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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.

In April, cryptocurrency prices were significantly impacted by the U.S. government's tariff policies. Following the announcement of new tariffs on April 2, BTC and ETH experienced sharp declines of over 10% within a short period, with a surge in liquidations of long futures positions and significant outflows from spot ETFs. However, as the U.S. government softened its stance and entered tariff negotiations with multiple countries, market confidence gradually recovered. While cryptocurrency prices were notably influenced by U.S. tariff policies, the fundamentals of major blockchain projects remained unaffected. Both before and after the tariff announcement, network activity on Solana and Ethereum stayed robust, with Solana’s trading volume exceeding 90 million and Ethereum’s remaining above 1 million.

Gate Research Weekly Report: This week, BTC rose 0.88%, underperforming altcoins overall, with $110,000 acting as a key resistance level. Gate launched the xStocks zone, featuring spot trading, perpetual contracts, and Alpha trading. Ripple, following Circle, has applied for a U.S. national bank charter, aiming to offer more crypto-related services. Bitcoin DeFi project BOB launched the BitVM Bridge testnet, supported by several major crypto firms. Ethereum’s stablecoin supply reached a record high of $135.4 billion. The first spot-staking Solana ETF debuted, recording $33 million in trading volume on its first day. Gate Launchpool introduced MAT, with a total reward pool of 40,000 MAT.

Gate Research Daily Report: On July 2, BTC and ETH continued to consolidate with weak short-term technical structures, as overall market sentiment turned cautious. Among trending tokens, CALCIFY surged over 42% following multiple exchange listings, while SUN and VENOM saw short-term gains driven by TRON community activity and a high-profile AMA, respectively. On the macro front, Gate surpassed 30 million registered users and advanced its global compliance efforts, the U.S. SEC fast-tracked approval for Grayscale’s GDLC to be listed, and Malaysia proposed easing token listing regulations.

Gate Research has released a new report titled In-Depth Analysis of the Traffic War Between Letsbonk.fun and Pump.fun, providing a comprehensive comparison of the two one-click token launch platforms from multiple perspectives, including product design, narrative construction, trading mechanisms, and operations. Leveraging experience from multiple rounds of product iteration, Pump.fun has secured a notable first-mover advantage in product design, Meme narrative, and liquidity management. As a rising competitor, Letsbonk.fun identified the shortcomings in Pump.fun's incentive mechanism and adopted a profit-sharing cooperation model with project teams, successfully diverting a portion of Pump.fun's user traffic.

Gate Research Daily Report: On July 1, BTC and ETH both fell by over 1%, a reasonable correction following the recent token price surge. Online brokerage Robinhood announced that it will allow EU clients to trade U.S. stocks and ETFs on the blockchain, with plans to transfer these tokenized stocks to its own Layer 2 blockchain, Robinhood Chain. Stablecoin issuer Circle has applied for a U.S. national banking license, enabling it to act as a custodian for USDC reserves and hold crypto assets for institutional clients. Polygon Labs, in collaboration with crypto market maker GSR, launched Katana, a DeFi-focused Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain, aimed at addressing on-chain asset fragmentation and unsustainable yields driven by high inflation.

This report aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the core strengths and challenges in the development of the Sonic ecosystem, benchmarking them against the peak of the Fantom ecosystem. By examining key indicators across multiple dimensions—including competitive landscape, technological advancement, user growth, and ecosystem development—it explores whether Sonic has the potential to replicate Fantom's past success and evaluates its strategic roadmap and risk mitigation approach in the current complex market environment.

Gate Research Daily Report: On June 30, BTC surged quickly from around 107,200 USDT, reaching a peak of approximately 108,600 USDT and is now consolidating at relatively high levels. ETH broke through the key 2,500 USDT level in one move, briefly touching a high of 2,511.39 USDT. In terms of trending tokens, Arbitrum (ARB) rose by 16.39%, driven by DeFi activity within its ecosystem and recent new incentive measures; Aave (AAVE) gained 7.3%, supported by strong user stickiness, market contributions, and record loan volume and revenue; the emerging meme coin SPX increased by 6.62% amid improving economic data and recovering market sentiment. Additionally, Babylon Genesis Chain will adopt a dual virtual machine architecture combining EVM and CosmWasm to enhance BTCFi compatibility; the CBDC project led by the Bank of Korea has been paused, shifting focus toward KRW stablecoins; Metaplanet issued 30 billion JPY in zero-coupon corporate bonds to purchase additional Bitcoin.

Gate Research Daily Report: On June 27, BTC continued to consolidate with rising risk of a pullback, while ETH showed bearish technical signals and overall market sentiment turned more cautious. Among trending tokens, CHEEMS rose 7.07% amid renewed meme coin hype, LQTY gained nearly 4% driven by its V2 launch and BOLD fork ecosystem expectations, and MOVE climbed 1.76% following the foundation’s 10 million token buyback and speculation surrounding its collaboration with Google Cloud.On the regulatory front, the U.S. Senate accelerated the advancement of its crypto market structure bill, aiming for passage by the end of September. Meanwhile, Hong Kong released its “Digital Asset Development Policy Declaration 2.0,” establishing the LEAP strategic framework to strengthen regulation and tokenization ecosystems. Nasdaq announced the integration of Canton Network blockchain into its Calypso system, aiming to improve cross-asset liquidity and transparency, marking a key step toward bridging TradFi and DeFi infrastr

Gate Research: Between June 10 and June 23, 2025, BTC fluctuated steadily within the 100,000 to 110,000 USDT range, with the long-short ratio hovering between 0.9 and 1.1, indicating an unclear overall trend. In contrast, ETH experienced a deeper pullback, showing weaker momentum and subdued market sentiment. BTC futures open interest dropped to a one-month low, suggesting that long-positioned leverage traders actively reduced exposure due to a lack of fresh capital inflows. ETH open interest also declined, with trading activity weakening and short-term market enthusiasm fading significantly. While geopolitical tensions have heightened risk-off sentiment, the market structure has yet to improve. Long liquidations have consistently exceeded short ones, implying that despite strong buying impulses, there is insufficient trend support. A quantitative analysis focusing on the “RSI Trend Reversal Strategy” demonstrated promising short-term trading potential, achieving over 210% cumulative returns on SUI through an

This week both BTC and ETH remain in weak, sideways patterns—on-chain capital flows and the performance of structurally promising assets reveal encouraging signs and potential turning points within the market. Emerging L2 ecosystems like the Base chain attracted substantial net inflows, while tokens with clear narratives and improving fundamentals such as Hyperliquid and Kaia rallied against the trend, indicating that capital is seeking reliable themes amid macro headwinds.

Gate Research Institute Weekly Report: This week, BTC rose 2.77%, with its K-line showing a bullish trend, suggesting sustained upward momentum. Altcoins displayed a low-to-high trajectory, with SEI leading the altcoin sector with over 50% gains. The Bitcoin Fork, Zero Knowledge (ZK), and Oracle sectors gained 5.3%, 5.2%, and 4.7% respectively over the past 7 days. Ethereum stablecoin weekly active users surpassed 750,000, a record high. The Bitcoin ecosystem’s Web3 social platform MetaSo exceeded 1 billion on-chain interactions, introducing a “secondary distribution” incentive mechanism. BitGo’s custodial crypto assets surpassed $100 billion.

Gate Research Daily Report: On June 25, the crypto market continued its recovery as BTC rebounded from 98,000 USDT, forming a V-shaped structure, while ETH remained in a consolidation pattern. Market sentiment has shifted toward greed. Among top-performing tokens, CFG surged 16.8% as renewed attention focused on its tokenized U.S. Treasury fund JRTSY. APT rose over 12% driven by the launch of its new project “Shelby,” and VELO gained nearly 9% following its cross-border product expansion with Solana. Solana’s CME futures volume hit a record high, signaling increased institutional activity. Meanwhile, the BIS criticized stablecoins for lacking core monetary attributes and advocated for a unified ledger and tokenized central bank assets. Ethereum developers proposed reducing block time to 6 seconds to enhance performance and lower costs.

Gate Research: The U.S.-listed company Fiserv disclosed on Monday that it will launch the stablecoin FIUSD by the end of the year and plans to integrate it into existing banking and payment infrastructures.The BTFS (BitTorrent File System) official website announced the v4.0 mainnet upgrade, which will bring revolutionary technological breakthroughs. As U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Iran and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire, cryptocurrencies such as BTC surged last night, with optimistic market sentiment.

Gate Research Daily Report: On June 23, the crypto market was impacted by rising geopolitical tensions in Iran, with BTC briefly dipping to 98,000 USDT before forming a sharp V-shaped rebound, while ETH saw range-bound consolidation. Most altcoins declined, and overall market sentiment leaned toward neutral-to-fear. Among trending tokens, IP Story surged over 14% driven by positive news and a technical breakout; Hyperliquid rose 7.31% amid strong capital inflows and strategic partnerships; Kaia gained 6.54% on favorable policy developments and ecosystem expansion. Meanwhile, Korean payment giant Kakao Pay accelerated its push into the KRW stablecoin space. Geopolitical risks heightened risk-off sentiment and market volatility. In terms of cross-chain capital flows, Base, Unichain, and Hyperliquid led with the highest net inflows.