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Gate Research's Weekly Market Review and Outlook covers Bitcoin and altcoin trends, macro liquidity, on-chain indicators, hot project updates, token unlock information, and key industry events, providing comprehensive analysis and predictions for the cryptocurrency market.

In today's cryptocurrency world, the biggest enigma isn't how Bitcoin operates, but rather who its creator is.

This article discusses 15 Layer-1 cryptocurrency projects to watch in 2024, highlighting their importance in ensuring the security, consensus, and decentralization of the blockchain ecosystem. While Layer-2 solutions improve performance, they still rely on the security and decentralization provided by Layer-1 networks.

Gate Research Institute's daily market review and outlook covers Bitcoin and altcoin market trends, macro capital flows, on-chain metrics analysis, updates on hot projects, token unlock information, and key industry conferences, providing comprehensive analysis and forecasts for the cryptocurrency market.

Since April, the Bitcoin ecosystem has been buzzing, indicating a possible third wave of growth. The community's excitement peaked with the launch of the Runes protocol on the mainnet, as everyone scrambled to get ahead. However, project teams snapped up early runes, driving Gas prices to unbelievable levels. This article explores the current status of the first nine runes.

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This article delves into the roots of value investing and how it can be applied to Bitcoin. It traces the philosophy from its inception in the late 1920s by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd to its refinement by Warren Buffett and others. While Bitcoin isn't a traditional security, the core principles of value investing - including a long-term perspective, contrarian thinking, and the power of compounding returns - can be applied to Bitcoin analysis. The article suggests that understanding Bitcoin's investment value and potential is enhanced through a value investing lens.

This article analyzes the convergence phenomenon in the architectural design of high-performance blockchains, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of different design solutions and their implications for future blockchain architecture. Whether based on Ethereum rollups or independent chains, all are evolving towards similar high performance and decentralization.

This article delves into the contents of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's white paper "Global Layer 1: Foundation Layer for Financial Networks," which details a blueprint for the development of global financial infrastructure based on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The article analyzes the shortcomings of the current financial market infrastructure and proposes a vision to achieve cross-border payments and asset tokenization through the establishment of open and interoperable DLT infrastructure. This initiative will help reduce operating costs for financial institutions, improve market liquidity and efficiency, and ensure compliance with international regulatory standards.

This article primarily discusses scaling solutions in blockchain technology, particularly comparing Ethereum's zk Rollups and Solana's zk Compression. It explains the issues of transaction speed and cost faced by blockchain networks and introduces how these two technologies improve scalability in different ways. zk Rollups improve efficiency by moving computation and state off-chain, while zk Compression optimizes data storage directly on the Solana chain. Both methods use zero-knowledge proof technology to ensure data security and privacy while enhancing network performance.

DePIN, which stands for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network, refers to a network system that connects and manages physical hardware devices in a decentralized manner. The successful cases of Filecoin and Helium demonstrate that combining blockchain technology with real-world physical infrastructure can create disruptive solutions. These projects have not only innovated technically but also successfully applied cryptoeconomics to solve real-world problems, showcasing the feasibility and potential of the DePIN model. By reviewing the successful DePIN projects in history and summarizing their successful experiences, we can focus on the new development directions and potential brought by the combination of AI and DePIN amidst the AI wave.

This article explores the evolution of yield models within the DeFi ecosystem, as well as protocols that use elements like RWA (Real-World Assets) and basis trading to maintain yield and liquidity. The development of on-ramp and off-ramp solutions and changes centered around cross-chain interoperability will replace these centralized factors, enhance user convenience in the DeFi ecosystem, and continue to drive innovation in new DeFi protocols as blockchain usage increases.

Contracts, simply put, are restrictions on how tokens can be transferred, allowing users to specify the distribution of UTXOs through contracts. Many scaling solutions, such as the Lightning Network, are based on this principle, demonstrating that Bitcoin's scaling solutions heavily rely on introspection and contracts. In the crypto world, the most common method is commitment, often achieved through hashing. To prove that we meet the transfer requirements, a signature mechanism is needed for verification. Thus, contracts involve many adjustments related to hashing and signatures.

Intent-based approaches have changed the way transactions work by focusing on users' ultimate goals or intents rather than the specific steps to achieve them. Although intent-based bridging technology can enhance user experience, the lack of solvers can lead to centralized solutions. Additionally, the absence of solvers introduces centralization issues, such as single points of failure, censorship risks, and the potential for increased costs.

ETH holders have staked over $111 billion worth of ETH, accounting for 28% of the total supply. The amount of staked ETH is also referred to as Ethereum's "security budget" because stakers could face network penalties for double-spending attacks and other violations of protocol rules. In return for maintaining Ethereum's security, stakers earn rewards through protocol issuance, priority fees, and maximum extractable value. Users can easily stake ETH through liquid staking pools without sacrificing asset liquidity, leading to a higher demand for staking than Ethereum developers anticipated. This article will outline the staking situation on Ethereum, including the types of stakers, risks and rewards associated with staking, and predictions for staking rates. It will also provide insights into proposals by developers to adjust network issuance in response to high staking demand.