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The June upgrade automates shard splits and bolts on post-quantum signing — and the bid is already in: $7M into Bitwise's NEAR staking ETP this week, with NEAR up roughly 30% to $2.25 as the top…
A practical compliance map for US-to-Mexico USDC corridors, covering state licensing, MiCA CASP registration, the FATF Travel Rule, and the real audit hot spots.
Three live governance votes turn the switch on v2/v3, v4, and bridge-level fee capture, with proceeds routed into UNI buybacks rather than the treasury.
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.
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.
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.
Intents let crypto users declare an outcome instead of signing a transaction. ERC-7683 standardizes that promise across chains like Ethereum, Uniswap, and Across.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chainlink is the decentralized oracle network that brings off-chain data into smart contracts. Here is what it does, what LINK is for, and what to weigh.
A $15M Bitcoin security consortium forms the same week a cross-chain bridge is drained twice. The ledger tells a story of two very different on-chain maturities.
Decentralized options bring traditional option contracts on-chain. Here is how protocols like Opyn and Lyra work, what they offer and the real risks.
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.
The FATF Travel Rule forces VASPs to share sender and receiver data on transfers above USD/EUR 1,000. It is unevenly enforced and is reshaping how exchanges and DeFi connect.
Both VIRTUAL and TAO trade on the AI agent narrative, but their economic models point in opposite directions. Here is how each one actually 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.
USDT and USDC look like substitutes, but in 2026 they trade in different regulatory lanes. Access, liquidity, and yield all hinge on where the token is issued.
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.
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