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According to CoinDesk, analysts at brokerage firm Bernstein maintain an "outperform" rating on USDC issuer Circle's stock, with a target price of $190, representing about a 60% upside from the current level of $120.The report notes that the adoption of stablecoins is increasingly decoupling from the cryptocurrency market cycle. Despite the market being in a bear phase, the supply of USDC has rebounded to nearly a record $78 billion, and the total market capitalization of dollar-pegged stablecoins remains stable at around $270 billion. Adjusted stablecoin trading volume has increased by over 90% year-on-year, with trading turnover rising, indicating that stablecoins are being used more frequently in scenarios outside of cryptocurrency trading.Payment adoption is the main driver, as stablecoins are gradually being integrated into traditional card networks. Visa currently supports over 130 stablecoin-linked cards across more than 50 countries, with an annual settlement volume of approximately $4.6 billion. AI-driven "proxy finance" could become a new growth theme, as machine-to-machine micropayments between autonomous software agents will require stablecoins as a natural payment rail.

Mizuho Securities has reversed its stance on Circle, upgrading the rating of CRCL stock to "Neutral" and raising its target price to $77. It stated on Wednesday that the growing popularity of the market platform Polymarket could drive the company's stock price up.Analysts Dan Dolev and Alexander Jenkins said, "All bets on Polymarket are settled in USDC, which means that the growth of Polymarket will directly drive the growth of USDC. We expect the growth momentum of the prediction market to continue through 2026, which will translate into an increase in the market capitalization of USDC, bringing incremental revenue to Circle."

According to data from CoinMarketCap, the TRON ecosystem's decentralized finance protocol token JST has shown strong performance, currently priced at $0.04581, with a cumulative increase of 13.55% over the past seven days. The 24-hour trading volume has surged to $43 million, with an increase of over 32%. JustLend DAO completed its second large-scale buyback and burn on January 16, and the total amount of JST burned has now accounted for 10.96% of the total supply. The deflationary mechanism not only enhances market scarcity but also provides underlying support for investors' confidence, driving the JST price to reach a temporary high.

Under the influence of the Chinese Meme market, topics related to Meme coins have rapidly gained traction in the cryptocurrency market, with both market participation and controversy amplifying. Different viewpoints continue to diverge regarding the impact of Meme coins on the industry ecosystem and market structure.The Gate platform's live streaming service, Gate Live, will host a roundtable live stream on the theme of Meme coins on January 13 at 20:00 (UTC+8), inviting several KOLs from the cryptocurrency industry to engage in an in-depth discussion on the market logic, risk boundaries, and future development of Meme coins.

According to a report by News.Bitcoin.com, blockchain data company Chainalysis pointed out in its latest report that the cryptocurrency adoption rate in Argentina has approached 20% and is on a continuous upward trend. This means that 8.6 million Argentinians own or are using some form of cryptocurrency, placing the country among those with the highest rates of digital asset adoption.The report also stated that stablecoins were initially used to combat inflation, and now Argentinians are utilizing stablecoins to generate profits and effectively manage their assets.

According to reports, Bybit's On-Chain Earn's first stablecoin on-chain treasury asset management product, Mantle Vault, officially launched on December 22. Within just one week of its launch, the fund's accumulated scale exceeded 50M USDT. This high-yield stablecoin financial product adopts a market-neutral strategy, demonstrating significant appeal in uncertain market conditions: the bear market target annualized return for USDT / USDC is 5%--10%, while in a bull market phase it can reach 10%--25% (actual returns vary with market changes).

According to the latest data from Bybit Alpha, the Solana ecosystem meme token $jellyjelly has surged over 200% in the past 24 hours, with market attention rapidly increasing.Bybit users can log in to trade directly on Alpha without the need for an additional wallet, and can also track the on-chain trending token prices in real-time.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the prediction market continues to heat up, with Kalshi and Polymarket achieving a total trading volume of $1.44 billion in September, setting a historical record. Recently, both platforms announced the completion of a new round of financing: Polymarket raised $2 billion from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), with a valuation rising to $9 billion; Kalshi raised $300 million at a $5 billion valuation.This financing has created at least one new billionaire, with Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan becoming the youngest self-made billionaire. Data shows that in September, Kalshi's market share briefly rose to 60%, reversing the dominance previously held by Polymarket at the beginning of the year.There are significant differences in their technical architectures: Kalshi operates off-chain, with data only accessible via API; Polymarket operates entirely on-chain, with all markets and positions publicly queryable. Analysts believe that Kalshi's recent surge in trading volume is partly due to its partnership with Robinhood, which has allowed users to participate directly in Kalshi's sports prediction market trading through its interface, marking a significant step towards the integration of prediction markets into the mainstream financial ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, JPMorgan stated that despite significant differences in forecasts for future demand for digital assets, the global adoption of stablecoins in the coming years could drive trillions of dollars into the dollar system; and the growth of stablecoins will not accelerate de-dollarization, but may instead reinforce the dollar's status.Estimates from various bank strategists regarding the eventual size of the stablecoin market vary widely, even within JPMorgan itself. An emerging markets equity strategy team expects this market to eventually expand to about $2 trillion. The bank's U.S. interest rate strategists are more cautious, estimating the size to be around $500 billion. Based on the upper end of this range, JPMorgan's forex strategists expect that by 2027, approximately $1.4 trillion in additional dollar demand will support the growth of the stablecoin market. This figure is substantial, but still far below the $8.6 trillion daily trading volume of dollar currencies as per the latest statistics from the Bank for International Settlements.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from the RootData platform, StandX has risen to become the second-ranked Perp DEX on the RootData popularity chart, second only to Aster.It is reported that StandX was founded by the former Binance contract founding team and supports users to trade with margin to earn profits. The yield-bearing stablecoin DUSD is StandX's first product.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, current mainstream DeFi protocols are gradually deviating from the original intention of peer-to-peer (P2P) trading, shifting towards reliance on liquidity pools, external oracles, and automated market maker (AMM) models. This shift, while enhancing capital efficiency, has led to users losing the ability to choose collateral and control risks independently. Moreover, the manipulation of centralized oracles has exacerbated systemic vulnerabilities—recently, the Hyperliquid exchange triggered a trust crisis due to human intervention in oracle pricing, causing its total value locked (TVL) to plummet from $540 million to $150 million.Industry analysts point out that the design of liquidity pools is causing DeFi to gradually converge with traditional financial systems, violating the core principles of "open transparency and permissionless interaction." The early P2P lending model allowed both parties to negotiate collateral types and interest rates through smart contracts, which better aligns with the spirit of decentralization.Despite recent impressive data (Aave's TVL surpassing $40 billion, Uniswap's cumulative trading volume reaching $3 trillion), the market urgently needs to rebuild a true P2P system: users should have the right to choose assets, set trading terms independently, and break free from reliance on centralized oracles. Only by returning to a transparent, flexible, and user-driven essence can DeFi achieve large-scale adoption.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a member of the Federal Reserve Board, stated in an interview that geopolitical tensions and the growing influence of cryptocurrencies are undermining the global position of the dollar.Kenneth Rogoff believes that critics who think cryptocurrencies are just scams with no value are completely wrong. "The view that there is no 'fundamental value proposition' in cryptocurrency transactions is incorrect." One of the main markets for the dollar is the global underground economy, where the preferred payment method for such transactions used to be the dollar, but now the preferred payment method is cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies provide a recognized medium of exchange, which is a value proposition. Even with strict government regulation of cryptocurrencies, there will still be significant challenges in controlling the underground economy. Therefore, Kenneth Rogoff believes that "cryptocurrencies have value." Authorities will face enormous difficulties in tracking cryptocurrency transactions in the gray market, which means that cryptocurrencies are "not worthless."

According to ChainCatcher news, the Binance Alpha market shows that the fully homomorphic encryption infrastructure Mind Network token FHE has risen 160% in a single day, reaching a high of 0.1063 USDT, currently reported at 0.091 USDT, with a 24-hour increase of 160%.Mind Network officially launched on Binance Futures at 23:00 on April 12 and completed an exclusive TGE event in the Binance wallet, quickly becoming the market focus and sparking discussions. Recently, Mind Network completed the FHE airdrop and launched the Agent intelligent training and FHE staking functions, allowing users to activate the Agent by staking just 10 FHE and earn up to 400% annualized returns.As the core token of the ecosystem, FHE has multiple utilities including governance, staking, and service payments, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens, an initial circulating supply of 24.9%, and over 40% allocated to the community and airdrops. It has been listed on platforms such as Binance Alpha, Futures, and Kraken.

ChainCatcher news, according to the popularity index data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData, as of April 7 at 16:00, the FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) project Mind Network ranks first in both the Web3 popularity surge list and the AI sector.Mind Network announced yesterday that the project token is $FHE and has launched an airdrop query covering five major categories of users. Recently, Mind Network launched a trusted ecological product for Agentic AI on BNBChain called AgenticWorld, with nearly 40,000 people registered and received an Agent.Mind Network is committed to building a verifiable and trusted secure ecosystem for Agents, promoting Web3 into the Agentic era. The project has previously completed a $12.5 million financing round, with investors including well-known institutions such as YZi Labs and Animoca.In addition, RootData has launched the first "Web3 Popular Projects Ranking." This ranking is based on 4.3 million real user behavior data, weighted by factors such as search frequency, project click volume, user voting, and social platform popularity and influence, reflecting the project's popularity in real-time, helping users capture real market dynamics and improve the accuracy of investment decisions.

ChainCatcher news, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on the X platform stating that the image features in ChatGPT (such as image generation and processing) are being used far more than expected, even though the company's initial expectations were already high. As a result, the rollout of this feature for free users will be delayed for a period of time.

ChainCatcher news, RootData posted on platform X indicating that the BSC ecosystem's Meme coins have recently shown significant popularity. Although the top ten tokens by market capitalization generally exhibit weak trading volumes, emerging projects represented by Mubarak, TUT, and Mubarakah are becoming the market focus. Among them, according to GMGN data:Mubarak's market capitalization has surpassed $180 million, with a 24-hour trading volume exceeding $50 million;TST's market capitalization has exceeded $5,000;Mubarakah's daily trading volume has surpassed its circulating market capitalization, resulting in an inverted volume-price phenomenon.The current BSC Meme craze is still in its early stages. The tokens at the top of the market capitalization rankings are mostly from the previous cycle, while the newly emerged tokens in this round are still in the value discovery phase. As market attention continues to rise, the BSC ecosystem may bring more possibilities to the Meme track.