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⌨️ Gate mixing markets, missions, and main-character energy: 🔼Research update - market consolidating, positions clustering around year-end volatility plays 🔼Points Airdrop #128 - claim 22 or 75 CYS, clicking remains undefeated 🔼Charity in Central Vietnam - flood relief activated, real-world impact mode on 🔼VOOI futures incoming - perps, margin, bots, copy, convert, auto-invest… full stack unlocked 🔼Matchain staking bonus - stake $MAT, earn base yield + 116,279 MAT extra 🔼Futures Points Airdrop #45 - >$31 per user, faucet still leaking value 🔼Kodiak (KDK) Launchpad Phase 5 - 24h countdown, APR hunters assembling 🔼Dr. Han signals IPO ambitions - first time said out loud, responds to layoffs 🔼Founder take - “If an exchange won’t talk IPO, it’s probably not real.” Shots fired Gate talks public markets. CT talks yield. End-of-year tension unlocked 🥂

🎮 Fake Game Wipes Out Eight Years of Crypto Savings A Singapore investor and RektSurvivor founder lost all his crypto after installing a fake online game found on Telegram. Even after antivirus alerts system cleanup and a full Windows reinstall attackers drained every browser wallet within a day Fourteen thousand dollars gone without seeds clicks or approvals just one bad download 🕺

🤵 Trump Predicts Massive Tax Refund Season Trump says next year will be the biggest tax refund season ever. He also promises a historic economic boom for the US Big words big expectations 😥

🏃‍♂️ PlanB: Why Bitcoin Isn’t Moving PlanB says the market is stuck between two equal forces. About 50% are selling - old holders cycle believers TA fans. The other 50% are buying - fundamentals TradFi banks Price moves only when one side runs out of liquidity ☺️

😳 Twitter Panics About “Solana Collapse” Crypto Twitter is screaming about SOL to $5 after news around the Pump․Fun lawsuit. Court only allowed the case to continue - no guilt, no verdict Twitter doing Twitter things 🥴 🏃‍♂️ PlanB: Why Bitcoin Isn’t Mo...

📢 3 FRESH DROPS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS ⚡ Cascade Early access window is open for less than 4 hours Fill the form on the join page Join Discord, pass verification and get the OG role 🪨 OP Net New Galxe quest for Dune Cultivator role Quiz answers: C, B, D, B, A, C, C, B, C, D Deadline: Dec 20, 19:00 UTC Complete the quest on Galxe 🧠 Oriole Insights Public testnet is live Register on the app Connect wallet in profile settings Claim test tokens from the BNB faucet Use Withdraw and Deposit in profile Send ORI between wallets Earn ORI, get ORI HODLER role in Discord Get 1000 ORI for each confirmed bug ⚠️ We’re just sharing alpha. Always DYOR 🧠

🎲 VanEck Says “Good Luck” to Crypto Forecasts VanEck skipped its usual crypto predictions for 2026. No targets, no charts - just “Good luck” Even the pros stopped guessing 😐

🐸 Prediction Markets Are Beating the Fed Platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi react faster than official Fed models. Polymarket shows 90–95% accuracy, beating weather and sports forecasts. Hedge funds already use them as early macro signals Markets pricing the future in real time ✅

🕺 Gold Stablecoins Break $4B Gold-backed stablecoins passed $4B market cap, up 3x since 2025. Tether’s XAUT leads with $2.2B about half the market. PAXG follows at $1.5B. Together they control nearly 90% Old money going on-chain 🍷

🥃 Real Finance raised $29 million in an undisclosed round led by Nimbus Capital and Magnus Capital to support the development of an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain focused on integrating real-world financial assets into a digital environment

🤔 Tom Lee: BTC and ETH Already Hit the Bottom BitMine CEO Tom Lee says Bitcoin and Ethereum are past the lows. The classic 4-year cycle is fading. 2025 theme is tokenization, with Ethereum becoming core financial infrastructure Bottom in, next chapter loading 😮

🎄 Crypto Twitter Is Decorating Trees Today Holiday spirit, crypto edition 🙁

🤵 We are still in Extreme Fear, 17

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🎧 Gate closing the year like CT’s attention span never expired: 🔼Gate Ventures outlook - cautious markets, selective narratives, end-of-year positioning vibes 🔼SCOR Launchpool - 5.4M SCOR up for grabs, liquidity miners clock in 🔼Peak Trading Competition - $400K airdrop for those still clicking buy/sell 🔼BountyDrop x Junk.Fun - another airdrop side quest unlocked 🔼Kodiak (KDK) Launchpad Phase 5 - up to 200% APR, numbers doing the talking 🔼2025 Year Gala - top streamers and creators get their victory lap 🔼Crazy Wednesday #17 - trade 1 USDT, maybe win GT, Sony cameras, or 285% APR 🔼Gate US lists THQ & MAGMA - spot trading unlocked stateside 🔼Futures Points Airdrop #44 - ~$31 per user, faucet still flowing 🔼VOOI spot launch - fresh ticker, fresh overtrading 🔼Infrared (IR) Launchpool - 150K IR for the patient users 🔼Meme Go “Gold Finger” recruitment - smart money cosplay goes global Gate ships features. So you can keep grinding 🥂