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Press releases
Streamflow Announces Solana Exclusivity as Revenue and $STREAM Staking Dividends Grow
Streamflow Announces Solana Exclusivity as Revenue and $STREAM Staking Dividends Grow
5 hours ago
Everstake Becomes First Crypto Staking Company to Hold All Five Institutional-Grade Certifications
Everstake Becomes First Crypto Staking Company to Hold All Five Institutional-Grade Certifications
1 day ago
Seascape Launches First Tokenized BNB Treasury Strategy on Binance Smart Chain
Seascape Launches First Tokenized BNB Treasury Strategy on Binance Smart Chain
1 day ago
Bybit Kazakhstan Showcases First-Ever QR-Based Crypto Payment at Digital Bridge 2025
Bybit Kazakhstan Showcases First-Ever QR-Based Crypto Payment at Digital Bridge 2025
1 day ago
Donald Trump Jr. in Discussion with De.Fi CEO on Future Development
Donald Trump Jr. in Discussion with De.Fi CEO on Future Development
1 day ago
USDT0 Legacy Mesh Integrates Solana, Unlocking Interoperability for Native USDT and Omnichain Tether Gold
USDT0 Legacy Mesh Integrates Solana, Unlocking Interoperability for Native USDT and Omnichain Tether Gold
2 days ago
xMoney Launches $XMN on Sui, Expands Listings Across Global Exchanges
xMoney Launches $XMN on Sui, Expands Listings Across Global Exchanges
2 days ago
Chainwire Earns 8 Badges in G2’s Fall 2025 Grid® Reports for Press Release Distribution”
Chainwire Earns 8 Badges in G2’s Fall 2025 Grid® Reports for Press Release Distribution”
2 days ago
ZETA NETWORK GROUP (NASDAQ: ZNB) STRENGTHENS BALANCE SHEET WITH USD 231 MILLION BITCOIN-BACKED INVESTMENT AMID MARKET TURBULENCE
ZETA NETWORK GROUP (NASDAQ: ZNB) STRENGTHENS BALANCE SHEET WITH USD 231 MILLION BITCOIN-BACKED INVESTMENT AMID MARKET TURBULENCE
2 days ago
LBank Celebrates 10th Anniversary with $2M Campaign
LBank Celebrates 10th Anniversary with $2M Campaign
2 days ago
Bybit Georgia Enters New Chapter with Presence at DGFI 2025 and Major Partnership Deal with Setanta Sports
Bybit Georgia Enters New Chapter with Presence at DGFI 2025 and Major Partnership Deal with Setanta Sports
2 days ago
Bybit Expands TradFi Offering to Web Platform
Bybit Expands TradFi Offering to Web Platform
2 days ago
M2 Capital announces $21 Million investment in AVAX Digital Asset Treasury, AVAX One
M2 Capital announces $21 Million investment in AVAX Digital Asset Treasury, AVAX One
2 days ago
On-Chain Cultural Assets: Decoding City Protocol’s IP Capital Market
On-Chain Cultural Assets: Decoding City Protocol’s IP Capital Market
2 days ago
MICHELIN Marks Two Years in Web3 with Growing Community, Strategic Partnerships, and Real-World Utility
MICHELIN Marks Two Years in Web3 with Growing Community, Strategic Partnerships, and Real-World Utility
2 days ago
BitMEX Study Finds Cryptocurrency Funding Rates Positive 92% of the Time, Revealing a Structural Market Bias
BitMEX Study Finds Cryptocurrency Funding Rates Positive 92% of the Time, Revealing a Structural Market Bias
3 days ago
CoinRoutes Integrates Fireblocks to Power DeFi Access for Institutional Clients
CoinRoutes Integrates Fireblocks to Power DeFi Access for Institutional Clients
3 days ago
Tria raises $12M to be the leading self-custodial neobank and payments infrastructure for humans and AI.
Tria raises $12M to be the leading self-custodial neobank and payments infrastructure for humans and AI.
3 days ago
Bybit Launches Argentina-Exclusive Fiat ARS Campaign with Special Prizes
Bybit Launches Argentina-Exclusive Fiat ARS Campaign with Special Prizes
3 days ago
Bybit Joins First Wave of Major Exchange Listings of ENSO with Two Exclusive Rewards Tracks
Bybit Joins First Wave of Major Exchange Listings of ENSO with Two Exclusive Rewards Tracks
3 days ago
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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.
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.
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.
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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
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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