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This report outlines the landscape and trends of the tokenized stocks sector. The market capitalization of tokenized stocks has surpassed $500 million, growing over 50-fold within the year, with daily transfer volumes reaching $40–60 million. It is poised to become the next high-growth area in the RWA space, following government bonds. However, compared to the global stock market’s total value of $147.6 trillion and the $19.25 trillion in ETF assets, the current penetration rate is only about 0.0004% for stocks and 0.003% for ETFs, indicating substantial room for growth.

Gate Research Weekly Report: BTC saw a strong rebound followed by a period of consolidation at higher levels over the past day. ETH quickly reversed after dipping to $2,719.28 on December 2 and continued to set new local highs during the subsequent rally. Gate recently listed TRADOOR spot and perpetual contracts, with the token surging more than 170% in 24 hours. The Ethereum Fusaka upgrade is progressing smoothly; Web3 project registrations in the Cayman Islands have surged; and PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin has seen substantial growth. Kalshi and Polymarket recorded nearly $10 billion in combined trading volume in November, marking their strongest month on record. ENA, LINEA, and BB are scheduled to unlock approximately $50.92 million, $12.75 million, and $2.51 million worth of tokens, respectively, over the next seven days.

Gate Research: On December 4th, BTC consolidated at a high level around the $94k mark after a deep V-shaped rebound. ETH, driven by the dual catalysts of the Fusaka upgrade implementation and macro expectations repair, strongly led the rally. Technically, its three moving averages show a bullish divergence, suggesting a potential continued push toward the $3.3k level. Exchange token GT steadily trended up, following the warming market sentiment. In the mid-to-small capitalization sector, Tradoor (derivatives), BOB (Bitcoin scaling narrative), and SAPIEN (decentralized AI data network) were the top gainers, boosted by factors such as listing incentives, a short squeeze by Korean capital, and the recovery of the AI and robotics tracks, respectively. Regarding hotspots, the Ethereum Fusaka upgrade releases new space for Layer 2 and on-chain scaling. The significant year-on-year increase in Cayman Islands Web3 Foundation registrationsreflects a trend toward compliance, while the PayPal stablecoin PYUSD is expandi