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…
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The original chain
Bitcoin
Fidelity reduces Wise Origin Bitcoin ETF fee to 0.19%
Fidelity has lowered the Wise Origin Bitcoin ETF fee to 0.19% following a $50 billion AUM milestone. This pricing shift intensifies competition against BlackRock's…
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
The history of Lido Finance
Lido Finance manages 9.13 million ETH in staking despite market share falling to 21.18% in the first half of 2026. The protocol faces intense institutional competition…
Open finance
DeFi
CRV liquidity concentration and Convex governance risks
Michael Egorov's $175 million CRV collateral holdings and Convex Finance's 46.78% control over veCRV voting power create significant systemic risks for Curve liquidity.…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
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…
FSA on-chain finance and stablecoin rules explained
Japan's FSA is transitioning toward structured on-chain financial infrastructure with major banks like MUFG and Mizuho planning fiat-collateralized stablecoin launches.…
India’s crypto landscape: offshore blocks and regulatory realities
FIU-IND issued compliance notices to 25 offshore exchanges including Binance and Kucoin for anti-money laundering failures. While CoinDCX reaches a $1.1 billion…
Enforcement and the Thodex aftermath in Turkish crypto regulation
Turkish authorities have sentenced Faruk Fatih Ozer to 11,196 years in prison following the $2.6 billion Thodex collapse. New MASAK regulations now enforce a $425…
Under the hood
Blockchain Tech
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…
LayerZero scaling and the reality of cross-chain messaging
LayerZero secures over $20 billion in total value while facing security challenges and ecosystem exits following Lazarus Group activity. The protocol offers low latency…
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