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The Airdrop Economy: How Crypto Projects Bootstrap Communities & Solve the Cold Start Problem
Web3 token airdrops solve the "cold start problem" by giving up to 50% of supply to early users. Learn how Uniswap, BONK, and others use strategic distributions to build communities and create aligned incentives.
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Hyperliquid Confirms Singapore Registration as MAS Says Exchange Falls Outside Its Jurisdiction
The regulator, which put Hyperliquid on its investor alert list in June, says the platform's decentralised design means it does not regard it as Singapore-based, leaving one of crypto's largest derivatives venues without a major regulator.
Ether.fi Launches Dollar Stablecoin, With Ethena Running the Reserves
Ether.fi USD lets the restaking protocol keep the yield on $300 million in stablecoin deposits and its card float, though neither company has said what will back the token or when it goes live.
Report Finds Onchain Investors Trade Tokenised Stocks While Tokenised Treasuries Sit Idle
Equities make up a small slice of the roughly $34 billion tokenised asset market yet account for 93% of its spot trading, with perpetual futures on Asian chipmakers doing much of the work.
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THORChain's Critics Live in Delusional Glass Houses
THORChain’s history of centralization, security failures and questionable money flows is well documented. But are today’s critics getting the technical and legal arguments right – and are they applying the same standards to other major DeFi projects?
Reap's Daren Guo Says Payward Deal Sped Up an Existing Roadmap, With Agentic Payments Next
Three months after Kraken's parent closed its acquisition of the Hong Kong stablecoin card issuer, Reap is building out Mexico as a second hub and pitching AI agents as its next growth channel.
Samsung Wallet Adds USDC on Sui for Galaxy Users in US
The launch gives a stablecoin native placement on up to 82 million US devices, though at launch users can only hold and send USDC, and the announcement does not say how they will get it into the wallet.
Mesh Takes 60% of Japan Crypto Venture With SBI, Money Forward
The basic agreement names the venture and splits ownership for the first time, leaving the US connectivity startup in control and its two Japanese shareholders as minority partners.