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Bybit Introduces BYUSDT, Allowing Easy Earn Assets to Function as Trading Margin While Retaining Yield
Bybit Introduces BYUSDT, Allowing Easy Earn Assets to Function as Trading Margin While Retaining Yield
4 hours ago
BTCC Exchange Wins Best Centralized Exchange (Community Choice) at BeInCrypto 100 Awards 2025
BTCC Exchange Wins Best Centralized Exchange (Community Choice) at BeInCrypto 100 Awards 2025
5 hours ago
Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. Company Secures Commitment to Expand Private Placement to $1 Billion Following Strong Investor Demand
Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. Company Secures Commitment to Expand Private Placement to $1 Billion Following Strong Investor Demand
6 hours ago
Phemex Co-hosts LONGITUDE, Spotlighting the Next Era of Crypto Security at Its 6th Anniversary
Phemex Co-hosts LONGITUDE, Spotlighting the Next Era of Crypto Security at Its 6th Anniversary
8 hours ago
TestMachine Secures Over $6.5M In Venture Funding To Expand AI-driven Blockchain Security Solutions
TestMachine Secures Over $6.5M In Venture Funding To Expand AI-driven Blockchain Security Solutions
1 day ago
TDX Launches Next-Generation Digital Asset as LBank Listing Goes Live on December 12
TDX Launches Next-Generation Digital Asset as LBank Listing Goes Live on December 12
1 day ago
Everstake and KODA Partner to Bring Regulated Institutional Staking to South Korea
Everstake and KODA Partner to Bring Regulated Institutional Staking to South Korea
1 day ago
BitMEX Debuts New Mobile Trading Experience With Intuitive Design and Controls
BitMEX Debuts New Mobile Trading Experience With Intuitive Design and Controls
1 day ago
HAI Group Unveils CORE.3 Platform, Introducing Probability of Loss (PoL) Risk Metric for Web3
HAI Group Unveils CORE.3 Platform, Introducing Probability of Loss (PoL) Risk Metric for Web3
1 day ago
BTSE Unveils Stable Staking: A Major Initiative Offering Up to 500% APR
BTSE Unveils Stable Staking: A Major Initiative Offering Up to 500% APR
1 day ago
Surf Raises $15M to Scale the First AI Model Purpose-Built for Digital Assets
Surf Raises $15M to Scale the First AI Model Purpose-Built for Digital Assets
2 days ago
BOLTS Launches Quantum-Resilience Pilot On Canton Network To Future-Proof $6T Real-World Assets
BOLTS Launches Quantum-Resilience Pilot On Canton Network To Future-Proof $6T Real-World Assets
2 days ago
Bitunix Integrates Fireblocks and Elliptic, Elevating Security and Compliance to Institutional-Grade
Bitunix Integrates Fireblocks and Elliptic, Elevating Security and Compliance to Institutional-Grade
2 days ago
Gamdom Introduces 100% Return to Player Across All Original Crypto Casino Games
Gamdom Introduces 100% Return to Player Across All Original Crypto Casino Games
2 days ago
CARV Deep Dive: Cashie 2.0 Integrated x402, Turning Social Capital Into On-Chain Value
CARV Deep Dive: Cashie 2.0 Integrated x402, Turning Social Capital Into On-Chain Value
2 days ago
The Sandbox Ecosystem Welcomes Web3 Platform Corners, Beta Now Available to Coin Internet Content
The Sandbox Ecosystem Welcomes Web3 Platform Corners, Beta Now Available to Coin Internet Content
3 days ago
SwissChain Announces Tokenized Participation Under Swiss Law and Operational Model
SwissChain Announces Tokenized Participation Under Swiss Law and Operational Model
3 days ago
BTCC Exchange Integrates with TradingView, Bringing Professional Trading Tools to its 10 Million Global Users
BTCC Exchange Integrates with TradingView, Bringing Professional Trading Tools to its 10 Million Global Users
3 days ago
Pendle achieves Record Growth for 2025, $40M Annualized Revenue, and Strategic Expansion to Funding Rates Markets
Pendle achieves Record Growth for 2025, $40M Annualized Revenue, and Strategic Expansion to Funding Rates Markets
3 days ago
Baltex Launches BTC to XMR Private Swaps
Baltex Launches BTC to XMR Private Swaps
3 days ago
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Owning or Renting Liquidity? A Study of Incentives and POL for Sustainable Models
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The Shaga Model
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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.
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The Return of Uncollateralised Lending in Crypto: A Sector of Risk and Reward
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Evaluating Risk in DeFi
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Solv Protocol: The Onchain Bitcoin Reserve
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Enso: Taking DeFi from fragmented to functional
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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
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State of DeFi 3Q24
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The state of digital assets in Europe
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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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