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Updated April 27, 2026 · 3:45 PM UTC

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Mining

Who decides what’s in the next Bitcoin block without MEV?

Bitcoin MEV, the quiet kind: how miners pick winners in your mempool.

6 months ago

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DeFi

From experiment to blueprint: Why 43% of hedge funds plan integration with DeFi

New AIMA/PwC survey shows allocations rising, with US rule shifts and ETF access paving the way while infrastructure gaps still gate bigger flows.

6 months ago

DeFi

What’s happening to DeFi? $231M was just drained but $19M clawed back

Balancer's exploit met a rare win via StakeWise, while Stream's $93M loss and xUSD depeg expose the breaking points.

6 months ago

DeFi

How 11 audits couldn’t stop Balancer’s $128 million hack redefining DeFi risks

As Balancer’s TVL plummets, the DeFi community grapples with restoring trust amidst recurring breaches.

6 months ago

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DeFi

How the Ethereum vs Solana war ended quietly not with a bang but a whimper

Battle lines redrawn with Ethereum as a modular settlement layer and Solana as a unified execution layer.

6 months ago

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Crypto

70M daily transactions, $143B volume: How Solana won DeFi’s throughput race

With ~70M daily tx and $143B Oct. DEX volume, Solana’s single-layer design keeps fees stable under load as Ethereum routes DeFi to rollups.

6 months ago

DeFi

If Web3 is decentralized, why do DeFi dApps still break when the cloud goes down?

For all its talk of decentralization, Web3 still lives inside the same data centers as everyone else, and October’s cloud failure made that impossible to ignore.

6 months ago

DeFi

Will Fusaka keep users on L2? Upcoming Ethereum upgrade eyes up to 60% fee cuts

The Fusaka upgrade cements Ethereum’s modular vision: L1 as settlement, L2 as the user layer.

6 months ago

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DEX

Decentralized exchanges surpass $1 trillion monthly volume as volatility spikes

Hyperliquid, Aster and Lighter drove a ~50% MoM surge. Here’s who’s winning and why it matters for CEXs.

6 months ago

$538M stolen by drainers: ETH & SOL wallets unite with real-time phishing blocks

Crypto 6 months ago

Why $8.2B prediction markets’ NHL backing is huge blow to legacy betting

Crypto 6 months ago

Did Vitalik just pick a side? Inside Ethereum’s layer-2 loyalty test

Crypto 6 months ago

TRON Protocol Revenue Hits All-Time High of $1.2 Billion in Q3 as Messari, Presto, and RWA.io Analyze Ecosystem Growth

DeFi 6 months ago

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DeFi News

Who decides what’s in the next Bitcoin block without MEV?

From experiment to blueprint: Why 43% of hedge funds plan integration with DeFi

What’s happening to DeFi? $231M was just drained but $19M clawed back

How 11 audits couldn’t stop Balancer’s $128 million hack redefining DeFi risks

How the Ethereum vs Solana war ended quietly not with a bang but a whimper

70M daily transactions, $143B volume: How Solana won DeFi’s throughput race

If Web3 is decentralized, why do DeFi dApps still break when the cloud goes down?

Will Fusaka keep users on L2? Upcoming Ethereum upgrade eyes up to 60% fee cuts

Decentralized exchanges surpass $1 trillion monthly volume as volatility spikes

$538M stolen by drainers: ETH & SOL wallets unite with real-time phishing blocks

Why $8.2B prediction markets’ NHL backing is huge blow to legacy betting

Did Vitalik just pick a side? Inside Ethereum’s layer-2 loyalty test

TRON Protocol Revenue Hits All-Time High of $1.2 Billion in Q3 as Messari, Presto, and RWA.io Analyze Ecosystem Growth

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