OpenSea pivots to Seaport 1.6 hooks amid competitor volume shifts
OpenSea transitioned to Seaport 1.6 to utilize Ethereum Dencun hooks, saving approximately $120 million annually in account initialization fees. Meanwhile, Magic Eden…
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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…
Beyond Bitcoin
Ethereum & Altcoins
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
BERA price volatility and the Proof-of-Liquidity reality
BERA prices dropped 49% to $8.00 following a peak of $14.83 during the Berachain mainnet launch. The network utilizes a Proof-of-Liquidity model where BGT governance…
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
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…
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.…
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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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