There are no trading rules that are applicable to any scenario. These courses will help you establish your own trading strategy, then test it and improve on it in practice
This course offers a deep dive into MetisDAO's ecosystem, from how Layer 2 Blockchain solutions work, through community structure and decentralized governance mechanisms and to strategic insights into its future developments.
Spot grid is a passive quantitative trading bot that profits from price fluctuations without forecasting market trends. It is especially effective in the range-bound conditions common in the crypto market. By setting a price range and dividing it into multiple grids, the system automatically places buy and sell orders within each grid, repeatedly executing a "buy low, sell high" approach.
The key advantages include:
- Automated execution: Once the bot is launched, it runs 24/7 without the need for market monitoring.
- Risk diversification: Place multiple orders at different price levels to reduce the risk of single-price exposure.
- High market adaptability: Ideal for range-bound markets and highly volatile assets.
- Robust platform support: Gate offers powerful features, including AI recommendations, copy trading, trailing grid, and auto-reinvest, that significantly enhance efficiency and flexibility.
However, the bot has its limitations, including directional market risk, profit erosion by trading fees, capital efficiency, etc. Proper parameter settings, risk management, and the use of trend-following tools are key to improving the effectiveness of spot grid trading in practice.
Celestia represents a fundamental redesign of blockchain architecture through its modular approach. Instead of requiring every blockchain to handle execution, settlement, consensus, and data availability within a single system, Celestia separates these functions into specialized layers. This allows developers to create sovereign and application-specific blockchains that outsource data availability and consensus to Celestia while retaining full control over their execution environments.
Blockchains are powerful but limited by their isolation from the outside world. Smart contracts can only process on-chain data, yet most real-world applications, from finance and insurance to gaming and logistics, depend on external information. Programmable oracle networks solve this problem by securely delivering and processing off-chain data for use on-chain. They extend blockchain functionality, enabling decentralized applications to interact with markets, APIs, sensors, and even other blockchains in a trust-minimized way.
Gate Research Daily Report: On August 27, the crypto market saw a volatile rebound with major tokens broadly rising. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced plans to publish GDP data on the blockchain, promoting government data transparency. Meanwhile, Google Cloud launched its financial-grade Layer 1 blockchain, GCUL, aiming to set a new standard for on-chain financial infrastructure. Aave’s TVL reached a record high, approaching the scale of a top-50 U.S. commercial bank, highlighting the growing potential of DeFi as a traditional finance alternative. Among top-performing tokens, IP rose 10.82% driven by momentum in AI-powered creator economies, AURORA surged 69.12% on ecosystem expansion and a stablecoin chain proposal, and NMR jumped 134.25% following institutional interest and its positioning as an AI hedge fund narrative.
Last week, lending protocol Morpho surpassed $10 billion in TVL thanks to its unique design, with its token price gaining over 26%. Market leader Aave also maintained strong momentum, rising 16.72%. Ethereum continued to attract the highest net inflows and hit a new all-time high, fueled by dovish remarks from the Federal Reserve and other macro tailwinds. Bio Protocol (BIO) surged nearly 200% in a single week, reigniting market interest in the DeSci sector.
Gate Research Daily Report: On August 26, BTC price fell below the 26-day moving average, but institutions continued to buy. ETH entered a correction phase after experiencing a significant surge in the early hours of August 25. FLOCK token rose 28.48% in the past 24 hours; OMI token rose 91.22% in the past 24 hours. Japan’s largest Web3 event was held in Tokyo, where Gate CEO Han Lin emphasized that large-scale adoption of Web3 is inevitable.
Gate Research Daily Report: On August 27, the crypto market saw a volatile rebound with major tokens broadly rising. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced plans to publish GDP data on the blockchain, promoting government data transparency. Meanwhile, Google Cloud launched its financial-grade Layer 1 blockchain, GCUL, aiming to set a new standard for on-chain financial infrastructure. Aave’s TVL reached a record high, approaching the scale of a top-50 U.S. commercial bank, highlighting the growing potential of DeFi as a traditional finance alternative. Among top-performing tokens, IP rose 10.82% driven by momentum in AI-powered creator economies, AURORA surged 69.12% on ecosystem expansion and a stablecoin chain proposal, and NMR jumped 134.25% following institutional interest and its positioning as an AI hedge fund narrative.
Last week, lending protocol Morpho surpassed $10 billion in TVL thanks to its unique design, with its token price gaining over 26%. Market leader Aave also maintained strong momentum, rising 16.72%. Ethereum continued to attract the highest net inflows and hit a new all-time high, fueled by dovish remarks from the Federal Reserve and other macro tailwinds. Bio Protocol (BIO) surged nearly 200% in a single week, reigniting market interest in the DeSci sector.
Gate Research Daily Report: On August 26, BTC price fell below the 26-day moving average, but institutions continued to buy. ETH entered a correction phase after experiencing a significant surge in the early hours of August 25. FLOCK token rose 28.48% in the past 24 hours; OMI token rose 91.22% in the past 24 hours. Japan’s largest Web3 event was held in Tokyo, where Gate CEO Han Lin emphasized that large-scale adoption of Web3 is inevitable.
Annual Percentage Rate (APR) is an annualized percentage rate that represents investment returns or borrowing costs, calculated using simple interest without accounting for compounding effects. In cryptocurrency, APR is commonly used to measure annualized yields from staking, lending, and liquidity provision activities, helping users evaluate and compare investment benefits across different DeFi protocols.
Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) refers to the anxiety investors feel about potentially missing profitable opportunities, which drives them to make irrational investment decisions. In cryptocurrency trading, FOMO typically manifests as investors blindly buying assets after prices have already significantly increased, hoping to share in the market's upward momentum.
NFT (Non-Fungible Token) is a unique digital asset based on blockchain technology, characterized by its indivisible and irreplaceable nature, with each NFT possessing a unique identification code and metadata. They are typically created following standards like Ethereum's ERC-721 or ERC-1155, capable of definitively proving ownership, authenticity, and scarcity of digital content.
Leverage refers to the practice where traders borrow funds to increase the size of their trading positions, controlling assets of greater value with smaller capital. In cryptocurrency trading, leverage is typically expressed as a ratio (such as 3x, 5x, 20x, etc.), indicating the multiple of the original investment that a trader can control in assets. For example, using 10x leverage means an investor can control assets worth $10,000 with just $1,000.
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