The Metaplex protocol is a system for creating, selling, and managing digital assets built on Solana and other blockchains that support the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM). It provides tools and standards for developers, creators, and enterprises to build decentralized applications. Recently, Metaplex has also expanded its business horizontally into other foundational service areas within the Solana ecosystem, such as data indexing (Index) and data availability (DA) services.

On December 6, the price of BTC plummeted from $99,000 to $91,111 within one hour. However, BTC quickly rebounded and has now risen to around $95,781. The total liquidation amount across all contracts on the network reached approximately $1.007 billion. Due to BTC's sharp price spike, a large number of long positions were liquidated, totaling $806 million. Among them, Bitcoin had the largest liquidation volume, reaching 537 million USDT. Bitcoin's annualized premium reached 20%, the highest level in 8 months. The total value locked (TVL) in DeFi reached $202.7 billion, setting a new all-time high. Donald Trump has appointed David O. Sacks as the White House Director for Cryptocurrency and Artificial Intelligence.

This article provides a detailed introduction to the UBC token launched by Lester Paints and the UBC and UBCH projects behind it. The aim is to ensure fair access to computing resources for all autonomous AI entities. The article explores the definition and principles of UBC, its comparison with UBI, its significance for AI development, and its potential applications.

This article explains the concept of arbitrage in the cryptocurrency perpetual contract market, focusing on the "cash and carry trade" strategy, which allows traders to profit from discrepancies between spot and futures prices. By using perpetual contracts and spot positions simultaneously, traders can earn passive income through funding rates.

This report rounds up the major developments in the blockchain industry from December 2nd to December 6th. XRP's market cap surged 380%, surpassing USDT to become the third-largest cryptocurrency, while WisdomTree filed an XRP ETF application, promoting financial product innovation. The Bitcoin community showed division over the CTV proposal, highlighting challenges in decentralized governance. Wormhole launched its W token staking program and plans to introduce multi-chain governance, while Tether minted 1 billion USDT, bringing the total circulation to 72.9 billion tokens. These developments demonstrate the continued potential of blockchain technology in finance and governance.

This week, Gate Research's selected airdrop projects include Nordom, Magic Eden, Sandwatch, Namada, and 4EVERLAND. Nordom is accumulating points for future token distribution; Magic Eden has announced the upcoming launch of the ME token airdrop qualification check; Sandwatch has introduced a blockchain-based creative reward program; Namada offers cross-chain privacy trading, with users able to claim mainnet airdrops; and 4EVERLAND will launch a Web3 cloud ecosystem airdrop. These projects offer users diverse early participation opportunities and potential value.

Learn about the origin, features, and tokenomics of Comedian (BAN), a meme-based cryptocurrency inspired by Maurizio Cattelan's iconic banana artwork.

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Gate Research Weekly Report: Bitcoin saw an upward trend this week, rising 8.39% to $100,550, breaking through $100,000 to reach a new all-time high. Support levels should be monitored for potential pullbacks. Over the past 7 days, ETH price increased by 6.16% to $3,852.58, currently in an upward channel with key breakthrough levels to watch. Grayscale has applied to convert its Solana Trust into a spot ETF. Bitcoin's new ATH coincided with surging Coinbase premiums, indicating strong buying power from U.S. market participants. Multiple projects secured funding this week across various sectors including infrastructure, totaling $103 million.

Andy, a vibrant and laid-back yellow anthropomorphic frog, reached a market capitalization of over $300 million within just three months of its launch, with a staggering 30,000x increase in value. As one of the best friends of Pepe, currently the world's third-largest memecoin, will Andy replicate Pepe's success? This article delves into Andy ($ANDY), exploring its unique features, the reasons behind its rapid rise, and its growth potential.

Gear.exe is a decentralized computing network that claims to boost Ethereum's computational performance by over 1000 times, addressing the longstanding scalability issues of Ethereum. This article will explain the challenges Ethereum faces and provide a detailed introduction to Gear.exe’s technical principles, team background, and funding situation, illustrating how Gear.exe is shaping the supercomputing future of Web3.

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As we step into 2025, we continue to summon Ether's Phoenix through the evolution of Retroactive Public Goods Funding. This post outlines our plan to improve the Retro Funding mechanism, as well as the proposed scope of contributions Retro Funding will reward in 2025, with the end goal of more effectively and accurately rewarding those creating the impact on the Superchain.

This article reports on an innovative collaboration in the field of AI agents, where the three popular AI characters—Truth Terminal, Fi, and S.A.N—on X (formerly Twitter) will work together to advance the next generation of AI models. Through a new infrastructure called "Loria," these AI agents will communicate with each other and form closer connections with humans.