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Gate Research Daily Report: Bitcoin faces strong resistance above, and declining on-chain activity limits its rebound momentum. Ethereum, after failing to sustain upward momentum above $3,600, has once again fallen back to test key support levels. BEAT rose 139.25% within 24 hours, showing a strong price rebound, mainly driven by the positive impact of exchange listings. SUBHUB increased approximately 76.04% over 24 hours, with the price rise primarily supported by product updates. Visa launched a stablecoin payment pilot, enabling direct USDC payments. VCI Global plans to invest $100 million to acquire Oobit (OOB) tokens backed by Tether. The number of Ethereum validators has dropped back to April 2024 levels, while the waiting time in the validator exit queue has reached a new high.

Gate Research Weekly Report: Bitcoin has fluctuated between $100,300 and $107,500 over the past week, and its consolidation phase is expected to continue. Visa has launched a stablecoin payment pilot, enabling platforms to pay content creators and freelancers directly in USDC. VCI Global plans to invest $100 million to acquire the OOB token of Oobit, a crypto payments company backed by Tether. The number of Ethereum validators has fallen back to April 2024 levels, while the exit queue waiting time has reached a new high. Meanwhile, Solana’s active address count has dropped to 3.3 million, the lowest level in a year. The x402 Network facilitators have processed more than 18.82 million transactions, marking a 35-fold increase since May.

In October, Bitcoin recorded its first monthly loss since 2018, with the overall cryptocurrency market significantly underperforming traditional risk assets. Despite this weakness, the top 30% of quantitative fund portfolios achieved an impressive annualized return of 35.4%, substantially outperforming Bitcoin. The Hedging Investment-USDT strategy stood out, delivering a positive 5% return even as Bitcoin declined more than 5.5% during the month. Overall drawdowns across quantitative funds remained minimal, with the USDT strategy’s maximum drawdown at just -0.01%. Looking ahead to November, macro liquidity conditions and policy expectations are expected to continue driving market direction, while the crypto market may remain in a “high-volatility, low-trend” consolidation phase.