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Gate Research Daily Report: March 14, Bitcoin price fell by 1.95% to $82,014.1, while Ethereum price rose by 0.53% to $1,894.63. The number of contract deployments on the Base ecosystem surged, reaching a record high of 11.4 million in a single week. Solana's stablecoin supply has skyrocketed by 130% this year, while Ethereum remains the leader. Ethereum launched the Hoodi testnet for the Pectra upgrade. Aave introduced the Horizon initiative, targeting the institutional-grade real-world asset DeFi market. Solana proposal SIMD-0228 failed to pass the vote, obstructing the planned inflation adjustment.

Gate Research: This report summarizes blockchain industry developments from March 10-14, 2025. Key highlights include: Sui's on-chain stablecoin market cap has exceeded $600M, reaching an all-time high; Anzen Finance protocol's TVL has broken through $112M, also hitting a record high; Movement has submitted a MOVE ETF application while its mainnet beta launch drives ecosystem growth; Ordinals EVM extension protocol Veda's TVL has surpassed $2B; Securitize partners with RedStone to enhance RWA data support, advancing on-chain financial development; and Ripple obtains Dubai license, expanding crypto payment services into the Middle East market.

Gate Research: This week, four projects—Captain & Company, XOOB, Shaga, and Endless—are offering users new ways to engage with the Web3 ecosystem. Captain & Company is a pirate-themed blockchain game where players embark on maritime adventures and engage in faction wars to earn CNC tokens. XOOB is a space-themed GameFi platform on Telegram that allows users to mine and complete tasks to earn XOOB tokens, with the campaign expected to run until April 2025. Shaga is a cloud gaming platform where users accumulate points by participating in various activities, which will later be converted into airdropped tokens in the second quarter of this year. Endless, a Web3 cloud protocol, is hosting a $1 million EDS token airdrop through the Luffa mobile app. All four projects are still in their early stages, giving users the opportunity to get involved in ecosystem development while potentially earning rewards.

I will be addressing each topic in this article, namely: 1. Compounders, Culture, Short-Termism 2. Generalized L1s Are Dead And Have To Change 3. Liquid Tokens & Investment Relations 4. Buy Back & Burn Is The Least Worst, Not The Best

To maximize your dapp's token price, the key strategy is MRMC—Maximize Revenue, Minimize Costs. This core business principle will influence every decision you make, especially when choosing the infrastructure for deploying your application.

The following is a decision matrix from the perspective of a dapp choosing between deploying to an L1 or an L2 today assuming they both enable similar types of applications (ie. L1/L2 is not custom designed for a specific type of application).

Prime Intellect is a decentralized peer-to-peer protocol designed to aggregate computing power from distributed global sources. By tackling the AI industry's computing resource bottleneck, it enables collaborative AI model development. This article explores Prime Intellect’s team background, funding, and core technologies, including its computing marketplace, decentralized training framework (IntelME), and synthetic data generation framework (GENE).

As a decentralized AI startup founded just two years ago, Tensorplex Labs has become a key participant in the Bittensor ecosystem through its innovations in DeFi, data dashboards, and AI. This article provides a detailed overview of Tensorplex Labs' achievements in staking and lending, DEX trading, data dashboard integration, and AI ecosystem development, including LLM model optimization, Web3 RAG chatbots, and the Dojo subnet.

Specifically, let's check what L2 blocks are, how they differ from L1 blocks and why we really shouldn't care that much about L2 block times, even if they're an interesting engineering metric.

The story is far from perfect. As VC-backed tokens gradually decline, so-called "value tokens" have become mere excuses for project teams, VCs, and market makers to offload their holdings. Each market cycle's volatility sees the urgent execution of a three-step playbook: foundation establishment, airdrop launch, and exchange dumping.

In this article, we'll take a deep dive into Celestia's revenue potential. I'll debunk common myths and narratives circulating on the timeline that I believe are flawed or, at the very least, lack substance.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the role of market makers in the cryptocurrency space, their business models, and the current state of the industry. Drawing from extensive industry experience, the author details both active and passive market-making strategies, explores common misconceptions and potential risks in the industry, and offers practical advice for projects when selecting a market maker.

The article provides a detailed analysis of the strategic considerations behind the U.S. government's establishment of Bitcoin reserves, including reinforcing the dollar's financial hegemony, combating inflation, and promoting financial innovation. Although cryptocurrency legislation at the federal level is progressing slowly, state governments are actively advancing the legislative process for strategic Bitcoin reserve bills. In the long run, this executive order will create a favorable policy environment for the crypto market and may encourage more countries to establish similar reserves.

Gate Research (Mar 7 - 13, 2025), this report provides a comprehensive analysis of key developments in the cryptocurrency market and macroeconomics. On March 7, U.S. nonfarm employment for February increased by 151,000, slightly below expectations, while the unemployment rate reached a new high. Trump signed an executive order officially establishing the U.S. Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. On March 10, the Utah Senate passed the Bitcoin bill, but the reserve investment provisions were removed. On March 11, the SEC shifted to a crypto-friendly stance and may withdraw exchange registration requirements. On March 12, the U.S. February unadjusted core CPI annual rate recorded 3.1%, the lowest since April 2021. The SEC delayed the approval of multiple spot cryptocurrency ETFs. On March 13, the state of Nebraska in the U.S. signed a Bitcoin ATM regulatory bill.

This article explores crypto firms expected to go public in 2025 and the factors influencing their valuations. It compares Coinbase’s market position with traditional financial powerhouse Charles Schwab, assesses the lasting impact of the 2021 valuation bubble, and examines how IPOs contribute to the legitimization of the crypto industry while attracting more capital investment.