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Zero Network, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling protocol, has announced it is winding down operations — the latest in a…
The fourth-largest U.S. brokerage now routes trading through ZeroHash and Paxos and lets clients move USDC, PYUSD and RLUSD in and out of broker accounts to external wallets.
The launch pairs CEX-like speed with non-custodial trading and onchain settlement, and now powers Ondo Perps, layering derivatives onto the firm's RWA stack.
Virtuals Protocol is a Base-based launchpad where anyone can spin up an AI agent token. Most launchpad tokens go to zero — and the structure explains why.
The upgrade pushes Lido's staked ETH onto post-Pectra 0x02 validators, lifting their share of Ethereum's staking set to roughly 52% and trimming total validator count by about a third.
DeFiLlama tracks over $100B locked across thousands of protocols. Here are the 10 that consistently matter, what they do, and the risks most guides skip.
Intents let crypto users declare an outcome instead of signing a transaction. ERC-7683 standardizes that promise across chains like Ethereum, Uniswap, and Across.
ETHFI gives the protocol's governance token a fee claim, but most yield comes from active AVS selection, and slashing cuts through LRT holders first.
On-chain options protocols let anyone buy or sell crypto options without a broker, but volumes are still tiny compared to Deribit because liquidity provision is brutally hard.
Compound is the lending protocol that helped invent DeFi yield. Deposit assets, earn interest set by an algorithm, or borrow against them. Here is how it works.
NEAR pairs sharded execution with chain signatures and an intents-based DEX. Here is what actually works, what is still vapor, and why DeFi activity stays thin.
Aptos shipped its mainnet, but daily activity is still a fraction of Solana's. Here is what actually lives on the chain, who uses it, and where the risks sit.
Both run their own appchains with on-chain order books, but Hyperliquid's custom L1 and dYdX's Cosmos chain differ sharply on fees, validator decentralization, and token utility.
Chain abstraction promises one signature across any blockchain. ERC-7683 is the emerging standard that makes it work. Here is how intents, fillers, and cross-chain settlement actually fit together.
An NFT is a unique, blockchain-verified token that proves ownership of a specific digital item — art, collectible, in-game asset or membership. Here's how they actually work, and where the hype broke from reality.
A DEX lets you trade tokens directly from your wallet without an intermediary holding your funds — but the user carries every risk that an exchange normally absorbs. Here's how to use one without getting drained.
1inch routes your swap across many DEXes to find the best price. Here is how the aggregator works, what 1INCH does, and where the real risks live.
Total value locked tells you how much money sits in a protocol. Revenue tells you how much it actually earns. Here is how the top 10 stack up in 2026.
Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency using zero-knowledge proofs to hide transaction details on-chain. Here is how it works and the risks worth weighing.
Modular chains split the four jobs of a blockchain into separate layers; monolithic chains do all four at once. Neither design has clearly won, and the trend in 2024–2026 is blurring the line.
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