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The cryptocurrency trading platform Gate held a high-end networking reception during Consensus HK, inviting over a thousand industry guests to participate. Gate's founder and CEO Dr. Han delivered a keynote speech titled "What's the Next Big Thing in Crypto," sharing his latest insights on the development trends in the digital asset industry.Dr. Han pointed out that the crypto market may face a structural turning point in 2026: RWA and TradFi assets will accelerate their on-chain integration, leading to a deep fusion of traditional finance and the crypto system; AI Agents aimed at Web3 will enter a practical stage, becoming a key infrastructure to enhance interaction efficiency and asset management capabilities; at the same time, DEX, CEX, and AI will accelerate integration, gradually forming an integrated platform model.Based on this trend, Gate continues to advance its layout around the scaling and integration of Web3. While strengthening GateAI's intelligent analysis and risk control capabilities, it has upgraded the decentralized trading platform Gate DEX and expanded its TradFi product matrix, enriching multi-asset trading and allocation scenarios. Under a unified account system, Gate accelerates the integration of CEX, DEX, and AI capabilities, lowering the participation threshold across markets and promoting the collaborative development of traditional finance and the crypto system.

According to Jinshi reports, Principal Asset Management's Global Chief Strategist, Shama Shah, stated that Federal Reserve Governor Waller's dissenting vote against the decision to keep interest rates unchanged solidifies his position in the competition for the Federal Reserve Chair.Shah pointed out that over time, Waller's argument for the policy to be closer to a neutral stance may gain more support, especially as signs of a cooling labor market become more evident and the downward trend in inflation continues.

According to a recent feature report by Forbes, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han systematically reviewed his entrepreneurial journey in an exclusive interview and elaborated on Gate's development philosophy centered on security, transparency, and long-termism.The report pointed out that Gate is one of the earliest trading platforms in the industry to introduce and continuously disclose proof of reserves. Through higher standards of asset security mechanisms and a comprehensive risk control system, it has gradually established a trust foundation with nearly 50 million users. On the compliance front, Gate actively responds to global regulatory frameworks, including MiCA, with multiple entities under its umbrella having obtained or completed relevant regulatory registrations, license applications, authorizations, or approvals in jurisdictions such as Malta, the Bahamas, Australia, and Dubai.Dr. Han stated that the cryptocurrency industry is entering a critical regulatory period, and platforms that truly possess long-term competitiveness must withstand both market and regulatory scrutiny. Gate is also continuously lowering the barriers for users to enter the digital asset and tokenized financial world through an integrated layout of trading, custody, settlement, and compliance capabilities, promoting the industry towards a more robust and sustainable direction.

Web3 asset data platform RootData released the “2026 Cryptocurrency Exchange Listing Decision Questionnaire Research Report”, which collected 313 valid responses. The respondents mainly included exchange Listing BDs, researchers, and listing committee members, with over 69% directly involved in decision-making.About 50% of respondents evaluate more than 50 projects annually, facing serious information overload issues.Over 30% of respondents indicated that data lag could lead to decision-making errors or implicit deductions, with project information transparency becoming a core obstacle affecting listing efficiency.50% stated that lack of transparency triggers defensive due diligence, prolonging review times, and even 16.7% would directly stop the review or reject the listing.88.9% of respondents need to cross-verify data across multiple platforms.The report emphasizes that the credit foundation of Web3 projects includes institutional investors, valuation, teams, and roadmaps, requiring third-party platforms to prevent fraud. 91.4% of respondents believe that platforms like RootData, which provide detailed information, can improve listing efficiency by at least 30%.Additionally, over 80.6% agree that data platforms are crucial for decision-making, as opaque information not only hinders project capitalization progress but also undermines overall industry trust. The report also calls on project parties to enhance their information disclosure levels and utilize tools like RootData to build a credit system to accelerate the listing process.

a16z Crypto officially released advice from two of its executives for cryptocurrency developers, including: 1. a16z Crypto General Partner Arianna Simpson stated that currently, apart from stablecoins and core infrastructure, most well-performing crypto companies are transitioning to trading platforms. This homogenized competition will weaken the market attention of most companies, with only a few winners emerging. Founders who shift too quickly to trading may miss the opportunity to build more defensive and sustainable businesses. Developers who focus on the product itself rather than merely the development of trading functions may ultimately become the bigger winners.a16z Crypto's policy team and General Counsel Miles Jennings indicated that developers should pay attention to regulatory compliance. The Trump administration is closer than ever to passing a regulatory framework for the cryptocurrency market. If this legislation is passed, it will encourage transparency and establish clear standards, creating a clear path for financing, token issuance, and decentralization.

AAVE's former core member Marc Zeller tweeted that the issue is not the existence of private companies. Private companies should indeed develop products. The problem arises when private entities unilaterally control the storefront and signage, while the DAO ecosystem is responsible for keeping the engine running, making the situation complex.Marc stated that a significant portion of the "founding" talent and the most strategically important developers are now working independently within the DAO ecosystem. This is a key reason why Aave can continue to deliver, manage risks effectively, and consistently expand its market share across multiple cycles. If value structurally shifts from the DAO to private entities, it will lose key talent and weaken the ecosystem that makes Aave successful.Additionally, he noted that there is often a misconception that service providers are "extracting" value. The reality is quite the opposite: service providers have a high alignment of interests with the token, and the cost of maintaining Aave DAO's professional execution is relatively low compared to the value being maintained and created.

Regarding "Japan plans to reduce the cryptocurrency tax rate from 55% to 20%", Binance founder Zhao Changpeng commented: "This is a significant step forward for Japan. Lowering 'fees' = promoting economic growth." In addition, when asked "Can a 20% tax rate really make Japan competitive again?", Zhao Changpeng stated: "A 20% tax rate is still high, but the direction is correct. Many countries do not impose capital gains tax."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi Data reports, the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland, released the "2025 World Competitiveness Yearbook" on the 17th, showing that Hong Kong's global competitiveness ranking has risen two places to third in the world, marking its first return to the top three since 2019.Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee met with the media before the Executive Council meeting on the same day, stating that the yearbook evaluates the competitiveness of global economies based on a combination of objective data and business opinions. The yearbook indicates a significant improvement in Hong Kong's competitiveness, with a total score of 99.2 out of 100, an increase of 7.7 points, the highest growth among the top ten.

ChainCatcher news, Helius Labs CEO Mert responded to Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson's statement that "Ethereum won't survive 10 years."Mert stated, "While I don't like certain aspects of ETH (not all), it is still not an absolute fog (just a concept without substance)," and suggested that Hoskinson "should criticize ETH only after competing with it on a single metric for 10%."

ChainCatcher News, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the appointment of David O. Sacks as the "White House Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency Affairs Czar (AI & Crypto Czar)."Sacks responded on social media, saying, "Thank you for the trust, Mr. President. I am deeply honored and look forward to advancing America's competitiveness in critical technology areas. Under your leadership, the future is bright!"

ChainCatcher news, at the Oak Grove Crypto 2024 held on April 5, Oak Grove Ventures co-founder Shawn detailed the establishment and philosophy of Oak Grove Ventures in his opening speech. His team consists of professionals from well-known institutions such as NGC, GSR Ventures, Coinbase, and Google.Shawn mentioned that Oak Grove Ventures currently has a fund size of 60 million USD, and its difference from traditional funds lies in being more professional, more flexible, and faster. Many entrepreneurs in the industry currently have a "偏科" situation, "excelling in only one subject while completely unaware that they need to study another ten subjects," lacking a holistic perspective. Good entrepreneurs need to find a good team to handle financing, marketing, branding, internationalization, listing on exchanges, market cap management, community building, ecosystem development, and long-term operations and planning, among other things. Since the Oak Grove Ventures fund is composed entirely of professionals, it will act from a more professional perspective of the entire industry, possessing a stronger viewpoint to complete the entrepreneurial process.It is reported that Oak Grove Crypto 2024 is initiated by Oak Grove Ventures and co-hosted by Polyhedra, Alchemy Pay, Ritual, and ChainCatcher, aiming to gather elite individuals in the Web3 field to discuss and anticipate the development trends of the industry over the next five years. This grand event is expected to attract 500 to 1,000 industry elites, including innovation leaders, technical experts, and industry investors. They will engage in in-depth discussions on hot topics such as AI, DePIN, gaming, crypto payments, and Bitcoin infrastructure.

ChainCatcher news, Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire submitted testimony to be presented at the upcoming digital asset hearing before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee: "The actions taken by the U.S. government in the coming years will have a significant impact on the dollar's competitiveness for decades to come. The stablecoin legislation is a critical piece of legislation and the first step in creating a regulatory framework, which will also have significant effects far beyond the digital asset market. Now is the time for the U.S. to lead in setting global rules. With the right regulatory framework, stablecoins and blockchain networks can scale to support billions of users and trillions of dollars in payment activity." (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Uniswap Labs has launched a new metric called FLAIR (Fee Liquidity Adjusted Instant Return) to assess LP competitiveness in AMMs. It aims to measure any number of LP positions over any time period, including a single point in time. FLAIR can be used to attribute historical performance, backtest LP strategies, or optimize new liquidity deployments.It is reported that FLAIR captures the dynamic behavior of LPs in the pool, reflecting reasonable LP economic intentions. This means that LPs increase competition within the pool by allocating funds to pools with higher returns, rebalancing liquidity within certain price ranges, and deploying liquidity during high-fee periods. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the BNB Chain community has released a proposal aimed at reducing transaction gas fees to enhance competitiveness. The proposal states that this change will make BNB Chain more attractive to users compared to L2 solutions in other ecosystems.It is reported that the proposal suggests BNB Chain validators adopt a more flexible approach to transaction fees, allowing users to choose fees below the current 5 gwei rate, with options as low as 3 or 4 gwei. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood stated, "The U.S. crackdown on (centralized) staking services is detrimental to America's competitiveness in the cryptocurrency revolution, and trading platforms registered in the U.S. will lose to foreign competitors. Decentralization will win."Previously, according to an announcement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will terminate its cryptocurrency staking services for U.S. users and pay $30 million to settle SEC's charges of offering unregistered securities. The SEC's description of the staking services provided by Kraken highlighted the "risks" that investors take when staking tokens with "staking-as-a-service" providers, and that the protections offered to users are "very limited." (Source link)