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Solana, Cardano, Dogecoin, and XRP coins lined up on a trading floor in front of a crashing red wave and glowing price charts, symbolizing a surge of volatility as investors question whether stock trading has become the new equivalent to altcoin trading.

Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead

The S&P 500 gained 47% over 2024-2025 while broad alt baskets delivered negative Sharpe ratios with 0.9 correlation to large-cap crypto.

3 hours ago

DeFi

Is Base’s Solana bridge a ‘vampire attack’ on SOL liquidity or multichain pragmatism?

Base’s new CCIP bridge drew fire from Solana voices claiming it siphons capital, while Jesse Pollak argues it’s what builders want in a connected DeFi future.

1 week ago

A metallic Cardano coin rests on a glowing digital circuit board while a steel fork symbolically approaches it, representing Cardano’s planned Intra-Era Hard Fork upgrade.

Technology

Cardano is executing a “silent reset” after a critical ledger error nearly fractured the network in November

Hoskinson's Pentad proposal seeks to streamline Cardano's diverse entities as part of a broader network reset.

1 week ago

a glowing Ethereum symbol above parallel lanes of teal and amber “blob” spheres splitting and recombining, evoking the Fusaka upgrade’s PeerDAS and increased capacity without any text or faces.

Technology

Ethereum gets huge mainnet upgrade tomorrow – Here’s why you should care about ETH’s ‘sloping side road’

Fusaka on mainnet activates at 21:49 UTC, and BPO forks on Dec. 9 and Jan. 7 lift blob capacity.

2 weeks ago

A person works on a laptop and tablet as colorful floating UI elements—icons, search boxes, text blocks, and a play button—hover above the desk, with glowing neon cubes featuring tech-style logos illuminating the scene.

Slate Sunday

Vibe coding, no-code, and the new rules of web3 development

Eric Chen and the Injective team are using vibe coding to remap how software gets created, built, and shipped in web3.

3 weeks 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.

1 month 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.

1 month ago

five glowing crypto logos—Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Binance, and XRP—rising from rain-slick pavement before a sunlit skyline as storm clouds part, symbolizing powerful comebacks.

Analysis

The 5 unbelievable crypto comeback stories that changed the world forever

Are these the definitive crypto comebacks? Plus some of the most notable failures.

2 months ago

server-hall scene shows a heavy chain smashing through a crystalline Kadena “K” in its official teal as shards explode outward, while stone pillars etched with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana logos stand steady in dramatic gold-and-teal light.

Technology

From $4B peak to shutdown: What Kadena’s fall teaches other L1 blockchains

As Kadena fades, the crypto sector learns that technical advances without market fit can lead to extinction.

2 months ago

A glowing PayPal app screen sends streams of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoin icons across a blue world map into another phone, evoking effortless text-like crypto transfers

Technology

PayPal unveils service turning text messages into crypto-friendly payment links

PayPal revolutionizes P2P payments, integrating crypto transfers into daily communication channels.

3 months ago

A neon-lit bazaar of AI agents streams tiny coins along glowing rails toward futuristic stalls beneath a luminous Coinbase gateway, evoking real-time micropayments in a richly lit 16:9 scene.

Technology

AI agents can now pay APIs with USDC in 200 ms as Coinbase activates x402 Bazaar

GENIUS Act and MiCA create the regulatory window for x402’s web-native rails.

3 months ago

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DeFi

Turtle bets liquidity not vanity will rule crypto with new leaderboard system

A new scoreboard tracks deposits and referrals while market liquidity evaporates.

3 months ago

Name	Price	24H %	Mcap
LINK Chainlink	$13.4794	-2.01%	$9.39B
SUI Sui	$1.59844	-0.23%	$5.97B
DOT Polkadot	$1.96694	-3.38%	$3.24B
ICP Internet Computer	$3.16484	-2.62%	$1.72B
FIL Filecoin	$1.30022	-3.03%	$944.08M

Bitcoin is failing its most important test, and an 11-month slide proves the “store of value” is broken right now

BlackRock’s move into Ethereum staking signals a brutal new fee regime that mid-tier operators won’t survive

YouTube is now paying creators in crypto, offering a $100B path to finally exit banks

XRP ETFs absorbed nearly $1 billion in 18 days, yet the price is flashing a major warning signal

US banks just unlocked a loophole to profit from your crypto trades without holding the bag

Bitcoin liquidity is drying up in specific regions as a new “pay-to-exit” model quietly takes over

Citadel pushes SEC to classify open-source developers as unregistered stockbrokers – Uniswap fires back

Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead

Bitcoin just exposed a terrifying link to the AI bubble that guarantees it crashes first when tech breaks

Web3 News

Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead

Is Base’s Solana bridge a ‘vampire attack’ on SOL liquidity or multichain pragmatism?

Cardano is executing a “silent reset” after a critical ledger error nearly fractured the network in November

Ethereum gets huge mainnet upgrade tomorrow – Here’s why you should care about ETH’s ‘sloping side road’

Vibe coding, no-code, and the new rules of web3 development

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

The 5 unbelievable crypto comeback stories that changed the world forever

From $4B peak to shutdown: What Kadena’s fall teaches other L1 blockchains

PayPal unveils service turning text messages into crypto-friendly payment links

AI agents can now pay APIs with USDC in 200 ms as Coinbase activates x402 Bazaar

Turtle bets liquidity not vanity will rule crypto with new leaderboard system

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Web3 News

Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead

Is Base’s Solana bridge a ‘vampire attack’ on SOL liquidity or multichain pragmatism?

Cardano is executing a “silent reset” after a critical ledger error nearly fractured the network in November

Ethereum gets huge mainnet upgrade tomorrow – Here’s why you should care about ETH’s ‘sloping side road’

Vibe coding, no-code, and the new rules of web3 development

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

The 5 unbelievable crypto comeback stories that changed the world forever

From $4B peak to shutdown: What Kadena’s fall teaches other L1 blockchains

PayPal unveils service turning text messages into crypto-friendly payment links

AI agents can now pay APIs with USDC in 200 ms as Coinbase activates x402 Bazaar

Turtle bets liquidity not vanity will rule crypto with new leaderboard system

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