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Gate Research:BTC has entered a consolidation and recovery phase after pulling back from recent highs, while ETH has significantly outperformed most altcoins over the past week. Gate has expanded its TradFi offerings by enabling CFD trading on traditional financial assets, including gold, foreign exchange, indices, commodities, and selected popular stocks. On-chain capital is increasingly flowing toward trading-oriented networks, with Perp DEXs emerging as the key driver. Hyperliquid and Ink recorded the highest net inflows among public chains. On the technology front, StarkNet, leveraging its high performance and verifiable execution capabilities, has become one of the core technology stacks for Perp DEXs. It helps on-chain derivatives evolve toward exchange-grade infrastructure.

Gate Research Daily Report: Bitcoin is showing a short-term range-bound upward trend, while Ethereum continues to hold firmly above $3,000, with its overall uptrend still intact. Driven by WLFI’s launch of a lending market powered by Dolomite, DOLO surged over 55%; Dusk rose more than 28% on positive momentum from the DuskDS Layer-1 upgrade; and DASH climbed about 18% following an oversold-driven rebound. The amount of ETH queued to join the Ethereum PoS network has risen to 2.17 million, reflecting strong market confidence in Ethereum’s long-term staking yields and network security. The current period represents a critical window for the passage of the Clarity Act, as failure to reach consensus could increase the risk of delays or outright failure.

Gate Research: On January 12, the crypto market continued its low-level recovery, showing a mild rebound while overall risk appetite remained cautious. BTC stabilized and reclaimed its short-term moving averages, signaling a partial repair in short-term structure, though upside momentum is still constrained by overhead resistance. ETH remained relatively resilient, maintaining a low-volatility recovery pattern and reflecting its role as a more defensive allocation within the market. On the thematic side, XCN, ARC, and VVV outperformed, driven by narratives around DeFi governance, AI agent tooling, and privacy-focused inference applications. From a structural perspective, the recent pullback in Bitcoin mining difficulty has eased pressure on the mining sector, while Ethereum recorded nearly USD 50 billion in net inflows over the past year, underscoring continued long-term capital accumulation in core assets amid market consolidation. However, the sustainability of the rebound will likely depend on a pickup in