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Last week, the crypto market came under pressure from both government shutdown concerns and DeFi security incidents. Mainstream coins continued to decline, while only a few altcoins bucked the trend and posted gains. SOON surged over 195.63% last week, emerging as the standout token. WorldChain saw significant increases in activity and capital inflows, becoming a highlight in multi-chain rotation. Regulators are actively promoting the launch of leveraged spot crypto products, which could go live as early as the end of the year. Gate has rolled out a decentralized Web3 Launchpad, pushing token issuance toward fully on-chain deployment.

Gate Research Daily Report: Bitcoin rebounded from the $100,000 support level, forming a bullish trendline around $104,000. Ethereum stabilized and bounced back from the $3,200 zone after experiencing a major liquidity shock. A centralized exchange listed the SEAM/USDT trading pair, expanding trading channels and driving SEAM up 74.17% within 24 hours. WLFI rose 18.75% in 24 hours, supported by an improving macro environment, political tailwinds, and technical momentum. The Ethereum Foundation launched the dAI team’s 2026 roadmap, reinforcing market focus on the AI+Web3 narrative. Meanwhile, the Senate approved a bill to end the government shutdown, potentially concluding the longest shutdown in history.

According to the latest CoinDesk Exchange Benchmark: November 2025, Gate has once again secured its position among the world’s Top-Tier digital asset exchanges, demonstrating strong performance across derivatives and spot, and further recognized for its outstanding regulatory compliance, transparency, and market quality.

Gate, a leading global digital asset trading platform, announced that its proprietary on/off-ramp solution, Gate Connect, has officially launched the Apple Pay Sell feature, making it the first Web3 exchange to support this capability.

Ripple has raised $500 million from Wall Street, raising its valuation to $40 billion. While this move appears to signal mainstream capital's renewed interest, it actually represents a financial strategy centered on asset management, valuation, and liquidity. This article offers a deep dive into Ripple’s strategic shift, the mechanisms behind Ripple's XRP reserves, and Wall Street’s investment intentions. It analyzes the practical realities of crypto finance.

This week’s recap focuses on macroeconomic uncertainty and shifting market sentiment: Bitcoin and Ethereum traded sideways as investors awaited key U.S. economic data, while altcoins showed divergent trends. Privacy and AI-related tokens gained attention amid growing narrative momentum. The report also provides a comprehensive overview of major venture funding deals, ecosystem developments, and protocol updates shaping the Web3 landscape.

The prediction market is evolving from pure speculation into a richer field of financial and social experimentation. This article analyzes five emerging product types—influence markets, opinion markets, virtual sports, opportunity markets, and governance markets—to reveal the vast potential of prediction mechanisms in financial trading, social interaction, and organizational decision-making.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the structural challenges in the profit models of crypto internet banks, pointing out that they are repeating the old path of traditional neobanks—over-reliance on interchange fees, lack of lending, and high customer acquisition costs. It also proposes a restructuring approach using embedded DeFi to enhance profitability.

Gate Research Daily Report: On November 10, BTC stabilized around $103,000 before accelerating upward, reaching a short-term high of $106,683; ETH found support near $3,480 and initiated a new upward leg, hitting a short-term high of $3,658. ORE’s single-day revenue surpassed $1 million, with the V2 protocol igniting a Solana mining frenzy; x402 protocol’s ecosystem transaction volume plummeted 90% within half a month; Filecoin partnered with Avalanche to build a native cross-chain data bridge, accelerating the deployment of modular infrastructure.

Gate Research Daily Report: On November 10, BTC stabilized around $103,000 before accelerating upward, reaching a short-term high of $106,683; ETH found support near $3,480 and initiated a new upward leg, hitting a short-term high of $3,658; GT is currently consolidating around $12.29. Additionally, COTI (+55.38%), RESOLV (+36.09%), and 1INCH (+11.8%) led the market gains, highlighting that DeFi and privacy sectors are once again attracting capital. ORE’s single-day revenue surpassed $1 million, with the V2 protocol igniting a Solana mining frenzy; x402 protocol’s ecosystem transaction volume plummeted 90% within half a month; Filecoin partnered with Avalanche to build a native cross-chain data bridge, accelerating the deployment of modular infrastructure.

This article examines several key factors driving Zcash (ZEC)'s recent price surge. Privacy demand has returned to the mainstream, protocols have been upgraded, and anonymous pools have expanded. Cross-chain solutions like NEAR Intents are also enhancing liquidity and broadening use cases. The analysis indicates that this rally goes beyond speculation; it marks a fundamental reassessment of privacy coins' value in the cryptocurrency landscape.

This article vividly illustrates George Soros' "theory of reflexivity" through the example of Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's "prediction market experiment": markets do not passively reflect reality but actively shape it. From the 1960s corporate merger wave to the 2008 financial crisis and the current AI investment bubble, the article reveals how the cyclical feedback between price and belief drives—and at times distorts—markets.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the root causes behind the xUSD collapse: from its disguise as a "nominally delta-neutral stablecoin" and off-chain black box strategies to extreme leverage exposure and recursive lending amplifying risks, leading to its systemic liquidation in October 2025. The article also introduces a "Vault Technical Risk Score" framework designed to help users assess the security of DeFi products.

This report analyzes Bitcoin market behavior, using historical data and case studies to demonstrate how Bitcoin evolved from a speculative asset to mainstream adoption.

Through comprehensive data and case analysis, this report illustrates how liquidity outflows from the Treasury General Account (TGA) escalate tensions in the overnight lending market. This, in turn, fuels a surge in commercial real estate and auto loan defaults and compounds instability across the financial system.