Industry Reports

A six-month intelligence operation preceded the $270 million exploit of Drift Protocol and was carried out by a North Korean state-affiliated group, according to a detailed incident update published by the team earlier on Sunday. The attackers first made contact around fall 2025 at a major crypto c

Gate News message, April 5, according to DefiLlama data, despite cooling in the crypto market, the stablecoin market continues to grow rapidly. Over the past week, the total stablecoin market capitalization increased by 0.43%, and the circulating market cap reached $317.26B, hitting an all-time high. At the same time, USDT’s market share has continued to decline, falling below 60% and currently at 58.03%. Sky’s stablecoin USDS performed outstandingly: over the past week, its circulating market cap grew by 9.57%, currently at $8.92B, becoming the third-largest stablecoin by market cap.

Digital asset ETPs saw a peak of over $250B, ending 2025 with $184B AUM, mainly driven by Bitcoin products. The market is evolving, with over 125 new filings indicating a trend toward diversified asset offerings.

This essay discusses the inefficiencies of stablecoins, highlighting that 90% are unproductive and act as a hidden tax. It identifies a significant opportunity within DAO treasuries and DEX liquidity, as well as emerging solutions like HyENA and Solomon that aim to enhance yields for users.

Riot Platforms’ Q1 2026 report shows that its Bitcoin holdings fell from 19,223 BTC to 15,680 BTC, mainly due to the sale of 3,778 BTC, generating nearly $290 million in proceeds. Although Bitcoin production declined slightly, its hash rate grew by 26%, and the average electricity cost fell to 3.0 cents per kWh. The company is transitioning into a large data center developer and is participating in multiple industry conferences to advance its capital planning.

San Francisco, CA, February 26th, 2026, Chainwire SolanaCDN delivers 3.8x faster shred propagation through a global mesh of 35,000+ nodes, provided as a public good for the Solana network Pipe Network today announced the launch of SolanaCDN, a free, open-source Solana validator client with an

The market cap of tokenized assets reached $24.6B in January, led by tokenized treasuries and commodities. Treasuries made up 39% of this, while commodities surged due to rising gold prices. Stablecoins contributed to liquidity, with a market cap of $308B.

Indian AI startup Sarvam AI is nearing completion of a funding round of $300 million to $350 million, valuing the company at about $1.5 billion to $1.55 billion. It is expected to close next week. Bessemer Venture Partners will lead the round, and Nvidia, Amazon, and Prosperity7 Ventures will also participate.

Gate News message, April 5, according to data, within the two months after major global shock events, Bitcoin generally performed better than gold and the S&P 500 index (a U.S. stock market benchmark index). In specific data, after the Trump administration announced large-scale tariff measures in April 2025, Bitcoin rose 24% in the following 60 days, gold rose 8%, and the S&P 500 rose 4%. In early March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Bitcoin also rose 21%, outperforming gold and the S&P 500 index.

Stablecoins are undergoing an evolution into a foundational financial infrastructure. North America leads in development, focusing on regulated, compliant options. The market shows a shift with RLUSD gaining traction due to integration with Ripple, emphasizing real demand over exchange liquidity.

What to know: Digital asset ETP assets surged past $250B at their peak following U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF approvals, with $184B in AUM at year-end 2025 and the U.S. accounting for nearly 80% of global assets. The market remains concentrated, with Bitcoin-based products

What to know: The Problem: 90% of stables are "dead weight." Issuers take your fiat, buy T-bills, and keep 100% of the yield - a massive "hidden tax" on users. The Opportunity: Over $11B in DAO treasuries and $1.2B in DEX liquidity is currently unproductive. Emerging Solutions: I

Korea’s Toss Payments becomes the first company to fully implement post-quantum cryptography, using the NIST-standard algorithm "ML-KEM" to enable hybrid key exchange and enhance security against threats from quantum computers.

In the first quarter of 2026, funding for crypto startups nearly reached $5 billion, down 16% year over year. Funds flowed into practical sectors, where prediction markets led the way, raising more than $1.7 billion. Top investment institutions are accelerating their entry, and major funding projects include Kalshi and Polymarket.

JPMorgan Chase’s analysis shows that in Q1 2026, digital-asset fund flows totaled only $11 billion, market momentum slowed, and the main sources of capital were corporate allocations and crypto venture capital; meanwhile, traditional investors’ participation declined, and the overall market exhibited the characteristics of being dominated by a few large players.

Stablecoins are undergoing an evolution into a foundational financial infrastructure. North America leads in development, focusing on regulated, compliant options. The market shows a shift with RLUSD gaining traction due to integration with Ripple, emphasizing real demand over exchange liquidity.

The latest report from the Cardano Foundation shows that its asset structure is shifting from reliance on ADA toward more diversified allocations. By the end of 2025, the ADA share is expected to fall to 51.6%, while the Bitcoin share increases to 25.5%. Total assets amount to CHF 287.5 million, down by about 45% compared with the end of 2024. The reserve system will move from a single token to a more diversified configuration.

A Bank of Canada research report states that Aave V3 on Ethereum is expected to achieve zero non-performing loans in 2024, with a total loan volume of about $6 billion. The report analyzes the effectiveness of over-collateralization and automatic liquidation mechanisms in protecting lenders, finding that leveraged loop transactions are mainly driven by large investors, liquidation activity is concentrated in a small number of assets, and it has little impact on market prices.