Lido DAO recently released a major strategic proposal to invest approximately $60 million before 2026 to expand into new business areas beyond Ethereum liquid staking. The proposal is titled “2026 Ecosystem Grant Application (EGG): Implementing GOOSE-3,” marking Lido's official move from a single product protocol to a diversified DeFi platform. As the largest liquid staking protocol in the decentralized finance space, Lido has long relied on Ethereum staking and stETH-related products for core revenue. The proposal points out that over-reliance on a single business model may pose challenges to the protocol's robustness and risk resistance in the long term. Therefore, Lido DAO aims to build a richer product portfolio and new revenue streams through systematic investment.

In the context of frequent hot topic chasing in the crypto market, Avalanche is choosing a completely different development path. Ava Labs Chief Business Officer John Nahas recently stated that Avalanche is not driven by short-term narratives or market sentiment, but instead makes long-term bets on sovereign and specialized blockchain architectures, aiming to build large-scale, implementable infrastructure for finance, artificial intelligence, and enterprise-level scenarios. In an interview, John Nahas pointed out that overemphasizing short-term trending topics on social media often leads projects to remain in a "trend-following" state, while truly valuable long-term blockchain development requires patience and continuous investment. Avalanche's growth is not driven by short-term hype, but relies on its underlying architectural advantages and the design philosophy of customizing blockchains for specific application scenarios.

Gate News Bot Message, December 18th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, ALCH (Alchemist AI) is trading at $0.22, up 26.53% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.22 and a low of $0.17. The current market capitalization is approximately $189 million, an increase of $3.995 million compared to yesterday. Alchemist AI is an AI generation platform that allows users to turn ideas into applications and games within minutes without coding. Users can initiate the application generation process by consuming ALCH tokens. The platform offers various generation options including standard pipelines, fast pipelines, and Sonnet 4.5 pipelines, supporting real-time multi-agent collaboration to build applications, and providing instant application previews and interactive generation features. Recent important news about ALCH: 1️⃣ *

Solana partners with quantum computing company Project Eleven to conduct quantum resistance assessments and create quantum-resistant digital signatures on the testnet. Although quantum threats are still theoretical, both parties are committed to future security research.

ChainCatcher News, the Kingdom of Bhutan announced that it will utilize 10,000 Bitcoin (approximately $875 million) from its Bitcoin reserves to build the Glerup Mindfulness City (GMC). It is estimated that Bhutan currently holds about 11,286 Bitcoins, worth over $986 million, making it the fifth-largest Bitcoin holder in the world. This special administrative region in southern Bhutan was launched in 2024, covering approximately 1,544 square miles (about 10% of Bhutan's land area). The project aims to attract enterprises in finance, technology, tourism, and other sectors, create high-value jobs, and prevent the outflow of young talent. The project will be developed in phases over the next 20 years and has introduced a gold-linked sovereign digital token, TER. The King of Bhutan emphasized that this development will ensure that the country's 790,000 population shares in prosperity.

Gate News Bot Message, December 17th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, SQD (Subsquid) is currently priced at $0.05, up 14.27% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.05 and a low of $0.04, with a 24-hour trading volume of $6.35 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $44.1 million, ranking 444th. Subsquid is a leading decentralized data infrastructure platform that empowers Web3 and AI innovation. Recently acquired by Rezolve AI, it integrates blockchain data science, decentralized data lakes, and digital asset payment tracks to build data and payment backbone for the AI economy. The SQD network provides a decentralized data lake and query engine through its data layer, enabling blockchain data to be instantly searchable and usable by AI systems.

Golden Finance reports that according to AXIOS, OpenAI has for the first time revealed that GPT-5 has demonstrated the ability to assist scientific research in real laboratory environments, indicating that artificial intelligence is expected to play a more central role in scientific experiments. Although AI has made rapid progress in fields such as mathematics and physics, significant breakthroughs in biology have been relatively slow, as biology heavily relies on real-world laboratory work rather than just computational simulations. OpenAI has partnered with the biotech startup Red Queen Bio to build a testing framework to evaluate AI model performance in laboratories. These laboratories involve "wet" operations such as liquids, chemicals, and biological samples, distinguishing them from "dry" laboratories focused mainly on data analysis. In the experiments, GPT-5 proposed improvements to the molecular cloning experimental process. Human scientists carried out the experiments, then fed the results back to GPT-5, which iteratively refined its suggestions based on the feedback.

Since the launch of the Pacifica Points Activity, it has attracted many traders to build positions on the platform. However, market declines have caused some volume-manipulating traders to incur losses, and trading strategies have shifted towards shorting mainstream coins such as BTC and ETH. Currently, some addresses are bullish on BNB and ZEC, but there are disagreements regarding coins like ETH. Users can utilize the Coinbob tool to follow high-frequency traders and earn trading points.

Gate News Bot Message, December 16th, according to CoinMarketCap data, DOGE (Dogecoin) is currently trading at $0.13, down 5.18% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.15 and a low of $0.13. The 24-hour trading volume reached $1.357 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $19.703 billion, a decrease of $1.076 billion from yesterday. DOGE is an open-source peer-to-peer digital currency known for its unique community culture and friendly ecosystem. As "the people's cryptocurrency," DOGE leverages blockchain technology to build a highly secure decentralized system. The core philosophy of DOGE can be summarized as "Do Only Good Everyday," with the community dedicated to mutual support, spreading crypto knowledge, charitable fundraising, and promoting community culture. Unlike other cryptocurrencies, DOGE has extremely low transaction fees and has been accepted by many charitable organizations. DOGE was created by Jackson Palmer and Shibetoshi Nakamoto and is currently maintained and developed by the Dogecoin Foundation and the developer community.

Gate News Bot Message, December 16th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, XRP (XRP) is currently priced at $1.87, down 6.47% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $2.17 and a low of $1.86. The current market capitalization is approximately $113.222 billion, a decrease of $7.832 billion compared to yesterday. The XRP Ledger is a fully decentralized public blockchain maintained by a global community of businesses and developers. The blockchain has demonstrated complete stability and security over more than 10 years of operation, handling over 63 million ledgers with zero error records. The XRP Ledger offers a smooth development experience, extremely low transaction costs, high performance, and sustainability, supporting developers to build projects with confidence. The platform has built-in powerful features such as a high-performance decentralized exchange, cross-currency payments, payment channels, multi-signature, and more, supporting all non-XRP assets to circulate on-chain in token form.

DGrid AI announces that its core network development has entered a new phase. Global node public sales and genesis mining will commence on January 1, 2026, aiming to build a decentralized AI intelligent network that provides open and efficient infrastructure. Users can share in the benefits by operating nodes.

Recently, a type of front-end attack targeting cryptocurrency users has been spreading rapidly. According to the cybersecurity non-profit organization Security Alliance (SEAL), hackers are exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in the open-source front-end JavaScript library React to implant cryptocurrency theft programs into legitimate websites, with a significant increase in related attack cases. React is one of the most mainstream web front-end frameworks currently, widely used to build various websites and web applications. On December 3rd, React's official team disclosed that a serious security vulnerability, numbered CVE-2025-55182, was discovered by white-hat hacker Lachlan Davidson. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote code execution, enabling attackers to inject and execute malicious code on the website's front end.

FHE Privacy Computing Layer Mind Network announces a partnership with the Pippin community to support the AI-Agent ecosystem for Solana. The project will transfer 1% of Pippin tokens into an incentive reserve pool and launch the "Unicorn Reserve" plan, where users can earn Pippin airdrop rewards by staking FHE, encouraging long-term participation. Meanwhile, Mind Network will build multi-chain privacy infrastructure.

Wu Jiezhuang, after successfully being re-elected, stated that he will continue to promote the development of Hong Kong's Web3 and cutting-edge technology industries, believing that Hong Kong's stablecoins will advance steadily and support industry integration with Web3 technology. He also plans to help build a talent ecosystem to attract developers and industry professionals.

Kazakhstan is focusing on Solana as the core to advance the national crypto and blockchain strategy, planning to establish economic zones, launch stablecoins, support dual-listing IPOs, cultivate developers, and build CryptoCity, demonstrating its commitment to integrating blockchain into its financial and industrial systems.

BlockBeats News, December 12 — The official Raise Network team announced at the Solana Breakpoint conference that the Raise Smart Cards project has chosen Solana as the infrastructure to build on-chain gift cards and loyalty ecosystems. The on-chain intelligent gift card system will support loyalty rewards for brands such as Uber and Fanatics, leveraging Solana's high-performance advantages.

BlockBeats News, December 12 — Builder Codes enables developers to build custom terminals, tools, and applications based on Grvt, while earning continuous revenue from the order flow. This allows Grvt to focus on the underlying matching and settlement system, while the ecosystem team can innovate simultaneously on the same technical platform. Based on ZKsync Atlas, Grvt offers developers a high-performance, low-cost unified liquidity environment. The first partners include professional terminals Tealstreet and institutional OEMS.

Solana ecosystem platform Metaplex's Chief Design Officer Stephen announced at the Solana Breakpoint conference that the Genesis SDK is officially launched, supporting various application development such as trading platforms and aggregators, and can integrate smart contracts with fair issuance models.

Cross-chain interoperability protocol deBridge announces the launch of a brand new execution primitive, deBridge Bundles, designed to fundamentally simplify on-chain interactions for users and developers, reducing multi-layer complexity during DeFi usage. This model allows users to sign only an "intention" that describes the final result, with the protocol automatically completing execution, eliminating the need to manually handle transactions, gas, or cross-chain steps. Traditional on-chain operations often require users to deal with slippage, gas estimation, transaction retries, and cross-chain asset management. deBridge states in its announcement that Bundles shift the execution logic from chain-level operations to a "result-oriented" model, removing cumbersome steps and making user operations closer to a one-click experience. Meanwhile, developers can focus on application-layer logic without having to build complex execution and retry frameworks themselves, significantly shortening development cycles and enhancing product stability.

Programmable IP Blockchain Story collaborates with EigenCloud to launch the "Verifiable Intelligence" system, achieving full-chain verifiability of AI data and models, promoting the transformation of AI into an auditable and provable open network, supporting autonomous transactions of AI agents, and fostering the development of a verifiable AI economy.

BlockBeats News, December 11th, Helius CEO Mert stated at the Solana Breakpoint Conference that investors can purchase BSOL, a stock token issued by Bitwise and managed by us (i.e., Bitwise's SOL spot issuance).

Recently, Bhutan launched TER, a gold-backed digital token issued by Gelephu Mindfulness City and supported by Bhutan's sovereign framework. This is an important initiative in the country's blockchain strategy. TER aims to build a bridge between traditional value storage and blockchain finance, providing investors with a secure and transparent digital asset option. The token is issued on the Solana blockchain and distributed and custodized by DK Bank, Bhutan's first licensed digital bank. In the first phase, investors can purchase TER directly through DK Bank, enjoying the convenience of traditional asset purchase while having on-chain ownership and transparency. TER is designed to provide international investors with easily accessible tokenized gold, with the advantages of digital custody and global transferability.

BlockBeats News, December 10 — After investing hundreds of billions of dollars to build the most expensive team in tech history for months, Meta CEO Zuckerberg is now deeply involved in daily R&D and is pushing the company's strategy toward directly monetizable AI models. According to sources, a new model codenamed "Avocado" is expected to be released in Spring 2026 and may be launched in a closed-source manner (i.e., strictly controlled by Meta and sold for access). This move marks a significant deviation from Meta's long-standing advocacy of an open-source approach. Zuckerberg is dedicating a large amount of time to a core team called TBD Lab, which, during the training of Avocado, even integrated third-party models including Google Gemma, OpenAIgpt-oss, and Alibaba Qwen. Meanwhile, M

According to official news, Gate Ventures announced that it has led a strategic investment in Goblin Finance to support its construction of native liquid staking and yield infrastructure in the Aptos ecosystem. The scale of this round of financing is US$1 million, and the funds will be used to help the project accelerate the improvement of the income aggregation mechanism and ecological collaboration. As a venture capital institution under Gate Group, Gate Ventures has long focused on the infrastructure construction and innovation direction of the multi-chain ecosystem. GVC stated that this investment will help the Aptos ecosystem form a more complete revenue aggregation system and provide more secure and efficient underlying support for Web3 financial scenarios. Currently, Goblin Finance has achieved rapid growth within the Aptos ecosystem, and its innovative income model and product mechanism are expected to become an ecosystem

Gate News Bot news, on December 10, according to CoinMarketCap market, as of press time, PORTAL (Portal) is currently trading at $0.02, up 13.62% in 24 hours, and the current market value is about $12.4 million, an increase of $1.49 million from yesterday. Portal is a universal liquidity network that connects developers with users around the world. As the universal liquidity layer of Web3, Portal has created the "Hyperway" - Web3's superhighway, enabling the seamless flow of users, liquidity, and attention, eliminating the fragmentation problem of Web3. The Portal ecosystem includes products such as Portal Wallet, Portal Hub, and Portal Pay, providing users with cross-chain liquidity access and a seamless wallet experience. Portal has been launched on Solana and has partnered with top Web3 ecosystem partners such as Sui, Immutable, and Magic Eden to build an interoperable network covering mainstream blockchains.

Former derivatives protocol Aevo co-founder Ken Chan's "exit manifesto" quickly swept the Asian crypto circle this week. He posted a long post on X saying that he had "wasted eight years" in the crypto industry and bluntly stated that "I am not building a new financial system, I am just building a casino." This remark has sparked widespread resonance and controversy in the Chinese and South Korean communities, with millions of views. Chan's post is not only a professional reflection but also a collapse of personal ideology. He claimed to have been influenced by libertarianism and was enamored with the revolutionary idea of Bitcoin "crossing the border with a billion dollars." However, eight years of industry experience completely disillusioned him. He criticized the Layer 1 capital war for "burning everyone's money", and projects such as Aptos, Sui, Sei, and ICP did not bring real financial innovation, but only "competed to become the next Solana". His conclusion is sharp: "We don't need to build a Mars casino. ”

According to Gate News Bot news on December 10, according to CoinMarketCap market, as of press time, AIOT (OKZOO) is currently trading at $0.30, up 32.58% in 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.51 and a low of $0.19. The current market capitalization is approximately $28.1 million, an increase of $6.9 million from yesterday. AIOT is a Web3 project focused on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, aiming to build a decentralized global collaboration platform through blockchain, addressing issues such as data silos, lack of privacy protection, and poor interoperability. The project aims to ensure that IoT devices can securely and transparently provide data for AI model training and use by leveraging advanced technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs, while ensuring that data providers receive fair rewards. AIOT provides an open data marketplace that supports the deployment of AI agents with a wide range of application scenarios, covering smart homes, smart cities, and industrial automation.

According to Gate News Bot, as of December 10, based on CoinMarketCap data, ETH (Ethereum) is currently priced at $3,311.97, up 6.34% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $3,395.84 and a low of $2,930.65. The 24-hour trading volume stands at $32.143 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $399.74 billion, an increase of $23.841 billion from yesterday. Ethereum is a leading platform for innovative applications and blockchain networks, continuously improving user experience through ongoing network upgrades. The network ecosystem supports a variety of application scenarios such as stablecoins, decentralized finance (DeFi), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), aiming to build a more open and fair financial system. Currently, the DeFi ecosystem has $142.8 billion in total value locked, and the network secures $109.1 billion in value. Ethereum has the largest and most active developer community in the Web3 space, supporting programming languages such as JavaScript and Python, as well as smart contract languages like Solidity and Vyper, providing strong support for building decentralized applications.

PANews, December 9—Decentralized AI model platform FLock.io announced that it is partnering with AI-native liquidity infrastructure project Deluthium and Aerodrome, the central liquidity hub on the Base blockchain, to jointly build the next-generation on-chain inclusive finance platform CARiFIN. This platform will accelerate deployment with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and governments in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. The collaboration aims to address core bottlenecks such as lack of trust, insufficient liquidity, and compliance challenges in the current microinsurance market, providing timely and efficient insurance support to underserved populations in the region—especially women. To build this highly trusted backend system, all partners will leverage their core strengths and work together. The model trained by FLock.io will serve as the computational brain of this microinsurance platform.

According to Gate News Bot on December 9th, citing CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, IRYS (Irys) is currently priced at $0.04, up 11.56% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.04 and a low of $0.03. The current market capitalization is approximately $76.7 million, an increase of $7.95 million from yesterday. Irys is the first programmable data chain for AI and more application scenarios. The platform is centered on high performance, cost efficiency, and programmable data. Unlike other data networks that only store data, Irys offers faster and cheaper services, equipped with a native execution layer that enables data programmability. Data on Irys can be embedded with instructions, instantly retrieved, and shared across applications, allowing developers to build on-chain services that leverage each other's data to unlock new value. The platform features high performance and cost efficiency.

SPX6900 (SPX) has regained upward momentum after successfully pulling back to around $0.600 and completing a technical retest of its flag pattern. After the pullback, the token rebounded by as much as 12%. Although it subsequently retraced about 5.6%, the overall trend remains within an ascending structure. The continuous buying by whales is the main driving force behind this round of price action. Large holding wallets have been actively accumulating within the current trading range, indicating that major investors view the recent pullback as an opportunity to build positions rather than a signal of trend reversal. This behavior reinforces bullish market sentiment and suggests that these key players are betting on further price appreciation.

PANews, December 9—Matrixport analyzed in today’s chart that the current participation of retail investors in the crypto market remains low. Taking the historically retail-heavy Korean market as an example, today’s trading volume is significantly lower compared to the peak periods in December 2023 and 2024: back then, daily trading volume could reach several billion US dollars, while now it barely hovers around $1 billion, reflecting that short-term retail funds have yet to flow back in significantly. In such a market environment, some newly launched or expanding exchanges continue to find it difficult to see sustained growth in trading volume. Some previously highly anticipated IPO plans have also noticeably slowed their pace. Without a broader return of retail investors, even if the Federal Reserve chooses to cut interest rates in the future, easing monetary policy alone is unlikely to trigger a truly sustainable rally. To put it more bluntly, without trading volume, it’s hard for market sentiment to build; without sentiment,

BlockBeats 消息，12 月 8 日，埃隆·马斯克提出在太阳同步轨道部署本地化 AI 卫星，并在月球建卫星工厂，每年新增百吉瓦算力，向「卡尔达舍夫Ⅱ型文明」迈进。谷歌「太阳捕捉者」和亚马逊 LEO 项目也押注太空算力，以缓解 AI 对数据中心和电力的压力。BiyaPay 分析师认为，太空算力一旦成型，将重塑全球算力与结算网络，利好跨境支付和数字资产交易。作为多资产交易钱包，BiyaPay 已支持用 USDT 交易美股、港股和期货，并提供 0 手续费数字货币现货合约。

According to Gate News Bot, on December 8, citing CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, XRP (XRP) is trading at $2.07, up 1.36% in 24 hours, reaching a high of $2.22 and a low of $1.99, with a 24-hour trading volume of $3.036 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $124.616 billion, an increase of $1.677 billion from yesterday. XRP Ledger (XRPL) is a decentralized public blockchain led by a global community of businesses and developers, aimed at solving problems and creating value. XRPL has proven reliability with over 10 years of flawless operation, offering simplified development, low transaction costs, high performance, and sustainability. Developers can confidently build on XRPL, advancing the most critical projects. Recent important news about XRP:

Analyst Vetle Lunde believes that December could be a turning point for the crypto market. Bitcoin's valuation reflects panic sentiment, and the probability of the market rising is greater than that of falling. Recent strong signals have been ignored, and the market is overreacting to long-term risks.

After President Trump’s official pardon, CZ is shifting his strategic focus back to the US market and has publicly expressed his vision of helping the US become the global center for cryptocurrency innovation. According to information from a private launch event at Blockchain Week in Dubai on December 3-4, CZ believes the US has become an “emerging market for CEX” and plans to increase investment once the regulatory environment improves. CZ stated that he is “very grateful” for Trump’s pardon, noting that the move allows his exchange to operate more freely on a global scale, especially in regaining strategic initiative in the US market. At the event, he said directly: “My goal is to help the US become the capital of cryptocurrency.”

Galaxy Digital announced the acquisition of Alluvial Finance, taking over technical development for Liquid Collective, a platform that supports institutional staking of ETH and SOL. Liquid Collective was launched in 2023, with a peak TVL reaching $1.75 billion. Galaxy plans to leverage this acquisition to build institutional-grade on-chain infrastructure.

TrueNorth has completed a $3 million pre-seed funding round, focusing on AI development in the financial sector. The funds will be used to build a hallucination-free financial intelligent reasoning layer, aiming to address the issues of general models in financial decision-making. Over 40,000 users are already on the waiting list.

The decentralized trading platform ANT.FUN recently obtained the Canadian MSB license, marking a significant milestone in its global compliance strategy. This license enhances its compliance credentials in the North American market, ensuring adherence to stringent anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulations, and lays a solid foundation for future international expansion. ANT.FUN’s commitment to security, transparency, and compliance will help build a trustworthy Web3 financial ecosystem.

Gate News Bot message, December 4th: According to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, ETH(Ethereum) is trading at $3,206.25, up 6.45% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $3,238.56 and a low of $2,720.44. The 24-hour trading volume is $31.16 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $386.98 billion, an increase of $23.458 billion compared to yesterday. Ethereum is a leading platform for innovative applications and blockchain networks. It provides infrastructure for decentralized applications(DApps) and smart contracts, enabling developers to build a wide range of applications, including finance, gaming, and social networking. Ethereum aims to create a more open and unbiased financial system, allowing billions of people to freely access funds, and serves as a central hub for blockchain innovation.

BlockBeats News, December 3, Park Ki Hwal, a senior leader in South Korea's cultural industry and the president of the K-POP World Alliance, recently announced that he will be promoting the full integration of over 20,000 core members from his affiliated top-tier Hip-Hop community into MOVA.

According to Gate News Bot on December 3rd, as per CoinMarketCap data, at the time of writing, ALCH (Alchemist AI) is trading at $0.20, up 40.29% in 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.20 and a low of $0.11. The current market capitalization is approximately $168 million, an increase of $48.1 million from yesterday. Alchemist AI is an artificial intelligence platform that can turn ideas into usable applications and games within minutes, without the need for coding. The platform offers different generation pipeline options, including a regular pipeline that balances speed and quality, a fast pipeline for rapid prototyping, and the Sonnet 4.5 pipeline optimized for contextual understanding. Users can watch AI agents collaborate in real time to build applications and immediately experience the results of their creations.

Stable, a Layer 1 blockchain project backed by Tether, has announced the full tokenomics of its native token STABLE, with the mainnet launch countdown underway. The network is positioned as a high-throughput stablecoin trading infrastructure, aiming to build a large-scale payment and settlement environment for stablecoins such as USDT. According to official information, the total supply of STABLE is fixed at 100 billion tokens, which will be used for governance, network security, and ecosystem incentives, rather than for daily payments. Stable emphasizes that users do not need to hold STABLE to transact on the chain; all settlements will still be conducted in USDT. STABLE will primarily serve as a governance and staking asset, used to maintain network security, coordinate upgrades, and drive long-term ecosystem development.