Topics of Crypto World

This article introduces Thunderbolt, an experimental protocol upgrade designed to enhance Bitcoin's performance. Though not yet approved by core developers, miners, or nodes, we will explore its background, core technical principles, operational mechanism, potential impacts, current challenges, and future directions.

Gate Research Daily Report: On April 28, Bitcoin slipped 0.45% to $93,528.7, while Ethereum declined 1.7% to $1,775.7. The stablecoin market cap is nearing $240 billion, and DeFi TVL has climbed back above $100 billion. Meanwhile, the world's first spot XRP ETF debuted in Brazil, and Arizona's Bitcoin reserve legislation is approaching its final vote.

This report presents a systematic study of gold, the Nasdaq Index (including both Composite and Nasdaq-100), and Bitcoin (BTC), aiming to uncover their return characteristics, volatility clustering, correlation evolution, and the applicability of trading strategies under various macroeconomic contexts.

Gate Research Daily Report: Bitcoin is trading at $95,190, while Ethereum stands at $1,752.39. Solana maintains its lead in public blockchain activity rankings, with Unichain showing strong momentum. Sui ecosystem DEX volume hit a new all-time high. Digital asset investment products recorded $3.4 billion in weekly inflows, marking the highest level this year. SIGN led the rally among trending tokens, while Virtuals Protocol and MemeFi sectors also delivered strong performances.

Gate Research Daily Report: On April 29, the U.S. Congress restarted its cryptocurrency legislative process, aiming to complete stablecoin and market structure bills by August. Tether announced that its XAU₮ gold reserves have surpassed 7.7 tons. Mastercard is advancing stablecoin payment integration, now covering over 150 million merchants worldwide. Blockchain security project Ika completed a strategic funding round with support from the Sui Foundation and has launched an airdrop campaign based on SUI staking.

Meme coins like DEGEN, TURBO, and SATS, as well as strategies like Blast’s UI and Base’s growth tactics, have been rapidly replicated across the market. Yet, many of these copycat projects have succeeded. This article analyses the inner logic and patterns of success and failure behind the "Replica Economy" through on-chain data, community structures, and distribution mechanisms.

Ed Felten, co-founder of Offchain Labs, shares his journey from academia and policy to blockchain entrepreneurship. He discusses the technical evolution of Arbitrum, the impact of Layer2 on the Ethereum ecosystem, and the long-term vision for the integration of blockchain and AI.

The Trump family's WLFI cryptocurrency project has struggled with poor investment performance. This article thoroughly examines the project's asset distribution, financial losses, and its intricate ties to political power, highlighting the potential risks of conflicts of interest within the cryptocurrency sector.

This article offers an in-depth look at the Bitcoin market's potential bottoming process by examining the influence of macroeconomic conditions, Federal Reserve policies, trade policies, and regulatory environments. It explores the movement of funds in whale addresses, institutional investments, and Bitcoin price trends.

This article explores the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology. AI enhances blockchain operations through efficient task execution and information processing, while blockchain provides AI with reliable data, incentive structures, and governance frameworks. The MCP protocol represents a crucial innovation by establishing clear standards for AI operations on-chain—both semantic and executable—transforming AI from a simple tool into an active on-chain agent. This integration extends across DeFi, asset management, DAO governance, and beyond, revolutionizing task execution and economic models while showing remarkable technological and market promise.

The article reviews the limitations of traditional PBFT, analyzes the linear communication and simulation of the HotStuff protocol, and focuses on the threat of tail mechanism forks to network activity and economics. Furthermore, it introduces how the MonadBFT protocol breaks through the re-proposed mechanism and tail forks without endorsement certificates (NEC) to ensure the fairness and security of the blockchain network without compromising performance.

Gate Research Daily Report: On May 7, BTC trades at $97.4K, and ETH at $1.84K. SOL Strategies increases its SOL holdings by 122,500. KULR Technology adds 42 BTC, up 197.5% YTD. New Hampshire becomes the first U.S. state to pass a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve bill. Tether integrates Chainalysis compliance tools into the Hadron platform, enhancing asset tokenisation compliance standards.

The article provides a detailed introduction to MonadBFT's single-round speculative finality and optimistic responsiveness. These features enable MonadBFT to achieve faster transaction confirmation and higher network responsiveness without compromising security, while also offering developers a simpler finality model and an improved user experience.

Movement Labs has been embroiled in a scandal involving the dumping of cryptocurrency tokens. The team may have unknowingly signed a flawed market-making agreement with serious vulnerabilities, leading to a massive sell-off and a steep price plunge. The article provides an in-depth analysis of the suspicious clauses in the agreement, the dual roles of involved parties, as well as internal disputes and accusations, exposing the regulatory and transparency gaps in the crypto industry.

Clout starts anew with the new brand Believe, transitioning from a social asset platform relying on personal influence to empowering real-world applications with projects and technology. Through simplifying the token issuance process and leveraging the advantages of community media dissemination, Believe provides a one-click Kickstarter for creative projects, detailing Believe's operational mechanism, fee distribution, and noteworthy token projects, discussing the balance between empowering real value projects and curbing speculative bubbles.