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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.

Axie Infinity’s Ronin network is a platform that not only supports the game but also houses and scales several projects and provides these services at a much lower fee.

This article delves into the Ronin chain, an EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain optimized for NFTs and gaming. By building a community-driven Play-to-Earn gaming ecosystem, it has attracted significant attention from both Web2 and Web3 gamers. The article analyzes how Ronin has enhanced its security by migrating to a DPoS consensus mechanism and expanding its validator network following a bridge hack. It also discusses how Sky Mavis is fostering innovation in the Ronin ecosystem through partnerships with popular game IPs and plans to integrate zkEVM (Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine) to enable games to launch and operate their own Layer-2 chains on the Ronin network without permission, driving the ecosystem's growth and development.

The article discusses the design paradigms of the whole-chain game engines Mud, Dojo, and Zypher, and analyzes their different solutions for building autonomous worlds/whole-chain games. Mud from the Lattice team achieves EVM compatibility and developer friendliness through the World development framework, MUD game engine, and Redstone underlying consensus protocol. Dojo targets the Starknet development environment, using the Cario language and ZK-Rollup technology. Zypher Game, based on ZK technology, provides modular solutions such as Secret Engine, AW Engine, and Zytron Kit, emphasizing trustlessness and performance elasticity. The article also discusses the basic narrative of whole-chain games and the implementation paradigms of new primitives, as well as how these technologies drive the development of the gaming industry.

This article introduces SKALE Network, an Ethereum sidechain.

In addition to CROSS THE AGES' considerable appeal, the community cultivated by Elixir Games over the years and the comprehensive ecosystem it is building are also reasons why the IDO has garnered strong attention and support. So, what is the Elixir Games project, what is it working on, and why did CTA choose to collaborate with it?

The article explores the relationship between the gradual return of the retail industry and the Bitcoin price nearing its all-time high. While the price of Bitcoin is rising, the full recovery of the retail industry will still take time, partly due to the need for mainstream media coverage and the development of attraction to the retail industry.

Ramblings and insights on how and why memecoins offer fairer launches compared to VC-backed governance tokens and TradFi — Lessons for founders. Our goal is neither to defend nor to diminish memecoins (or governance tokens); it’s simply to advocate for fairer token launches.

What are the most popular fully on-chain games? This article provides an in-depth analysis of the latest technological advancements, popular case studies, and current player and community engagement in fully on-chain games.

This article explores how to expand rollup to accommodate hundreds of thousands of simultaneous participants by modifying the rollup execution environment. It discusses the types of applications/games each method is suitable for and the challenges they face.

Explore the top 10 DeFi topics worth paying attention to in the Solana ecosystem, ranging from stablecoins to derivatives, from social DeFi to infrastructure. Detailed Alpha suggestions for Builders are given according to different subjects, providing readers with an opportunity to gain a deep understanding of Solana DeFi.

Solana DeFi was declared dead in 2023, but made a strong comeback in 2024, involving 100+ projects, TVL reaching $3.8 billion, and daily trading volume reaching $2.5 billion. Solana has 50 top teams. Its advantages are low fees and high throughput, attracting a large number of users and developers. Solana is connected to multiple platforms, has friendly wallets and bridges, and will launch more cross-chain applications in the future. Major DeFi projects on Solana include DEX, lending markets, and derivatives, with more innovations expected in the future. Solana’s composability and infrastructure development have allowed the DeFi ecosystem to grow rapidly.