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Seoul Protocol Upgrade Brings Strengthened Institutional Security to Tezos and Enables 63x Network Efficiency Gains
Seoul Protocol Upgrade Brings Strengthened Institutional Security to Tezos and Enables 63x Network Efficiency Gains
22 hours ago
Coral Protocol Launches Coral v1 with Remote Agents for Effortless Multi-Agent Deployment
Coral Protocol Launches Coral v1 with Remote Agents for Effortless Multi-Agent Deployment
1 day ago
Phemex Introduces On-chain Earn to Streamline Staking and Improve Capital Efficiency
Phemex Introduces On-chain Earn to Streamline Staking and Improve Capital Efficiency
1 day ago
Tapbit at TOKEN2049:  Reshaping the Crypto Landscape through Product Innovation
Tapbit at TOKEN2049: Reshaping the Crypto Landscape through Product Innovation
1 day ago
Bitget and Hummingbot Partner to Unlock Open-Source Liquidity for Perpetuals Traders
Bitget and Hummingbot Partner to Unlock Open-Source Liquidity for Perpetuals Traders
1 day ago
$ASTER TGE Day-One Performance Shines: Exclusive Aster DEX Launch Drives $371 Million Trading Volume and nearly 330,000 New Users
$ASTER TGE Day-One Performance Shines: Exclusive Aster DEX Launch Drives $371 Million Trading Volume and nearly 330,000 New Users
1 day ago
Radium Launches Incentivized Staging Network Ahead of Mainnet Release
Radium Launches Incentivized Staging Network Ahead of Mainnet Release
1 day ago
Bybit Becomes First Crypto Exchange to Partner with QNB Group and DMZ Finance to Accept QCDT, Unlocking Institutional Access to Digital Assets
Bybit Becomes First Crypto Exchange to Partner with QNB Group and DMZ Finance to Accept QCDT, Unlocking Institutional Access to Digital Assets
1 day ago
PayPal USD Expands to TRON Network via LayerZero
PayPal USD Expands to TRON Network via LayerZero
1 day ago
Origin Summit Announces Wave 3: Animation Powerhouse Maggie Kang to Join Programming Lineup
Origin Summit Announces Wave 3: Animation Powerhouse Maggie Kang to Join Programming Lineup
1 day ago
Estonian Crypto Startup AMBCrypto Sold to Dubai Group for 7-Figures
Estonian Crypto Startup AMBCrypto Sold to Dubai Group for 7-Figures
1 day ago
KPop Comes Onchain with Avalanche: Titan Content to Launch 2GATHR, a New Fan Engagement App
KPop Comes Onchain with Avalanche: Titan Content to Launch 2GATHR, a New Fan Engagement App
1 day ago
BetFury is at SBC Summit Lisbon 2025: Affiliate Growth in Focus
BetFury is at SBC Summit Lisbon 2025: Affiliate Growth in Focus
2 days ago
Superform Raises $1.4M Echo Community Round Led by Polymer Pals and Launches Early Access for v2
Superform Raises $1.4M Echo Community Round Led by Polymer Pals and Launches Early Access for v2
2 days ago
BTCC Exchange Maintains 143% Total Reserve Ratio in September 2025 Demonstrating Continued Financial Strength
BTCC Exchange Maintains 143% Total Reserve Ratio in September 2025 Demonstrating Continued Financial Strength
3 days ago
Motif AI Enters Phase Two of Its Growth Cycle
Motif AI Enters Phase Two of Its Growth Cycle
3 days ago
Bybit Q3 2025 Asset Allocation Report: Stablecoin Holdings Drop as Investors Pivot to SOL, XRP, and Altcoins
Bybit Q3 2025 Asset Allocation Report: Stablecoin Holdings Drop as Investors Pivot to SOL, XRP, and Altcoins
3 days ago
Bitget Unveils Six-Tier Broker Commissions with Lower Thresholds and Daily Payouts
Bitget Unveils Six-Tier Broker Commissions with Lower Thresholds and Daily Payouts
3 days ago
Flipster Partners with WLFI to Advance Global Stablecoin Adoption Through USD1 Integration
Flipster Partners with WLFI to Advance Global Stablecoin Adoption Through USD1 Integration
3 days ago
Transak and MetaMask join forces to offer 1:1 stablecoin onramping and named IBANs
Transak and MetaMask join forces to offer 1:1 stablecoin onramping and named IBANs
3 days ago
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RedStone: The Fastest-Growing Blockchain Oracle Report
Builders trust RedStone for speed and precision. Explore how it's shaping onchian markets in our report.
The Shaga Model
Shaga converts everyday hardware into global infrastructure, powering cloud gaming and AI-ready data. Dive into our latest research here.
An Analysis of the Role of Vote Buying in DAO Governance
Our report shows onchain vote buying moving from informal back-room deals to transparent marketplaces, where aligned delegation and market-driven pricing reshape DAO participation and governance.
The Return of Uncollateralised Lending in Crypto: A Sector of Risk and Reward
This report explains how onchain uncollateralised lending is resurfacing, with transparent borrower-level vaults and analytics-driven underwriting replacing opaque pooled risk, rebuilding trust and broadening access to DeFi credit.
Evaluating Risk in DeFi
Exponential standardises DeFi due diligence by converting complex technical, economic, and operational data into intuitive A-F risk scores. Discover how its framework clarifies product safety and guides smarter yield strategies in our latest deep-dive.
iYield: The Ultimate Financial Planning Tool for Crypto Natives
iYield redefines financial tracking by integrating digitial and TradFi assets into one powerful portfolio hub. Explore how it simplifies budgeting, yield tracking, and more in our latest deep-dive.
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Solv Protocol: The Onchain Bitcoin Reserve
Is the decentralized MicroStrategy here? Dive into Solv Protocol’s innovative approach to turning Bitcoin into a yield-generating, multi-chain powerhouse.
Enso: Taking DeFi from fragmented to functional
Enso is simplifying DeFi with 'shortcuts,' using its intent engine to turn requests into predefined workflows.
Hemi: A Modular L2 connecting the Bitcoin and Ethereum Ecosystems
Hemi is a modular, multi-network Layer 2 blockchain focused on securely unifying Bitcoin and Ethereum in a scalable manner. Our latest report delves into Hemi's key features and the use cases they enable.
DeFi Yield Renaissance
DeFi is in a new era, driven by sustainable revenue models, real yields and capital efficiency. We break it down in our latest report with Exponential Finance.
State of DeFi 3Q24
DeFi faced Q3 volatility head-on, showing resilience in lending, staking, and cross-chain bridges.
Analyst Notes: Insights After Dencun
The Ethereum ecosystem has undergone significant changes since the Dencun upgrade (EIP-4844) went live in March 2024.
The state of digital assets in Europe
Europe is leading the world in efforts to regulate digital assets, charting a more sustainable growth path for the blockchain industry. What does this mean for the world's second-largest crypto market?
Kontos: The AI-Powered Omnichain Infrastructure Pioneering Chain Abstraction
Mainstream adoption of blockchain technology hinges on two components—interoperability and user experience (UX). For blockchain to reach users beyond digital natives earnestly discussing use cases, regardless of whether they exist yet, it needs one connected ecosystem and a decidedly web2 front end.
Zeta Markets: Perpetual growth
Zeta Markets is the second-largest derivatives platform on the Solana blockchain, and it aims to take top spot. Growth is exploding. What's coming next?
Zircuit: The L2 with AI-enabled Security
Born out of the need to scale Ethereum, Layer 2 (L2) networks have truly taken off, each with its own unique design choices. Zircuit introduces a novel feature called Sequencer Level Security, which is designed to prevent malicious transactions from ever being finalised on the blockchain.
Polkadot is levelling up
The Polkadot network has been at the forefront of blockchain innovation since its 2020 mainnet launch, and this cycle is no exception. Polkadot is reaching new heights with a host of technological advancements including the Join-Accumulate Machine, or JAM upgrade, a proliferation of AI-driven projects and applications, and new forays into decentralised physical infrastructure (DePIN). Time to level up!
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