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Guide to using DCA bot ( Dollar Cost Averaging ) for trading directly on Gate
✅ What is a DCA Bot?
DCA Bot is a tool that allows you to allocate capital to buy ( or sell ) a coin according to predefined time intervals or price levels, in order to average the cost and reduce the risk of entering a trade at the wrong time.
On Gate, you can use the DCA bot to automatically buy and sell according to your strategy.
🛠 How to set up a DCA bot on Gate
1. Log in to your Gate account, complete KYC, and deposit a minimum of 10 USDT.
2. Choose bot platform > DCA spot
3. Set up DCA bot strategy:
Determine

Two weeks ago, Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor and CEO Phong Le attended Morgan Stanley.
Yesterday, Morgan Stanley officially filed for a Bitcoin investment product offering in the US, possibly in the form of a Bitcoin Trust or ETF.
#BitcoinSix-DayRally

Recently, Ethereum developers implemented the second blob upgrade in a short period, increasing the blob limit from 15 to 21. This helps Layer 2s bundle more transactions, thereby reducing fees and increasing speed. This also helps the mainnet become less congested, resulting in more stable gas fees.
Ethereum is also considering increasing the gas limit from 60 million to 80 million, allowing each block to process more transactions and smart contracts.
In 2026, the Glamsterdam upgrade will continue to focus on scalability, with the goal of raising the gas limit very high and enabling parallel

AMD CEO LISA SU: AI Does Not Cause Job Loss, But Changes Who Gets Hired
🔹 AMD CEO Lisa Su states that AI does not reduce AMD’s hiring. The company is still experiencing strong growth and continues to recruit many personnel.
🔹 However, AMD prioritizes candidates who truly understand and proactively use AI. Ms. Lisa Su calls these individuals “AI forward.”
🔹 AI is being integrated into all of AMD’s processes, from design and manufacturing to chip testing.
🔹 Lisa Su emphasizes that AI does not replace humans but helps increase productivity and expand product development capabilities.
🔹 This

🇺🇸🇻🇪 PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS VENEZUELA WILL TRANSFER 30–50 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL TO THE US
🔹 President Trump stated that the interim government of Venezuela will transfer 30–50 million barrels of oil to the US
🔹 This oil will be sold at market price, and the proceeds will be directly controlled by him to ensure benefits for both the US and the Venezuelan people
🔹 President Trump has instructed Energy Secretary Chris Wright to implement the plan immediately. The oil will be transported by tanker and directly delivered to ports in the US
#BitcoinSix-DayRally

🇻🇪 Venezuela Bonds Become the Hottest Trading on Wall Street, but Risks Remain High
🔹 Venezuela's October 2026 maturity bonds surged to around 43 cents per USD, more than double compared to August.
🔹 The rally is driven by expectations of faster-than-anticipated political transition and the potential restructuring of debt after Nicolás Maduro's arrest and changes in US policy.
🔹 Venezuela defaulted at the end of 2017, with total government and PDVSA debt obligations nearing $100 billion, equivalent to about 119% of GDP. PDVSA is Venezuela's state-owned oil company, controlling all explora

Morgan Stanley has officially filed for the issuance of a Bitcoin investment product in the US, potentially in the form of a Bitcoin Trust or ETF.
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial conglomerate, with assets under management (AUM) of approximately $1.71 trillion in the Investment Management division as of mid-2025. This scale places Morgan Stanley among the largest asset managers in the world.(

🤯 VITALIK MAKES A SHOCKING ANNOUNCEMENT: ETHEREUM HAS "BROKEN THE IMPOSSIBLE TRIANGLE" PUZZLE!🚀
The main game has officially changed, guys!
Vitalik Buterin just dropped a "bombshell" confirming: Ethereum is no longer just a theory, but has officially solved the blockchain's century-old problem: **Decentralization - Security - Scalability.**
▪️ Where is the proof? Not on paper, but "code running on mainnet"!
▪️ What is the ultimate weapon?
1. PeerDAS: NOW ON MAINNET! Helps nodes verify data super fast without downloading the entire chunk. Scales bandwidth while remaining decentralized.

US ETF Capital Flows (05/01🇺🇸 )
🟢 BTC + $697.25 million
🟢 ETH + $168.0 million
🟢 XRP + $46.10 million
🟢 SOL + $16.24 million
🟢 DOGE + $1.60 million
🟢 LINK + $2.24 million
⚪️ LTC = 0
⚪️ HBAR = 0

Venezuela Secretly Holds 600,000 Bitcoin
🔹Recently, there have been rumors that Venezuela may have secretly accumulated up to 600,000 BTC, worth approximately $60 billion. This information has even been mentioned by CNBC.
🔹If the US confiscates this Bitcoin and adds it to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve fund, it would be a very large amount since the US government currently holds about 328K+ BTC, more than the MicroStrategy company (673K+ BTC)
🔹However, there is currently no verified evidence supporting the figure of 600,000 BTC.
🔹On-chain data and monitored government wallets show that Vene

Grayscale has made a historic milestone by becoming the first ETH ETF spot in the US to pay staking rewards to investors. The Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF (ETHE) pays $0.083178 per share from staking profits for Q4 2025, after activating staking since the end of last year.
This marks a shift from price-based ETFs to cash flow-generating ETFs, allowing investors to hold ETH and receive yields without staking themselves. This officially integrates staking into traditional finance#CryptoMarketRebound

THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IS SUSPECTED OF SELLING BITCOIN SEIZED IN VIOLATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ORDERS
🔹 U.S. Marshals Service (Federal Law Enforcement Agency of the United States), under the direction of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), is suspected of selling approximately $6.3 million worth of Bitcoin seized from Samourai Wallet developers, through Coinbase Prime on 11/3/2025
🔹 This move may violate Executive Order 14233 by President Trump, which stipulates that Bitcoin obtained from criminal or civil cases should not be sold, but instead be placed into the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Re

U.S. – VENEZUELA: FROM OIL TO GLOBAL GEOPOLITICS, MARKET SITUATION
The US – Venezuela story is going far beyond a single oil issue and expanding into a global geopolitical picture, impacting energy, defense, US–China relations, Taiwan, and even Greenland.
Today, there is information indicating that Michael Burry, the famous investor from The Big Short, shared that he has held Valero Energy since 2020 and is increasingly confident in this investment as the US shows prospects of deeper involvement in restoring Venezuela’s oil industry. Many refineries in the Gulf of Mexico are designed specifica

FED KASHKARI: INTEREST RATES NEAR NEUTRAL LEVEL, WHO IS SLOWING DOWN HIRING
🔹 Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari believes the Fed is very close to the neutral interest rate, which is the level that neither stimulates nor restrains growth, so no need for further cuts
🔹 The current interest rate is around 3.5%–3.75%, only about 0.5% away from the Fed's estimated neutral level
➤ This means the Fed may only need to cut about 1–2 more times to reach the neutral level
🔹 Kashkari emphasized that the Fed is balancing between still-high inflation and a slowing labor market
➤ Core inflation is c

PwC Accelerates Crypto Engagement After US Regulatory Shift
🔹 PwC, one of the Big 4, announced it will deepen its involvement in crypto, especially in the areas of stablecoins and tokenization, following the US passing the GENIUS Act and regulatory agencies adopting a more friendly stance.
🔹 PwC US CEO, Paul Griggs, stated that the new legal environment provides enough confidence to “lean in,” rather than stay on the sidelines as before.
🔹 PwC will expand auditing and consulting services for crypto companies and strengthen its internal expertise team.
🔹 This move indicates that crypto is e

🔹 Ledger estimates that between 2.3 million and 3.7 million BTC have been permanently lost, accounting for 11% or more of the total maximum supply of 21 million BTC
🔹 These BTC are mainly inaccessible coins due to lost private keys or stored in wallets that haven't moved for a long time, possibly because the owners have lost control
#Bitcoin2026PriceOutlook

Ethereum Declares Solving the "Impossible Triangle" Problem
🔹 Vitalik Buterin states that Ethereum has solved the blockchain trilemma, achieving decentralization, consensus, and high scalability simultaneously after more than 10 years of development.
🔹 Breakthroughs from ZKEVM and PeerDAS, which are now running on mainnet, allow for partitioning computational loads while still ensuring cryptographic verification of the entire system.
🔹 ZKEVM performance has significantly improved, with proof generation time reduced from minutes to a few seconds, and costs decreased by tens of times, enablin

Weekly Economic Event Schedule (US TIME)
This week features some notable events. Investors will focus on market reactions following the US-Venezuela developments and the US employment situation.
🗓️ MONDAY, JANUARY 5
- No major economic data. Market will monitor reactions after US-Venezuela news.
🗓️ TUESDAY, JANUARY 6
- Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin speaks.
🗓️ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7
- ADP Employment Report (Forecast 45,000 | Previous -32,000)
- US job openings
- US factory orders (Forecast -1.2% | Previous 0.2%)
🗓️ THURSDAY, JANUARY 8
- Weekly US initial unemployment claims.
🗓️ FRIDAY, J

🇺🇸🇻🇪 PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS US OIL COMPANIES WILL INVEST BILLIONS OF USD IN VENEZUELA AFTER MADURO
🔹 President Trump stated that US oil companies will invest billions of dollars into Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro is overthrown.
🔹 He said that major US oil corporations will repair the severely deteriorated oil infrastructure and restart extraction activities.
🔹 President Trump emphasized that the goal is to leverage Venezuela's oil resources to generate economic benefits for the country.
🔹 Venezuela possesses the largest proven oil reserves in the world, approximately 303 billi

🇺🇸🇻🇪 US Temporarily Takes Control of Venezuela After Sudden Attack
🔸 President Donald Trump announced that the US will temporarily manage Venezuela until a safe and orderly leadership transfer process is completed.
🔸 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been detained by US forces. President Trump also shared images of Maduro.
🔸 Maduro and his wife are accused by US prosecutors of serious illegal activities and terrorism related to a drug trafficking network.
#DrHan2025YearEndOpenLetter