Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure MakerDAO’s Endgame transition has always been ambitious, and at times difficult to follow. The latest discussions around Spark rollout mechanics and token distribution help make the restructuring feel more concrete, especially for users trying to understand where DAI and the broader Maker…
Approximately 80% of all Pioneers hold less than 10 PI each. The controversial cryptocurrency project continues to draw attention across the industry after releasing key features and unveiling big upgrades. Its native token, PI, is also very popular, boasting a multi-million-strong holder base. However, only a small fraction of users own more than 10 million…
Crypto’s infrastructure is starting to look a lot more like traditional finance. New data from Dune shows that the world’s stablecoin leaders — Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC — are no longer competing for the same users, with each now dominating a different corner of the market. Meanwhile, demand for MiCA-compliant euro stablecoins is accelerating,…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Solana’s priority fee debate is not the easiest headline in crypto, but it is one of the most important ones for people who care about how the network actually works. SIMD-0096 puts validator economics back in focus by clarifying how priority fees…
Strategy has more BTC holdings than Binance, so the firm has a significantly larger unrealized loss margin than the exchange. As the business intelligence and Bitcoin treasury company Strategy just carried out its largest BTC sale this week, analysts are comparing just how deeply the firm is underwater. CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost reviewed Strategy’s Bitcoin unrealized…
United States prosecutors have charged a man serving a federal prison sentence over the alleged removal and laundering of about $290,000 in crypto assets held in a Kraken account subject to a forfeiture order. The Department of Justice said on Thursday that Rossen Iossifov, a Bulgarian national, conspired in January 2024 to withdraw and transfer…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Every so often, Ethereum’s most important story looks almost unreadable to casual investors. Vitalik Buterin’s work on proof optimization is one of those stories. It is technical, dense, and far removed from the usual ETF and price chatter. It also matters. Ethereum…
Circle has joined a small but growing list of crypto-native companies that have received OCC approval. The entity behind the second-largest stablecoin announced earlier today that it has secured the necessary license from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to launch First National Digital Currency Bank, NA, which will operate as…
Japanese investment and Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet’s securities arm, Metaplanet Securities, stablecoin issuer JPYC and tokenization infrastructure provider Progmatare are tying up on a joint study on Bitcoin-backed digital credit products in Japan. The study involves using BTC as collateral and a credit enhancement tool combined with the Japanese yen-pegged JPY Coin (JPYC) stablecoin for…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Base crossing $2 billion in total value locked is a milestone that changes the way the network should be discussed. This is no longer just Coinbase’s experimental layer-2. It is a meaningful DeFi venue with enough liquidity to affect the broader Ethereum…
