Gate Research Institute: Weekly report, analysis, highlights, and Airdrop overview this week.

This week, Gate Research Institute continues to track Web3 policies, macro dynamics, and technological evolution. The crypto market is experiencing fluctuations influenced by macro policies, with BTC briefly breaking through 82,000 USD. Trump’s suspension of tariffs has provided a short-term boost to the market, and the SEC’s withdrawal of the lawsuit against Ripple signals a regulatory shift regarding the XRP ETF listing. Here is a summary of the key points for this week:

Weekly Report Highlights

• Market Dynamics: BTC has pulled back after breaking through $82,000, while ETH shows weaker performance; Ethereum returns to the top of the DEX trading rankings, and Solana’s popularity has slightly waned. Stablecoins are accelerating their penetration into emerging markets, with India firmly in first place globally in usage rate.
• Policy Regulation: Trump announces a 90-day suspension of tariffs to ease global market pressure; the Arizona State Legislature passes a Bitcoin reserve bill; Fidelity launches a retirement plan that allows direct investment in crypto assets, aiding the compliance process.
• Ecological Development: Bitcoin’s hash rate has surpassed 1 Zetahash/s for the first time, further increasing the degree of decentralization of the network; the Babylon public chain has been launched, promoting the development of BTC staking applications.
• View the full report: Gate Research Institute: Trump’s High Tariff Policy Takes a Sharp U-Turn, Bitcoin’s Avg Daily Hashrate Surpasses 1 ZH/s for the First Time

Report Highlights

• Policies and Macroeconomic Dynamics: On April 10, Trump suspended tariffs, leading to a synchronized rebound in US stocks and crypto assets. The SEC withdrew its lawsuit against Ripple on April 9, and XRP ETF officially launched. South Korean pension funds adopted blockchain systems, and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission opened spot ETF pledge services.
• Technology and Infrastructure: Lens Protocol mainnet launched, enhancing scalability with Avail and ZKsync technology; Mantra launched a $108 million ecosystem fund, focusing on supporting early RWA and DeFi projects.
• Platform and Product Updates: PancakeSwap has released the CAKE economics 3.0 proposal to promote community governance and sustainable development; Tether is entering the AI space, planning to launch a decentralized AI platform to challenge the OpenAI model.
• View the full report: Gate Research Institute: Web3 Industry Policy and Macro Follow-up (2025.4.4-2025.4.10)
• View the full report: Gate Research Institute: Web3 Events and Cryptocurrency Technology Developments Follow-up (2025.4.4-2025.4.10)

Hot Topics

• Technological Breakthroughs and Public Chain Development: Bitcoin’s hash rate reaches 1 Zetahash/s, Babylon mainnet goes live; Solana’s TVL hits a recent high, DEX market share expands.
• Ecosystem Project Updates: Shardeum mainnet will launch on April 15, advancing EVM and decentralized scalability exploration; Mantra Fund is promoting RWA modular development.
• Cross-chain and Modular Development: Lens Chain emphasizes inter-chain communication and composability, promoting social protocols into the infrastructure track.
• View the full report: Gate Research Institute: Hot Topics Summary (2025.4.3-2025.4.10)

Popular Airdrop

• FogoChain: Based on the Solana virtual machine and Firedancer client, it launches multiple consensus mechanisms and incentive activities.
• Hyperlane: A modular cross-chain communication protocol, users can claim the native token HYPER airdrop.
• CESS: A decentralized storage project that combines CD²N and PReT technologies to exchange points for airdrops through task participation.
• Gomble Games: A Web3 casual gaming platform that unlocks GM token airdrop eligibility through quiz tasks.
• Krain AI: AI agency platform, open points activity, can be exchanged for tokens in the future.
• View the full report: Gate Research Institute: Hot Airdrops (2025.4.4-2025.4.11)

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