This report summarizes blockchain industry developments from March 17-21, 2025. Key highlights include: Gate.com 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.

Cross-chain refers to the technology that enables the interoperability of assets, data, or information between different blockchain networks.

At the Tokenize Summit in New York, Ethena, a leading synthetic dollar protocol, and Securitize, an asset tokenization platform, announced the upcoming launch of Converge, a blockchain network tailored for institutional investors. This initiative is designed to serve as the "settlement layer between traditional finance and digital dollars." It will enable a smooth transition of existing smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) thanks to its seamless compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), with an official launch scheduled for the second quarter of 2025.

By analyzing the full transaction lifecycle—from creation and initiation to broadcast, sorting, execution, and status update—this article clarifies the design philosophy and technical trade-offs of public blockchains. It provides insight into the core narratives of different chains and explores how to build market-attracting applications on Aptos.

Blockchain and cryptocurrency have the power to change the world. With curiosity about new technological innovations, staying in the crypto space will lead to opportunities and rewards. Explore the rise and decline of trends in the crypto world, from NFTs and Metaverse to DAOs, and how they shaped the golden age of Web3.

Gate Research Daily Report: On March 21, Gate Research reported that Bitcoin fell 1.62% to $84,621, while Ethereum dropped 2.67% to $1,982. Bitcoin's short-term circulating supply plummeted over 50%, with daily exchange inflows down 54% as well. Meanwhile, Ethereum's balance on centralized exchanges has dropped to 8.97 million ETH. In macro news, Tether has emerged as one of the top seven holders of U.S. Treasury bonds, overtaking both Hong Kong and Canada. On the product side, Pump.fun launched its native decentralized exchange, PumpSwap. The U.S. SEC also clarified its stance on Proof-of-Work (PoW) mining, confirming that such activities do not involve the issuance of securities. In the Middle East, the Dubai Land Department has kicked off a real estate tokenization initiative.

Sonic took Fantom's components. It rebuilt them plank by plank. It created something new while honoring Fantom's legacy.

This article explores the role of cryptocurrency as evidence in criminal cases, its classification as illegal gains, and how it is treated before and after court rulings. It highlights that while cryptocurrencies are widely acknowledged in legal contexts as having monetary value, there are still numerous legal and practical challenges in their management.

In this article, we provide an overview of the current mainstream paradigms of Web3 consumer applications and explore their respective opportunities and challenges.

This article analyzes more than 200 programmatic advertising campaigns launched by over 70 advertisers on the Addressable platform in 2024. These campaigns targeted more than 1.5 million users globally, aiming to study the situation of CPW across different market cycles, regions, campaign execution scenarios, and segmented audiences.

USDD 2.0 marks a significant shift in stablecoin design, moving away from its earlier model toward architecture centered on overcollateralization and reserve backing. This upgrade not only responds to growing market concerns around stablecoin security, but also reshapes its risk structure and practical use cases.

The core differences between USDD and USDT lie in their issuance models, stabilization mechanisms, and risk structures. USDD is an overcollateralized stablecoin with higher yield potential, while USDT is issued by a centralized entity and backed by fiat reserves, relying on redemption mechanisms and market trust to maintain its peg. USDT offers stronger liquidity but comes with regulatory and custodial risks. Each serves different user needs: USDT is better suited for trading and hedging, while USDD is designed for DeFi yields and on-chain applications.

Funtico is a blockchain-based Web3 gaming platform powered by the $TICO token, enabling in-game transactions, NFTs, and decentralized governance.

Catton AI is an innovative gaming protocol that uses blockchain and AI technology to create a dynamic idle gaming ecosystem. Players can earn rewards as their NPC whiskers engage in battles, progress through higher stages, and complete various in-game tasks.

ZAN Node offers stable and fast connections to over 22 popular blockchain networks, facilitating the deployment of Web3 projects and decentralized applications.