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Vitalik has publicly dismissed the original concept of Layer 2 as Ethereum’s “branded sharding,” marking the end of the five-year rollup-driven narrative. This article analyzes gas costs, the stages of decentralization, L1 scaling acceleration, and the commercial realities facing Layer 2 to explore why the Ethereum mainnet is once again becoming faster and more affordable—and what this shift means for projects such as Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and zkSync. As L1 takes on scaling directly, the foundational logic behind Layer 2 is undergoing a thorough reassessment.

To encourage users to continuously participate in on-chain asset swaps and enhance liquidity and trading depth, Gate DEX is launching the "Spring Swap Cashback Fair" event.

Gate Research: Against a backdrop in which the industry has broadly scaled back the supply of ETF leveraged tokens and accelerated the removal of complex structured products, Gate has continued to advance the scaled provision of ETF leveraged tokens through transparent mechanisms and a unified fee framework, becoming one of the few platforms able to offer this category of trading on a stable, long-term basis. By clearly disclosing rebalancing schedules and trigger ranges, a unified daily management fee of 0.1%, and the costs covered by this fee, including derivatives hedging, funding rates, and trading expenses, Gate makes the core rules and cost sources of highly structured leveraged tokens explicit, thereby lowering both the barrier to use and the cost of understanding. On this basis, Gate formed meaningful ETF scale effects in 2025, covering 244 products, approximately 200k trading users, and average daily trading volumes at the scale of several hundred million dollars, while establishing clear structural

X rolled out a million-dollar long-form article incentive program. Which pieces actually won the awards? This article breaks down the champion, runner-up, and official selection winners to uncover the algorithmic logic and content orientation driving X Articles: follower count is no longer the deciding factor, opinions aren't automatically monetized, and the real value lies in data, models, and reusable narrative frameworks. With paid users prioritized and long-form content trending back to the platform, this article offers creators and media a highly relevant model for content transformation.

This article discusses the fundamental shift in stablecoin issuance from technical implementation to financial infrastructure operations, noting that not all companies are suitable for or capable of successfully issuing their own stablecoins. The article emphasizes that the true determinants of a stablecoin's success are not technology, but trust, deep liquidity, and sustained operational capability. It also analyzes how the market naturally consolidates around a few stablecoin networks with global scale and credibility, such as USDC. For companies evaluating stablecoin strategies, this article provides practical perspectives and an actionable assessment framework.

This article offers an in-depth analysis of how Bitcoin mining operates in countries with heavily subsidized electricity and institutional breakdown, drawing on real-world cases from Iran and Libya. It demonstrates that when electricity becomes a hard currency capable of circumventing the financial system, mining transforms from a tech-driven industry into a structural depletion of public resources. By examining the intersection of distorted electricity pricing, sanctions, and power distribution, the article uncovers the potential social costs and political ramifications of crypto mining in environments marked by weak governance.

Prediction markets are undergoing a fundamental transformation—blockchain technology enables permissionless, transparent, and trustworthy trading, while clarified CFTC regulation is driving institutional participation, and the market size of platforms like Polymarket, Kalshi, and others is rapidly expanding. This article provides an in-depth analysis of how prediction markets are evolving from gambling analogies to a core financial asset class, examining the development of their infrastructure, profit models, and user behavior to offer comprehensive insights into the future value of this emerging market at the intersection of crypto and traditional finance.

The article precisely analyzes the duality of "negative Rho Bitcoin" vs "positive Rho Bitcoin" and distinguishes the essential difference between benign deflation and malignant deflation.

What is TRUMP coin, and what are its use cases? In this article we explore the tokenomics of the TRUMP coin, exploring its political meme narrative, economics, and structure.

The article, written by Bankless co-founder David Hoffman, addresses the industry pain point that most tokens are worthless, offering a precise analysis of how team-driven spray-and-pray airdrops, mining, and funding in history have led to tokens not being regarded as equity-grade assets.

This article analyzes the origins of OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP), examining market conditions, political narratives, and social media dynamics shaping its role as a political meme coin.

What is OFFICIAL TRUMP? This article explains the origins, political narrative, price behavior, and risks of the TRUMP meme coin, offering a comprehensive overview for readers.

In most DeFi protocols, stablecoins primarily function as transaction media, while the majority of yield accrues to protocols and market makers. River attempts to reverse this structure. Through satUSD, satUSD+, and Smart Vault, it positions stablecoins themselves as assets that can participate directly in capital circulation, with yields derived from real usage rather than inflationary incentives.

In a DeFi environment where multi-chain deployment has become the norm, cross-chain bridges are commonly used to move liquidity, but they also introduce security risks, efficiency constraints, and limitations on capital utilization. Through the design of Omni-CDP and Chain Abstraction, River approaches cross-chain minting from a different angle, avoiding bridges and wrapped assets and instead allowing capital state to exist natively across multiple blockchains.

River is a Chain-Abstraction stablecoin system built around Omni-CDP and satUSD. It is designed to support cross-chain minting without bridges, a yield loop, and community participation within a unified DeFi capital model.