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DeFi was born to create an open, permissionless, and trustless financial system. But as DeFi has grown into what it is now, I’ve got to ask: is it still decentralized? More importantly, does it even matter? And what can you do to work your way around it?

Gate Research (January 18-24, 2025) – This report comprehensively analyzes key developments in the cryptocurrency market and the broader macroeconomic landscape. On January 20, Trump's inaugural speech did not address cryptocurrencies, leading to noticeable volatility in the crypto market. On January 21, Trump nominated Caroline Pham as the acting chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). On January 22, Trump announced a $500 billion AI project in partnership with three major tech giants.

The 2024-2025 Crypto Market Yearbook (Yearbook) released by CoinMarketCap sorts out the major innovations, market-shaking moments and unforgettable milestones of the past year, while also looking forward to 2025.

This article explores the development of Bitcoin Finance (BTCFi), with a focus on how Bitcoin is driving its financialization process through integration with traditional finance (TradFi), centralized finance (CeFi), and decentralized finance (DeFi). It also introduces how Solv protocol, through innovative services like wrapped Bitcoin, staking, and liquidity pools, is promoting the growth of BTCFi and helping it progress toward a trillion-dollar market.

Gate Research Weekly Review & Outlook: This week, BTC experienced a surge and pullback, reaching a high of $109,702.5. ETH price continued to consolidate within a range, showing weaker performance compared to BTC. Trump's inaugural speech did not mention cryptocurrencies, leading to continued market volatility. Trump's pardon of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht sparked discussions in the crypto community. Cuba's official X account was hacked, and a related token was issued. The TVL of the RWA protocol grew by over 200% year-over-year, reaching $7.3 billion. OP will unlock tokens worth approximately $52.97 million on January 31, representing 2.32% of the total supply.

AGIXT is an AI automation platform that supports multi-tasking and is highly scalable. It is compatible with mainstream models and provides Docker deployment and API interfaces. It has attracted the attention of developers since its launch in 2023. Its GitHub project, launched in early 2023, has received more than 2,700 stars, showing recognition from the developer community.

Dimitra is a platform built on blockchain that enhances agricultural efficiency through IoT integration and the use of sustainable development tools.

Meme coin is highly regarded in the cryptocurrency industry. However, AI agent coin is also opening up a unique field, demonstrating long-term potential and opportunities. By exploring the similarities and differences between these two types of coins, potential synergies can be uncovered, providing new insights for the future development of the cryptocurrency industry.

The SOON Mainnet is a general-purpose Layer 2 based on Ethereum, with its core execution layer supported by the Decoupled SVM, achieving unparalleled speed and scalability. It also offers flexibility in data availability through options like Celestia, EigenDA, and Avail. This architecture is custom-built to meet the high-performance demands of modern decentralized applications, ensuring seamless execution, integration, and optimized data availability across the entire blockchain ecosystem. SOON is committed to bringing the Solana experience to every blockchain. Currently, the SOON Alpha Mainnet on Ethereum has been launched.

This article offers an in-depth introduction to spot and contract trading in the cryptocurrency market. It explains core terms such as leverage, opening and closing positions, and margin, while analyzing the differences and causes of liquidation and negative balance. Using practical examples, it helps readers understand the operational logic of contract trading and effective strategies to avoid negative balance, providing risk management advice for cryptocurrency investors.

Zerebro is an innovative autonomous artificial intelligence system that integrates blockchain technology, generative AI, and decentralized finance. It is capable of autonomously generating and managing content, disseminating information on community platforms such as X and Warpcast, and has the ability to mint NFTs and manage cryptocurrency tokens. By utilizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and dynamic memory systems, Zerebro ensures the creativity and relevance of the output content. The system adopts a modular design, supports multi-chain interoperability, and plans to expand DeFi protocols to create a sustainable digital innovation ecosystem.

Alkimi is a decentralized advertising platform that uses blockchain technology to achieve real-time, transparent, efficient, and fraud-free advertising transactions.

This article explores the relationship between Bitcoin spot and futures prices, highlighting key differences and reasons for price discrepancies. It also analyzes investment behaviors and key indicators, using examples to provide readers with a deeper understanding of market dynamics and investment strategies.

Decentralized, secure, and accessible data storage is critical in the Web3 era. This report dives into the connection between data availability (DA) and storage platforms, essential components of decentralized solutions.

With the development of Internet social platforms, the value of IP is becoming more and more significant in today's era, and the rise of the Web3 concept and the application of blockchain technology have brought profound changes to the IP industry. With blockchain technology such as NFT as the carrier, the IP of the Web3 world has been endowed with new cultural connotations and commercial value through on-chain transactions, user empowerment, and community co-construction. This article will take stock of the top three Web3 IPs, Bored Ape Yacht Club, Pudgy Penguins, and Doge, and deeply analyze their cultural connotations, community building, and market performance for you.