ChainCatcher news, a report from CICC states that after being severely hindered by hurricanes and strikes, the number of new jobs in the U.S. rose sharply to 227,000 in November, but the unemployment rate also increased to 4.2%, indicating that the labor market is slowing down. Overall, the labor market remains in a state of "employment growth momentum weakening, but the job market itself is not weak," which will provide a reason for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again in December.At the same time, it is predicted that the Federal Reserve will slow down the pace of rate cuts in 2025, as decision-makers will become more cautious as interest rates approach neutral levels. One risk in the forecast is the impact of the immigration policy proposed by Trump on the labor market, which currently tends to have a moderate impact, but the possibility of extreme scenarios also needs to be closely monitored. Based on non-farm data, it is believed that the Federal Reserve is likely to cut rates by another 25 basis points this month.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, JPMorgan's latest research report shows that the economics of Bitcoin mining significantly improved in the first half of November. Data indicates that the hashprice, which measures mining profitability, has increased by 29% since the end of October, primarily benefiting from Bitcoin's price increase outpacing the growth in network hash rate, as well as an increase in the proportion of transaction fees to block rewards.The report points out that the total market capitalization of the mining stocks tracked by the bank grew by 33% from October 31 to November 15, approximately $8 billion. The network hash rate has increased by 2% so far this month, averaging 718 EH/s. Notably, 14 publicly listed mining companies in the U.S. currently account for about 28% of the global network hash rate, maintaining a historical high.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Blocktempo and ChainCatcher recently launched a survey targeting early-stage crypto investors in the Asia-Pacific region. The participants included native crypto venture capital funds, traditional venture capital funds, individual investors, and family offices, resulting in 1,084 valid responses.According to the survey, the following key points were noted:• 90% of investors have a single investment amount within $1 million.• In terms of investment data inquiry and project tracking, 85% of early-stage investors chose to use RootData, making it the most commonly used data decision-making platform for early-stage crypto investors in the Asia-Pacific region. Cryptorank and Crunchbase are also commonly used data platforms for cross-validation by early-stage crypto investors.• Regarding project evaluation criteria, team background and experience (75%), technological innovation (53%), and business model (45%) are considered the most important. The main challenges include project information transparency (61%) and rapid industry changes (43%).• Investors believe that DeFi (41%), Bitcoin ecosystem (34%), and RWA (32%) are undervalued sectors, while Layer1/Layer2 (48%) is seen as an overvalued sector.• 42% of investors plan to maintain their current investment pace over the next four months, 27% plan to increase their investment intensity, 22% plan to reduce their investment intensity, and a small number of investors (9%) hold a cautious or uncertain attitude towards the market outlook, finding it difficult to judge or choosing to stop investing. Additionally, 44% of professional investors believe that there have been no significant innovations in the crypto industry this year.The research report also surveyed investors' investment strategies, research methods, due diligence approaches, etc. Click here to access the complete research report.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 industry research and analysis platform Web3Caff Research recently released an in-depth report on the Based Rollup track. Web3Caff Research researcher Wildon pointed out in the report that with the development of blockchain technology and the surge in market demand, Ethereum is gradually unable to handle the massive transaction volume.As a result, the concept of Rollup emerged, separating transaction execution from the mainnet and moving it off-chain for computation, thereby alleviating the computational burden on the mainnet. This is currently the main solution to Ethereum's scalability issues. In the thriving Rollup ecosystem, Optimistic Rollup and ZK Rollup are the two main factions.However, whether it is Optimistic Rollup or ZK Rollup, although they effectively improve transaction processing speed, they also have limitations in terms of security, MEV, decentralization, latency, and computational costs. In light of this, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake proposed the concept of Based Rollup in May 2023, where the mainnet takes on the role of the Rollup sequencer, allowing Rollup to inherit more characteristics of the mainnet in an attempt to break through the dilemmas it faces. The report further points out that while Based Rollup has advantages such as decentralization, enhanced security, and simplified architecture, it also carries inherent issues.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report from The Block, a research report released by a16z crypto on Wednesday pointed out that the number of active cryptocurrency addresses and usage rates reached an all-time high this year. The report estimates that as of September, there are approximately 617 million cryptocurrency holders worldwide, with 60 million monthly active users.In 2024, the number of monthly active cryptocurrency addresses is expected to rise to over 220 million, with Base leading the Ethereum EVM chain, having 22 million addresses, while Solana dominates the non-EVM chain with over 100 million addresses. This year also saw the highest number of mobile wallet users, with the United States accounting for 12% of global users.