Hyperliquid dominates perps as HYPE staking scales
Hyperliquid captured 32% of all on-chain perpetual futures volume in Q1 2026 with $633 billion in trading volume. The platform utilizes HyperBFT consensus to process…
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Bitcoin
Marathon Digital vs Riot Platforms: Mining and AI Infrastructure Realities
RIOT secures recurring cash flow through a 20-year compute agreement with Anthropic, while MARA maintains a 70 EH/s energized hashrate and a large bitcoin treasury. The…
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
Glassnode supply metrics hide institutional rebalancing
Bitcoin exchange reserves have dropped to 5.88% of total supply, creating a liquidity trap as Coinbase Custody moves massive quantities of assets into cold storage.…
Open finance
DeFi
JUP price climbs on accumulation and revenue narratives
JUP gained 5.8% as the Litterbox Trust increased its total accumulation to 164,624,454 JUP. While Jupiter DAO paused voting to focus on platform expansion, 69% of…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
SEC and state regulators clash over crypto jurisdiction
Chairman Paul Atkins introduces new crypto safe harbors while 18 state attorneys general block federal preemption efforts. The SEC's March 17 interpretive release…
Hong Kong virtual asset expansion and regulatory comparison
Hong Kong's SFC allows licensed platforms like OSL and HashKey to integrate global order books and expand retail access. The regulatory landscape features HKMA…
Japan’s FSA crypto taxation changes and stablecoin market updates
The Financial Services Agency's regulatory overhaul introduces a 20.315% flat tax on 105 approved cryptocurrencies, replacing the previous 55% maximum rate. This shift…
The economics of RLUSD and XRP in global remittance
RLUSD maintains a $1.56 billion market cap while Azimo uses XRP to reduce liquidity costs by 60% compared to traditional banking. JPMorgan's Kinexys platform…
Under the hood
Blockchain Tech
Polygon settles volume through AggLayer and POL
Polygon moved $741 billion in stablecoin transfers in 2026 following the 99% completion of its POL token migration. This unified liquidity model contrasts with Cosmos…
Midnight deployment and Cardano infrastructure friction
Cardano reallocated 70 million ADA to fund the Midnight privacy network using the Kachina protocol. While Cardano reached a single-block TPS of 436 in October 2026…
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