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BTCC Exchange Supercharges Black Friday 2025 with 2 Million USDT in Rewards Plus Exclusive JJJ Signed Prizes
BTCC Exchange Supercharges Black Friday 2025 with 2 Million USDT in Rewards Plus Exclusive JJJ Signed Prizes
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EV2 Token Presale Launches as Funtico Targets Mainstream Gamers With ‘Earth Version 2’
EV2 Token Presale Launches as Funtico Targets Mainstream Gamers With ‘Earth Version 2’
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ConsumerFi Launches on Calyx as The Personal Intelligence Layer for Apps and Agents
ConsumerFi Launches on Calyx as The Personal Intelligence Layer for Apps and Agents
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Shodai Network Raises $2.5 Million in Seed Funding to Rewire How Capital is Distributed in Web3
Shodai Network Raises $2.5 Million in Seed Funding to Rewire How Capital is Distributed in Web3
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YEX Deepens Partnership with StablR, Expands Listings with USDR and EURR ETH Pairs
YEX Deepens Partnership with StablR, Expands Listings with USDR and EURR ETH Pairs
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Bybit’s Lazarus Security Lab Reveals Hidden Fund-Freezing Functions Across 16 Major Blockchains
Bybit’s Lazarus Security Lab Reveals Hidden Fund-Freezing Functions Across 16 Major Blockchains
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Alchemy Pay partners with XDB CHAIN to expand global access to Its ecosystem, with a strong focus on U.S. users
Alchemy Pay partners with XDB CHAIN to expand global access to Its ecosystem, with a strong focus on U.S. users
5 hours ago
Ontology Community Approves ONG Tokenomics Adjustment Proposal
Ontology Community Approves ONG Tokenomics Adjustment Proposal
6 hours ago
Zama and Pyratzlabs Establish Zaiffer, a Joint Venture for Confidential and Compliant Onchain Finance
Zama and Pyratzlabs Establish Zaiffer, a Joint Venture for Confidential and Compliant Onchain Finance
6 hours ago
AgentLISA Reaches #4 on x402scan Leaderboard, Pioneering AI Security for the Agent-to-Agent Economy
AgentLISA Reaches #4 on x402scan Leaderboard, Pioneering AI Security for the Agent-to-Agent Economy
11 hours ago
PowerPool.io Achieves SOC 2 Type I Certification
PowerPool.io Achieves SOC 2 Type I Certification
22 hours ago
Constellation Network Expands Global Reach with DAG Listing on Kraken
Constellation Network Expands Global Reach with DAG Listing on Kraken
1 day ago
RISE Acquires BSX, a Perp DEX on Base, to Accelerate Development of the First Integrated Orderbooks
RISE Acquires BSX, a Perp DEX on Base, to Accelerate Development of the First Integrated Orderbooks
1 day ago
Threshold Network Simplifies Bitcoin Onchain Access With Direct and Gasless tBTC Minting
Threshold Network Simplifies Bitcoin Onchain Access With Direct and Gasless tBTC Minting
1 day ago
Domino’s Pizza Partners with xMoney for Fiat and Crypto Payments
Domino’s Pizza Partners with xMoney for Fiat and Crypto Payments
1 day ago
Quantus Network Launches Quantum-Secure Public Testnet to Safeguard Digital Wealth
Quantus Network Launches Quantum-Secure Public Testnet to Safeguard Digital Wealth
1 day ago
Phemex Introduces Refreshed Logo and Platform Design, Ushering in a New Brand Era
Phemex Introduces Refreshed Logo and Platform Design, Ushering in a New Brand Era
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Tapbit Celebrates 4th Anniversary with Global Events, Zero-Fee Trading, and $1 Million Rewards
Tapbit Celebrates 4th Anniversary with Global Events, Zero-Fee Trading, and $1 Million Rewards
1 day ago
BNB Chain to Host BNB Hack: Buenos Aires and Demo Night at Devconnect Argentina
BNB Chain to Host BNB Hack: Buenos Aires and Demo Night at Devconnect Argentina
1 day ago
AB DAO x AB Charity Foundation Welcomes Five New Senior Advisors to Power Global Philanthropy & Tech
AB DAO x AB Charity Foundation Welcomes Five New Senior Advisors to Power Global Philanthropy & Tech
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Plasma: Redefining Stablecoin Settlement
Plasma tackles stablecoin fragmentation with free USDT transfers, built-in yield, and a path to decentralisation. Dive into our latest research here.
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.
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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.
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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