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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…
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.
Virtuals Protocol launches AI agents as tradable tokens on Base. Most go to zero. VIRTUAL stakers capture agent revenue through VADER buybacks. Here is the actual mechanism.
The framework mirrors securities oversight under the "same business, same risks, same rules" doctrine — completing the final leg of Hong Kong's digital asset regime before a 2026 legislative push.
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.
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.
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.
The proposal splits credit decisions (off-chain, with human underwriters) from loan mechanics (on-chain, fixed at the base layer), betting that predictable, governance-free rules are what…
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.
Decentralized options bring traditional option contracts on-chain. Here is how protocols like Opyn and Lyra work, what they offer and the real risks.
Celestia sells data availability, not execution. Here is what it actually does, which rollups use it, and why TIA's 8% inflation has split the community.
Solana DeFi runs on a fast, low-cost chain with notable reliability trade-offs. Here is how the major protocols fit together and where the real risks hide.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Flare is a Layer-1 built to give non-smart-contract chains like XRP and DOGE a DeFi life, anchored by an oracle system that looks nothing like Chainlink and a real airdrop history.
Hyperliquid runs a fully on-chain central limit orderbook for perps. Here's how matching, funding, and liquidations actually work under the hood.
VIRTUAL is one of the few AI agent tokens with a buyback funded by real revenue. Here is the honest math on whether that revenue actually reaches holders.
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.
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