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As the 2026 Lunar New Year begins, everything is refreshed and prosperity is in the air. To give back to our users and celebrate the festive season, Gate DEX cordially invites you to participate in the "7-Day Swap Hunting Season."

Aster vs Hyperliquid compares two leading Perp DEX protocols. Hyperliquid currently leads with a 28.2% market share, while Aster is rapidly catching up through aggressive fee buybacks and user experience improvements. This article examines their market position, product features, on-chain metrics, and token dynamics.

Gate DEX BountyDrop is a one-stop hub that gathers the most popular airdrop projects, offering users a fast-track entry into interactive tasks.

How does Aster work? This article explains the problems Aster solves, its model, and core platform features, breaking down Aster Chain's 1001x leverage, Hidden Orders, and Shield Mode.

Real Vision founder Raoul Pal, leveraging 38 years of trading experience and 13 years of direct involvement in cryptocurrencies, emphasizes that the "HODL" strategy combined with buying during sharp market declines is more effective than attempting to time the market.

The article provides an in-depth analysis of Ethereum's predicaments and missteps on its "rollup-centric" roadmap, offering a comprehensive reflection on the underlying causes of its imbalances across technology, economic incentives, and cultural structure.

The article discusses a unified Agent service index, verification of prediction market capabilities, an ERC-8004 reputation system integrated with the x402 payment SDK, achieving a decade of Web2 evolution in just 30 days, addressing data noise and Sybil attacks, and advising developers to seize the crucial 2–3 month product window under legal considerations.

The article doesn’t discuss protocols or technology, but starts from the user experience, pointing out that stablecoins are essentially claims on regulated reserves and government bonds. They merely replace outdated banking settlement logic with a truly digitally native operational approach. It further extends to the idea that Real World Assets (RWA) aren’t meant to overthrow traditional finance, but to force finance to operate the way people always thought it should.

Raydium is a decentralized exchange platform built on Solana that supports efficient token swaps, liquidity provision, and farming. This article explains how to use Raydium, outlines the trading process, and highlights key considerations for beginners.

Raydium is a leading decentralized exchange protocol in the Solana ecosystem. By combining an AMM with an order book, it enables fast swaps, liquidity mining, project launches, and farming rewards, among other DeFi features. This article provides a comprehensive breakdown of its core mechanisms and real world use cases.

On Feb. 9, the crypto market entered a choppy recovery phase after a deleveraging shock, with flows showing a clear structural split: capital crowding into BTC while major altcoins remain under pressure. Sentiment is deeply risk-off, with the Fear & Greed Index at just 14 (Extreme Fear). High-beta opportunities are concentrated in event-driven AI Agent and meme trades, led by BNKR, PIPPIN, and PENGUIN. On the macro and industry front, Vitalik argued that algorithmic stablecoins represent “true DeFi”; Cathie Wood said gold strength has often preceded Bitcoin’s cyclical breakouts and reiterated her “big three” thesis on BTC, ETH, and SOL; and Tether is accelerating global, diversified investments while strengthening governance and expanding hiring—signaling a faster shift from a stablecoin issuer toward a broader conglomerate model.

Gate Research Daily Report: On Feb. 9, the crypto market entered a choppy recovery phase after a deleveraging shock, with flows showing a clear structural split: capital crowding into BTC while major altcoins remain under pressure. BTC has rebounded and is consolidating around $70,000, which remains the key pivot for bulls vs. bears; ETH is being weighed down by whale deleveraging and debt-repayment selling, and may repeatedly test the $2,000 psychological level in the near term. On the thematic side, AI Agents and memes remain the high-beta core, with BNKR, PIPPIN, and PENGUIN leading gains. In our Alpha section, we highlight Vitalik’s view that algorithmic stablecoins represent “true DeFi,” Cathie Wood’s thesis that gold strength tends to lead and BTC follows, and Tether’s accelerating shift toward a conglomerate model via global diversification, governance upgrades, and expanded hiring.

This week’s recap highlights continued market weakness as Bitcoin and Ethereum declined alongside record ETF outflows, keeping sentiment in extreme fear. Select tokens showed relative resilience amid broader drawdown. The report also outlines notable partnerships, major strategic investments, and key ecosystem developments shaping Web3 markets.

This article explores why most current cryptocurrency tokens fail to achieve compound growth, noting that their designs intentionally avoid securities-like attributes, resulting in a lack of reinvestment mechanisms. Therefore, their value growth heavily relies on external demand. In contrast, traditional stocks generate sustained growth engines through cash flow reinvestment. The author suggests focusing on enterprise assets that can leverage cryptographic technology to optimize operations, generate cash flow, and achieve compound growth, rather than solely on tokens. This analysis provides profound insights for redefining the investment logic in the cryptocurrency market.

ASTER is the native token of Aster decentralized perpetual exchange. This article explains ASTER tokenomics, use cases, allocation, and recent buyback activity, showing how buybacks, token burns, and staking mechanisms are used to support long term value.