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According to market news, Circle has launched a new solution for high-frequency USDC payments across blockchains. Developers can use the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) to have local fulfillers make advance payments on the recipient's designated chain, with the platform later completing cross-chain settlement.This model can reduce the operational burden caused by individual cross-chain transfers and is suitable for platforms that handle a large number of payments daily. Compared to the traditional CCTP process of destroying and minting USDC one by one, the new solution supports batch settlement, reduces the number of destructions on the source chain, and eliminates the need for signature infrastructure on the target chain. Circle also demonstrated the process based on the Arc Testnet and Ethereum Sepolia.

According to a report by Reuters, the European Central Bank recently stated its support for the European Commission's push to transfer regulatory authority over systemically important cross-border financial market participants, such as cryptocurrency service providers, major trading venues, central counterparties, and central securities depositories, from national regulators to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). This initiative aims to deepen the integration of the EU capital markets and enhance overall competitiveness.The European Central Bank suggested that the ESMA Board establish a non-voting central bank seat and emphasized that ESMA needs to obtain sufficient resources and personnel to smoothly take over the new responsibilities. The relevant proposal will be negotiated by EU member states and the European Parliament, and it is expected to take several months to finalize legislation.

Bitget recently released a promotional video for UEX, centered around the core proposition "Switch to Bitget, the Universal Exchange," interpreting a multi-asset unified trading scenario and encouraging traders to switch from fragmented single-asset platforms to an integrated cross-market trading entry.In response to the current macro environment where the correlation between cryptocurrency, U.S. stocks, gold, and foreign exchange markets continues to strengthen, Bitget previously upgraded the app's interactive experience, integrating crypto assets, stocks, and CFD products into a unified trading entry, allowing users to perform cross-market operations on the same interface, shortening the operational path by about 30% compared to the industry's conventional processes.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that the traditional fragmented trading methods are causing users to continuously lose Alpha opportunities, and the goal of the panoramic exchange UEX is to eliminate operational friction between different markets, providing users with a unified and efficient global asset trading entry.

According to market news, the decentralized lending trading protocol Ammalgam has officially launched its mainnet, integrating lending, market making, and trading into a comprehensive on-chain liquidity system that supports the reuse of funds across different strategies to enhance LP capital efficiency.The project previously completed a $2.5 million seed round of financing, with investors including Lightspeed Faction, Framework Ventures, and others. Ammalgam has abandoned external oracles and instead directly utilizes on-chain executable liquidity pricing and risk control to reduce the risks of price manipulation and oracle failure. It has simultaneously launched a strategy Vault based on Lagoon Finance infrastructure, allowing users to deposit assets such as USDC, ETH, and BTC into Vaults vetted by curators, obtaining ERC-7540 share certificates to passively participate in complex DeFi strategies like leverage and rebalancing, with redemptions executed according to the announced settlement windows and fees.

Gate officially launches the AI model routing platform GateRouter, providing developers with a unified entry point for large model calls. Through a single API, users can access over 25 mainstream models including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, Qwen, and Moonshot. The system intelligently matches the most suitable model based on task complexity, optimizing call costs while ensuring effectiveness.GateRouter adopts a compatible access method, allowing developers to complete the integration in just 30 seconds with a single command. They can manage API Keys, view call logs, and usage statistics through the developer console, while a built-in Playground is available for online comparison of model performance. Official data shows that by automatically matching models through intelligent routing, the overall average AI inference cost can be reduced by over 80% compared to using flagship models exclusively.Currently, GateRouter is open for use by AI Agents, AI Agent developers, enterprise teams, and Web3 Builders, with related services available for free for a limited time. In the future, the platform will adopt a pay-as-you-go model and support Gate Pay USDT balance deductions. It will also gradually integrate payment methods such as fiat currency, credit cards, and the x402 protocol to enhance the automation of AI Agent calls and settlement capabilities.

Coinbase announced that its Coinbase Prime has launched a regulatory futures and unified cross-margining feature covering the crypto spot and derivatives markets. This will provide around-the-clock access to over 20 futures contracts through Coinbase Financial Markets, while integrating Coinbase's existing perpetual contract products. This feature allows institutions to share margin within a single account, thereby enhancing capital efficiency for hedging strategies, simplifying portfolio management, and supporting unified risk assessment for spot and futures positions, which will enable trading, custody, financing, and risk management to operate within the same environment.

Digital Asset Trading Platform Gate Officially Launches Gate for AIGate has officially released Gate for AI, introducing the industry's first unified entry point for AI that integrates five major capabilities—CEX, DEX, wallets, real-time information, and on-chain data—under the same interface system. Through this system, AI can not only query market conditions but also complete the entire process of market analysis, risk assessment, strategy generation, and trade execution on the same platform.Unlike most solutions in the industry that only open a single trading interface or partial data capabilities, Gate for AI integrates trading, on-chain, and information data capabilities for the first time under the same architecture, allowing AI to complete the full process from information acquisition to trade execution within one system. The platform adopts a "MCP + Skills" dual-layer capability structure, further enhancing the efficiency of AI invocation and application through standardized interfaces and strategy modules.The launch of Gate for AI marks a significant step towards opening the core capabilities of the trading platform to the AI ecosystem in the form of standardized interfaces, providing new infrastructure for AI agents to directly participate in the digital asset market.

According to Crypto Briefing, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon recently stated on CNBC that he supports the development of blockchain technology but emphasizes that stablecoin rewards should adhere to the same regulatory standards as traditional banking products. He believes that any company holding customer funds and paying interest is essentially engaged in banking and should be subject to appropriate regulation.Dimon suggested that rewards could be offered on transactions rather than balances as a compromise. Currently, the Senate Agriculture Committee has passed parts of the market structure bill, which aims to clarify the jurisdiction of the SEC and CFTC, requiring customer funds to be segregated and proof of reserves.

The Ethereum Foundation has announced the establishment of the Platform Team, aimed at building the most powerful Ethereum platform possible, enabling better support for users, applications, and all organizations built on Ethereum at both the L1 and L2 layers.Improving the relationship between L1 and L2 layers to create a mutually reinforcing system across various levels. The Foundation stated that since the introduction of the rollup-centric roadmap five years ago, a chain ecosystem has developed around the Ethereum L1 layer. The early rollup mindset has been replaced by differentiated L2 layer networks, each possessing unique and valuable economic systems, thereby extending Ethereum's core characteristics to millions of users.As Ethereum matures, the Foundation believes that more measures must be taken to build a unified platform that can fully leverage the unique advantages of the Ethereum system (L1 + L2). This includes enhancing the value proposition of L2, optimizing the adoption drivers for L2, enabling it to create value for Ethereum more broadly, guiding the ecosystem towards a more secure, permissionless architecture, and simplifying the process for users and institutions to adopt Ethereum.More importantly, building a strong Ethereum means driving technological improvements to reinforce and enhance Ethereum's core characteristics and unique advantages.

According to The Block, Coinbase's incubated Ethereum Layer 2 network Base has announced its separation from Optimism's Superchain ecosystem, shifting to a unified tech stack operated by Base, and abandoning external dependencies on OP Stack as well as Flashbots and Paradigm.This change aims to reduce the coordination overhead of maintaining code across multiple teams, simplifying the system through optimizations based on open-source components like Reth, while maintaining the "Stage 1" rollup status. It plans to be temporarily compatible with OP Stack, but future hard forks will require migration to the new Base client. The upcoming hard fork includes Base V1 (supporting Fusaka and switching to TEE/ZK proofs), and subsequent versions will synchronize with the Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade; the blog emphasizes the protocol's openness and welcomes alternative implementations.

According to The Block, Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2 network Base announced that it will no longer rely on Optimism's OP Stack and Superchain architecture, instead opting for a "unified stack" operated independently by Base.According to the official blog, Base will integrate core components that were previously scattered across multiple teams and code repositories (including key modules like the sequencer) into a unified codebase "base/base" to reduce coordination and maintenance costs, and to optimize deeply for its own needs.At the same time, Base will also reduce its external dependencies on Flashbots, Paradigm, and others. In terms of governance, Base will adjust the security committee structure, replacing the original Optimism-related seats with newly added independent signers.Despite the shift towards an autonomous technical architecture, Base stated that the protocol will remain open source and publicly standardized, welcoming third-party developers to create independent clients and maintain cross-upgrade compatibility. Base is currently the largest network in the OP Stack Superchain ecosystem.

According to GlobeNewswire, Bitcoin financial services company Fold has announced the launch of a brand new unified app experience.This update integrates Bitcoin rewards, everyday spending, and account activity into an intuitive financial hub, aiming to provide users with a clearer and more convenient view of their financial management.

Morph announced the integration of the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) into its mainnet. This integration establishes CCIP as the exclusive cross-chain issuance and transfer mechanism for Bitget Token (BGB), ensuring that BGB meets the standards of security, verifiability, and scalability, thereby building a global payment infrastructure.Morph CEO Colin Goltra stated, "Chainlink CCIP plays a key role in enabling secure and scalable cross-chain transfers, providing the necessary foundation for BGB to support real-world payment use cases."

According to official news, the cross-chain liquidity unified layer Euclid Protocol has announced the completion of a $3.5 million seed round and seed round extension financing, with participation from KuCoin Ventures, Gate Ventures, 0G Labs, ATOM Accelerator, and Kahuna.It is reported that the protocol aims to build a unified global liquidity layer, allowing multiple applications and networks to share liquidity sources across ecosystems.

According to official news, the Gate TradFi section has officially launched the Web version and ended its public testing (https://www.gate.com/tradfi), achieving comprehensive coverage across App and Web terminals, with unified account, funds, and position data, enhancing trading continuity and operational efficiency.TradFi is the traditional financial asset CFD trading segment launched by Gate, supporting mainstream assets such as foreign exchange, metals, indices, commodities, and popular stocks. Users can trade across multiple markets within the same account system without the need for additional account openings. Funds use USDT as collateral and are displayed in the internal valuation unit USDx, with the trading mechanism integrated into the MT5 system, and transaction fees as low as $0.018 per transaction.Data shows that since the launch of Gate TradFi, the total trading volume has exceeded $20 billion, with a daily trading volume peaking at over $5 billion in a single day. The platform launched a TradFi launch celebration event from February 2 to 22, setting up a $150,000 trading reward pool; the "Gate TradFi Golden Lucky Bag" containing 1,152g of gold has been fully distributed, and the second phase of the event is about to begin.With the official launch of the Web version, Gate is accelerating the construction of a unified trading framework covering both crypto assets and traditional financial assets.

According to CryptoNews, the cryptocurrency trading platform Bitpanda has announced the launch of a unified investment platform that integrates stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and precious metals into a regulated application.The expanded platform will go live on January 29, allowing users to access over 10,000 stocks and ETFs, as well as Bitpanda's existing cryptocurrency and metal products.ChainCatcher previously reported that Bitpanda is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) in Frankfurt as early as the first half of this year, with a sought valuation of between 4 billion euros and 5 billion euros.

The Solana ecosystem perpetual contract trading platform Pacific has announced multiple plans and updates, including that the unified margin system is about to enter the testing phase, and it has confirmed that it is independently developing Layer 1 public chain, mobile applications, Vaults, and more.Currently, the Pacific unified margin system has completed development and is expected to launch on the testnet soon. In addition, Pacific's own Layer 1 public chain DevNet has been running stably for a week, with plans to be EVM-compatible, support smart contracts, and provide a high-performance verification system, aiming to offer scalable and verifiable trading infrastructure for institutional users and ecosystem projects.This week, 10 million Pacifica points will be distributed today. Users can now use the on-chain data analysis and copy trading tool Coinbob Pacifica (@CoinbobPAC_bot) specifically designed for Pacifica to copy high-frequency traders' trading strategies, earn trading points, and prepare for potential airdrop opportunities.

Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante posted on the X platform that Backpack has officially launched its product for entering the prediction market field—Unified Prediction Portfolio, and has initiated a private test limited to invited users.This product employs a cross-margin and cross-collateral mechanism, integrating spot, spot margin, lending, perpetual contracts, prediction markets, as well as crypto and fiat assets into the same sub-account, addressing the issues of long-term fund locking and high opportunity costs in the prediction market.Ferrante stated that this is not a simple encapsulation of existing prediction market platforms, but a brand new system built natively by Backpack, supporting prediction trading, hedging, and various advanced order operations within the same margin account. The current testing phase will focus on validating the risk engine and basic functionalities, with plans to gradually expand features, market scale, and user base in the future.