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Gate Research: Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Eases | Ethereum Sees Nearly $50 Billion in Annual Inflows

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* Market Overview: On January 12, the crypto market continued its low-level recovery, posting a mild rebound while overall risk appetite remained cautious. BTC stabilized and reclaimed its short-term moving averages, indicating partial structural repair, though upside remains capped by range resistance. ETH showed relative resilience, maintaining a low-volatility recovery and retaining its defensive allocation profile. Overall, the market remains in a technical rebound phase, with trend confirmation dependent on stronger volume and improving risk appetite.
* Top Movers: XCN outperformed on expectations surrounding DeFi governance and ecosystem progress; ARC gained traction as AI agent tooling and developer ecosystem updates continued to roll out; VVV rallied amid progress in privacy-focused inference applications and a strengthening deflationary token narrative, highlighting sustained market sensitivity to AI and privacy-related themes.
* Alpha Insights: Structural signals show marginal improvement. The recent pullback in Bitcoin mining difficulty has eased cost pressures on miners and supports a cyclical self-adjustment in network hashrate. Meanwhile, Ethereum recorded nearly USD 50 billion in net inflows over the past year, underscoring continued long-term capital accumulation in core assets during market consolidation. While fundamental support is gradually building, near-term continuation will hinge on improved trading activity and a further recovery in overall risk appetite.

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