Pendle yield collapse and the Penpie exploit reality
Pendle faces a yield token collapse following an sUSDe maturity pool default and a $27 million exploit involving Penpie. Market stability depends on Equilibria bribe…
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Bitcoin
Marathon’s Bitcoin Liquidation and the AI Infrastructure Pivot
Marathon Holdings liquidated 15,133 bitcoin to retire $1 billion in debt while pivoting toward digital energy and AI infrastructure. Meanwhile, Riot Platforms faces…
Beyond Bitcoin
Ethereum & Altcoins
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
Institutional messaging and settlement with Chainlink CCIP
Swift and Chainlink CCIP establish an institutional pattern for tokenized assets, enabling DTCC to manage its Smart NAV pilot for fund net-asset-value distribution.…
Open finance
DeFi
Aave governance and the stablecoin market outlook
Aave DAO revenue hit $140 million in 2025, while the stablecoin market reached a $309 billion supply in mid-October 2026. Compound v3 is tightening liquidity on…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
Hong Kong leads the Asian regulatory race
Hong Kong's SFC strengthens its digital asset hub by allowing licensed platforms to share order books and distribute HKMA-licensed stablecoins. This integrated…
The impact of FCA cryptoasset rules on the UK market
FCA regulations require stablecoin issuers to hold minimum capital of £350,000 and custodians to hold £150,000. These rules follow Revolut obtaining its license and the…
GOP youth ideology and economic realignment
Leaked messages from Young Republican leaders reveal extremist rhetoric and racial slurs, while the Republican Party shifts from free market orthodoxy toward state…
MAS stablecoin framework and regulatory requirements in Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore proposed new rules for regulated stablecoins requiring minimum capital of $1 million SGD or 50% of annual operating expenses. These…
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Blockchain Tech
NEAR Protocol scaling and the competitive blockchain landscape
NEAR Protocol achieves 100,000 transactions per second using Nightshade sharding, outperforming Solana's 65,000 TPS. While Solana maintains a larger market cap of $55.8…
Risks facing Celestia after October 2026 data availability sampling
Automated scraper bots caused a 50 percent increase in bandwidth use since January 2024, threatening a planned 8.4 million Euro budget. This surge in activity occurs…
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