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This report highlights that as of October 2025, the global oracle sector’s Total Value Secured (TVS) has surpassed $102.1 billion, with a total market capitalization of $14.1 billion. The market remains dominated by Chainlink, while competition is shifting from technical scalability toward economic model sustainability and cross-chain capability. The report notes that oracle growth has entered a “multiplier effect” phase, with momentum shifting from DeFi-native demand to Real World Assets (RWA), which are emerging as the core driver of institutional adoption. Meanwhile, cross-chain communication (CCIP), prediction markets, and AI-integrated oracles are expected to shape the next growth curve. On the economic front, the sector is transitioning from a “pay-per-call” model to a “service staking” paradigm, signaling a return to fundamentals-based valuation logic. The report estimates LINK’s long-term fair value range at $26–35, with potential upside to $40–45 upon the implementation of the Smart Value Recovery (S

This report summarizes the Web3 funding landscape in October 2025. In October, a total of 130 deals were completed, with $5.12 billion raised, representing a 104.8% month-over-month surge, the second-highest level in the past year. Funding was primarily driven by strategic rounds, which accounted for over 70% of the total, fueled by the explosion of the prediction market Polymarket and the accelerated integration of CeFi and TradFi. By sector, DeFi led with $2.15 billion, reflecting concentrated capital flows toward innovative financial applications. In terms of funding structure, projects in the $3M–$10M range accounted for nearly one-third of rounds, while projects under $1M represented only 5.9%, marking a recent low. The report also highlights key funded projects, including Orochi Network, KapKap, Voyage, TBook, and Lava.

In October, Bitcoin recorded its first monthly loss since 2018, with the overall cryptocurrency market significantly underperforming traditional risk assets. Despite this weakness, the top 30% of quantitative fund portfolios achieved an impressive annualized return of 35.4%, substantially outperforming Bitcoin. The Hedging Investment-USDT strategy stood out, delivering a positive 5% return even as Bitcoin declined more than 5.5% during the month. Overall drawdowns across quantitative funds remained minimal, with the USDT strategy’s maximum drawdown at just -0.01%. Looking ahead to November, macro liquidity conditions and policy expectations are expected to continue driving market direction, while the crypto market may remain in a “high-volatility, low-trend” consolidation phase.

An in-depth analysis of the resurgence of crypto presales in 2025, exploring the evolution from early participation narratives to structured financing, examining why capital is refocusing on early-stage projects, and revealing how presale models are reshaping the crypto fundraising landscape through case studies like Plasma and MegaETH, balancing compliance and innovation.

Tokenized gold is a blockchain-based digital asset that represents ownership of physical gold reserves, where each token typically corresponds to a fixed quantity of gold. Tokenized gold maps real-world gold onto blockchain networks through custody and smart contract systems, allowing it to be traded, transferred, and divided like cryptocurrencies.

AI's rapid expansion is reshaping the global energy marketplace. Discover how to respond to the surge in AI-driven energy demand and pinpoint the critical factors shaping future energy investment strategies.

This report highlights that x402 is redefining internet semantics by shifting from the traditional “Request → Response” model to a new financial primitive of “Request → On-chain Atomic Settlement → Revenue Distribution.” This transformation enables native payment settlement and automated revenue splitting, positioning x402 as the execution layer for PayFi and machine-to-machine (M2M) payments. Over the past month, x402 processed more than 47 million transactions with an average value of under one dollar, signaling rapid demand growth yet still far from penetrating high-value commercial use cases. The ecosystem shows strong early concentration: Base chain consistently captures over 60% of market share, while major players such as Coinbase, Cloudflare, and Gate are accelerating infrastructure-level adoption. Short-term value continues to be driven by leading facilitators, whereas long-term potential hinges on whether x402 can establish a cross-chain revenue settlement network capable of powering per-use payment

This in-depth article dissects Tether as a shadow central bank, offering a comprehensive understanding of the intertwined effects of private currency issuance, demand for U.S. Treasury bonds, dollarization in emerging markets, and circumvention of geopolitical sanctions.

This article discusses how tokenized deposits facilitate low-cost lending within the banking system, while stablecoins provide cross-border, 24/7, and permissionless solutions for capital movement. It further highlights that the future of the financial system lies in the coexistence and synergy of these two approaches.

This article analyzes industrial demand, the liquidity illusion driven by expectations of interest rate cuts, LBMA’s $2 billion in debt backed by 140 million ounces under a fractional reserve system, the global eastward shift of gold, and central bank accumulation of physical reserves. Together, these trends signal a monetary restructuring where possession of physical assets confers pricing power in a weak-dollar era.

By analyzing 6,723 crypto funding rounds totaling $25 billion in 2025, this article reveals that venture capital is shifting from singular speculative narratives toward three parallel long-term tracks: prediction markets, stablecoins, and real-world assets (RWA), indicating a maturing path for the crypto industry.

The crypto market ended 2025 with negative returns, as BTC and ETH failed to hold their key year-start levels of $90,000 and $3,000, respectively. Within Gate’s private wealth quant funds, Stellar Core Smart-Invest (USDT) led with an 11.0% annualized return and a Sharpe ratio of 4.3, demonstrating strong risk-adjusted performance. Additionally, Quantum Leap (USDT), Interstellar Hedge (USDT), and Gravity Hedge (USDT) all achieved a 100% win rate for the year. The USDT strategy returned 1.6% in December and achieved a 7.5% full-year return, with overall drawdowns nearly at zero. In the short term, the probability of a Fed rate cut in January is low, and divergence over the pace of future cuts may further widen. In the medium to long term, deeper regulatory coordination and progress in crypto legislation could become a key institutional turning point for crypto assets entering the mainstream financial system.

As of January 15, Strategy's Bitcoin holdings exceeded 687,000 BTC, establishing it as the world's largest publicly listed company by Bitcoin reserves. This achievement secures its dominant position in the crypto asset sector, significantly outpacing other public companies like Tesla, Metaplanet, and MARA.

Gate Research Weekly Report: Bitcoin has reclaimed the $96,000 level, while Ethereum has broken through the $3,300 resistance and continues to consolidate at elevated levels. The Zcash Foundation announced that the SEC has concluded its multi-year investigation without taking enforcement action; meanwhile, Federal Reserve officials collectively defended policy independence while signaling a pause in rate cuts.As both Bitcoin and Ethereum broke higher, nearly $700 million in short positions were liquidated. Vitalik Buterin highlighted structural flaws in decentralized stablecoins, while renewed attention was drawn to Zcash-related developments and potential quantum threats. Metaplanet is now just one step away from resuming equity financing to purchase Bitcoin. ONDO, TRUMP, and ZRO are set to unlock approximately $778 million, $278 million, and $42.42 million worth of tokens, respectively, over the next seven days.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the following key questions: What are token stocks? What types of token stocks are available? What opportunities and risks does this sector present?