Blockchain

Blockchain is the underlying technology for almost all cryptocurrencies. It is a distributed ledger jointly maintained by decentralized nodes around the world. Blockchain is hailed as "the trust machine", enabling trustless peer-to-peer payments. Blockchain will become the infrastructure for the next generation of the Internet - Web 3.

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The Payments Party
Intermediate

The Payments Party

The article analyzes stablecoin bridges and multi-token networks, highlights their active transformation into Web3 infrastructure, and explores their profound impact on the future of payment ecosystems and business models. The article analyzes stablecoin bridges and multi-token networks, highlights their active transformation into Web3 infrastructure, and explores their profound impact on the future of payment ecosystems and business models.
2026-03-24 11:57:33
Maple Finance: On-chain asset management in the era of institutional capital
Intermediate

Maple Finance: On-chain asset management in the era of institutional capital

This article analyzes how Maple Finance builds an institutional-grade on-chain asset management platform through credit assessment, OTC clearing, and diversified products (blue-chip lending, BTC yield, syrupUSDC).
2026-03-24 11:57:33
Why Futarchy Matters: A Clearer North Star to Guide Fledgling Crypto Projects
Intermediate

Why Futarchy Matters: A Clearer North Star to Guide Fledgling Crypto Projects

This article explores how Futarchy leverages conditional token markets and economic incentives to shift DAO governance from “risk-free voting” to “skin-in-the-game prediction.” It also examines its value in early-stage crypto company valuation, loyal holder alignment, and investor risk signaling, while highlighting the mechanism’s limitations and implementation challenges.
2026-03-24 11:57:33
Why Crypto Twitter Is Lying To You About Token Launches
Intermediate

Why Crypto Twitter Is Lying To You About Token Launches

The article debunks four common myths on Crypto Twitter—engagement, low float, VC backing, and hype timing—while presenting the three real factors that drive token success: product utility, a reasonable initial valuation, and genuine communication.
2026-03-24 11:57:33
How to access the website on-chain?
Intermediate

How to access the website on-chain?

This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to deploy .ton domain names on the TON blockchain, covering the entire process of purchasing, front-end preparation, binding pages, and access resolution.
2026-03-24 11:57:32
Behind the ‘Beautiful Bill’: A Financial Experiment Turning the U.S. Treasury Overflow into Stablecoins
Intermediate

Behind the ‘Beautiful Bill’: A Financial Experiment Turning the U.S. Treasury Overflow into Stablecoins

The article reveals the complete cycle of the capital market "illogical rise → futile attribution → bubble burst → despair reversal" and points out the key rule of "unable to price means infinite potential."
2026-03-24 11:57:32
What is Hyperlane (HYPER)?
Beginner

What is Hyperlane (HYPER)?

Learn what Hyperlane (HYPER) is, how it enables cross-chain messaging, its architecture, tokenomics, and how to buy or stake HYPER.
2026-03-24 11:57:32
Gate Research: Beyond DeFi Summer — Is PayFi Summer on the Horizon?
Advanced

Gate Research: Beyond DeFi Summer — Is PayFi Summer on the Horizon?

This report reviews the explosive logic behind DeFi Summer and systematically analyzes PayFi’s core concepts, protocol ecosystems, application scenarios, and potential catalysts, exploring whether it has the potential to trigger a new wave of on-chain financial enthusiasm—“PayFi Summer.” Unlike DeFi Summer, PayFi focuses more on addressing real-world payment pain points and delivering long-term sustainable value. It is driven by strategic capital, targets a mass user base, and originates within a stricter regulatory environment. Therefore, its “Summer” is more likely to be a moderate, enduring transformation that profoundly reshapes global payment infrastructure, rather than a short-term speculative frenzy.
2026-03-24 11:57:32
What’s behind Binance Alpha’s $3bn volume? A story of incentives
Intermediate

What’s behind Binance Alpha’s $3bn volume? A story of incentives

This article provides an in-depth analysis of physical asset custody, 24/7 arbitrage, KYC compliance, and the trade-offs of self-custody, while elucidating their long-term value drivers for stablecoins, RWA (Real World Assets), Ethereum/Solana settlement layers, and U.S. fintech stocks.
2026-03-24 11:57:32
US stocks on the chain: opportunities, challenges and economic logic under the wave of tokenization
Intermediate

US stocks on the chain: opportunities, challenges and economic logic under the wave of tokenization

The author not only organizes the innovative practices of mainstream platforms such as Kraken and Coinbase but also interprets their far-reaching impact on global capital flow, dollar hegemony, and the DeFi ecosystem from an economic perspective.
2026-03-24 11:57:32
With so many technology stacks, why did Robinhood choose Arbitrum to launch its blockchain?
Intermediate

With so many technology stacks, why did Robinhood choose Arbitrum to launch its blockchain?

This article analyzes how technologies such as Nitro WASM, Stylus, BoLD, and Orbit meet the demands for millisecond-level response, institutional compliance, and high-frequency trading, and compares them with the general roadmap of Coinbase Base.
2026-03-24 11:57:32
Second level demystification: anti intui: Things That Gain from Dislogic
Intermediate

Second level demystification: anti intui: Things That Gain from Dislogic

The article reveals the complete cycle of "illogical rise in the capital market → futile attribution → bubble burst → desperate reversal." It also points out the key rule of "inability to price means infinite potential."
2026-03-24 11:57:32
Stocks onchain - Everything you need to know
Intermediate

Stocks onchain - Everything you need to know

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the trade-offs between physical custody, 24/7 arbitrage, KYC compliance, and self-custody, while explaining their long-term value impact on stablecoins, real assets, Ethereum/Solana settlement layers, and U.S. fintech stocks.
2026-03-24 11:57:32
Tokenized U.S. Stocks Are Back — And I Miss the Summer of 2020
Intermediate

Tokenized U.S. Stocks Are Back — And I Miss the Summer of 2020

Five years later, the tokenization of US stocks makes a comeback, with new players like Kraken, Robinhood, and xStocks reshaping the narrative within a regulatory framework, while the once-booming DeFi craze has become a memory.
2026-03-24 11:57:32
Cynthia Lummis: The Bitcoin Senator
Intermediate

Cynthia Lummis: The Bitcoin Senator

From Ranch to Congress, Bitcoin Senator Cynthia Lummis Advocates for a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, Aiming to Bet the Nation on Crypto, Defend Dollar Hegemony, and Reshape the Financial System.
2026-03-24 11:57:32
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