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While the NFT market is no longer driven by speculative frenzy, top creators like Beeple are proving the lasting value of digital art with works such as "Regular Animals." This article offers an in-depth breakdown of the paths to success taken by leading artists like Tyler Hobbs and Xcopy, revealing the core strategies that define how top NFT artists move from market positioning to hands-on achievement.

Leading Silicon Valley investors Jason Calacanis, Chamath, David Friedberg, and David Sacks have unveiled their definitive forecasts for 2026, addressing topics such as artificial intelligence, IPO cycles, prediction markets, critical metals, China–US relations, and global political and economic developments. This article distills 11 key insights, offering an in-depth analysis of the sectors and asset classes most worthy of full commitment in the year ahead.

X (formerly Twitter) has released the source code for its latest recommendation algorithm, offering a comprehensive look at the platform's content ranking logic and interaction weighting mechanisms for the first time. This article provides a technical breakdown of how likes lose value over time, how conversations are priced, and how negative feedback is penalized at the code level. It also outlines practical traffic optimization strategies for creators.

Elon Musk is revitalizing long-form content on X by offering million-dollar incentives to creators. His goal is to boost user engagement, transform the creator landscape, and advance the "Everything App" strategy. This move comes amid intensifying competition with Threads and growing concerns over declining advertising revenue.

A comprehensive analysis of the Acurast decentralized computation network, ACU tokenomics, and recent price movements. This article covers the mainnet launch, exchange listings, and future development outlook, making it accessible to both newcomers and seasoned professionals.

Remix IDE, developed under the leadership of the Ethereum Foundation, is an open-source development environment tailored for Solidity smart contracts. Accessible via browser, it provides comprehensive capabilities for writing, testing, debugging, and deploying contracts. Today, Remix IDE stands as a standard tool among Ethereum projects and developers.

Immunefi stands as one of the most influential Web3 bug bounty platforms globally, focusing on safeguarding smart contracts and decentralized finance. The introduction of the IMU token marks a transition for Immunefi, elevating its security services into a sustainable economic ecosystem. This enables protocols, researchers, and the broader community to work together within a unified incentive structure to strengthen on-chain security.

On January 21, the crypto market continued to pull back and consolidate, with risk appetite cooling notably. BTC and ETH came under simultaneous pressure: BTC fell back to around USD 89,000 after breaking below its short-term moving average structure, while ETH saw a relatively larger decline and remains in a weak recovery phase, with major assets dragging on the overall index. On the thematic side, mid- and small-cap tokens such as AIA, MBG, and ARC moved against the trend, supported by narratives around AI agents, on-chain integration of traditional finance, and developer tools, highlighting clear structural divergence. From a structural perspective, Ethereum staking demand continued to improve, with unstaking pressure fading and the staked ratio approaching 30%; meanwhile, Solana’s staking ratio climbed to a record high of 68.8%, indicating that parts of the public-chain ecosystem are still attracting long-term capital. However, whether the broader market can stabilize will still depend on sentiment recove

Pendle has launched the sPENDLE token upgrade, optimizing liquidity and income distribution mechanisms. Supported by Boros to expand the on-chain interest rate derivatives market, Pendle is accelerating the construction of DeFi fixed-income infrastructure for institutional clients.

USDD TVL has exceeded the $1 billion supplemental liquidity pool, creating a sustainable deflationary model that enables DeFi investors to capitalize on the long-term scarcity value of JST.

Gate Research Daily Report: On January 21, the crypto market continued to pull back and consolidate, with risk appetite cooling notably. BTC and ETH came under simultaneous pressure: BTC fell back to around USD 89,000 after breaking below its short-term moving average structure, while ETH saw a relatively larger decline and remains in a weak recovery phase, with major assets dragging on the overall index. On the thematic side, mid- and small-cap tokens such as AIA, MBG, and ARC moved against the trend, supported by narratives around AI agents, on-chain integration of traditional finance, and developer tools, highlighting clear structural divergence. From a structural perspective, Ethereum staking demand continued to improve, with unstaking pressure fading and the staked ratio approaching 30%; meanwhile, Solana’s staking ratio climbed to a record high of 68.8%, indicating that parts of the public-chain ecosystem are still attracting long-term capital. However, whether the broader market can stabilize will stil

Anthropic’s latest report delivers a startling message: AI is rapidly transforming the landscape for advanced educational tasks. High school assignments are processed nine times faster, and college-level work is completed at twelve times the usual rate. Human–AI collaborative sessions now last as long as nineteen hours, highlighting an emerging “deskilling” crisis—where meaningful intellectual engagement is replaced by repetitive administrative tasks.

The article reveals how it reduces stablecoins to mere payment tools and restricts the development of DeFi and tokenization, leading industry giants to withdraw their support and causing a split within the industry.

Revealing How Most AI Startups Merely Copying the Surface Will Degrade into Expensive Consulting Firms. Contrasting with Palantir's "Category of One" Advantage, This Provides a Practical Framework to Evaluate Critical Mission Level, Customer Concentration, and Gross Margin Structure, Suited for Enterprise Software Entrepreneurs to Avoid Service Traps and Focus on Scalable Platform Strategies.