Blockchain

In 2024, India’s cryptocurrency policy highlights the government’s complex balance between innovation and regulation. As a populous nation and a technological powerhouse, India enforces strict market access, high taxes, and innovation-driven measures to promote market standardization. The policy strengthens anti-money laundering and investor protection while fostering blockchain applications like the digital rupee and land registry pilots. However, high taxes and stringent compliance requirements have reduced market activity, driving some investors and businesses abroad. Nevertheless, India’s transparent and technology-driven policies set a unique example for the global crypto market, with profound implications.

This article focuses on THENA, a decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol in the DeFi ecosystem. It introduces its core features, technical architecture, ecosystem projects, and team background, while analyzing how its innovative liquidity solutions enhance user experience and market competitiveness.

This article covers key principles for building decentralized systems, highlighting risks of centralization in blockchain and solutions like Sui’s object-oriented programming, scalable infrastructure, and decentralized storage to prevent power concentration.

This report evaluates the validity of these commonly held assumptions. After providing a brief overview of the popular whale alert services available in the market, we explain how we analyze the relationship between large exchange deposits and the prices of BTC, ETH, and SOL. We then present the results of the analysis, followed by key takeaways and conclusions.

This article introduces native DEX projects within the Monad ecosystem, such as Kuru, Composite, and Zaros, which leverage Monad's high throughput and low latency to enhance capital efficiency, pricing accuracy, and user engagement while providing decentralized security and a superior user experience.

Fragmented digital identities cause inefficiencies and missed opportunities for users and businesses. An open and user-centric infrastructure is essential to resolve this issue. This article aims to examine Moca Network’s MOCA 3.0 vision and its innovations in digital identity infrastructure for the open internet.

This article explores the principles and current landscape of Layer 2 technology, delving into its limitations in scalability, security, and multi-chain compatibility while looking ahead to future developments.

MANTRA (OM) is a blockchain Layer 1 project focused on the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). Recently, it reached an agreement with the renowned Dubai real estate group DAMAC Group, planning to tokenize at least $1 billion in assets. The article details MANTRA's major achievements in 2024, including the mainnet launch, significant token price increase, and important fundraising activities, as well as its technical architecture and future development plans.

Gate Research (2025.1.11-2025.1.17): On January 12, Virtuals Protocol and Animoca Brands launched a joint initiative to invest in AI-driven games. Nosana is set to launch its mainnet on January 14. On January 15, Bio Protocol partnered with YesNoError and Long COVID Labs to support research on long COVID. Immutable X announced the release of the mobile version of RavenQuest on January 16.

Function X is a decentralized ecosystem enabling blockchain interoperability, secure data sharing, and DeFi applications for seamless Web3 integration

Monad is a high-speed, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain focused on addressing challenges in traditional staking while delivering a seamless liquid staking experience. Ecosystem projects like Magma, Kintsu, and aPriori capitalize on Monad’s infrastructure to improve staking efficiency and liquidity, boosting DeFi engagement and maximizing staking rewards.

This article takes a technical perspective to detail the rapid growth, technical depth, and scalability of the Eliza project while highlighting potential issues such as security, plugin management, and fragmentation.

This article provides an in-depth exploration of the latest developments in U.S. states pushing for the establishment of Bitcoin reserves. It reveals the economic and political motivations behind this trend, and introduces specific proposals from Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, and North Dakota. The article analyzes the potential impacts of these proposals and the motivations of the legislators involved.

MegaETH, Monad, and Hyperliquid are competitors in real-time blockchain transactions. As a Layer 2 solution, MegaETH promises fast block times and high throughput, while Hyperliquid and Monad offer strong competition with different optimization approaches. This article analyzes their strengths and architectures.

Teardrop attacks are a type of Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack that disrupt system operations by sending malformed IP fragment packets. In the crypto space, they can affect nodes, wallets, and exchanges, leading to communication disruptions and transaction delays. To defend against such attacks, systems should be updated promptly to patch security vulnerabilities, firewalls and intrusion detection systems should be configured to filter abnormal traffic, and security at the network layer should be reinforced, thereby effectively ensuring the stability and security of blockchain networks.