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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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Bitcoin Reclaims $81,000 as Altcoins Rally, Crypto Stocks Post Their Best Session in Months
Coinbase, Strategy and Robinhood all jumped more than 9% Friday on Wall Street's read of the SEC's tokenized-stock framework, while Hyperliquid, Zcash and NEAR led a broader altcoin surge that pushed the total market back above $2.8 trillion.
SEC, CFTC Move Unilaterally on Crypto Rules Days After Clarity Act's Senate Defeat
A five-year exemption lets permissioned venues run AMM-based markets in tokenized stocks, while a broadened no-action position frees passive software providers like wallets and DeFi front ends from broker registration, both issued within hours of each other.
Ethena Launches Ethena Pay, a Self-Custodial Neobank Built Exclusively on Avalanche
The app gives Ethena's USDe stablecoin a route into everyday spending just as the token's circulating supply has fallen by more than 70% from its September 2025 peak.
Hyperliquid in Talks With Kraken Parent Payward on US Market Entry
A deal would route a subset of Hyperliquid's perpetual futures through Payward's CFTC-regulated Bitnomial exchange, giving the decentralized platform a compliant path into the US market it has never been able to serve directly.
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Bitcoin Holds Above $81,000 Despite Regulatory Setback, Fed Hike
Bitcoin shrugged off a failed Senate crypto bill and the Fed’s first rate hike since 2023. With ETF inflows returning, $82,500 is now the level that matters.
Singapore Stablecoin Payments Firm dtcpay Extends Series A to $25 Million as SBI Group Joins as Strategic Investor
The Japanese financial group is backing dtcpay through two investment vehicles as it looks to build digital-asset links between Japan and Southeast Asia, adding to a round Vertex Ventures led in March.
Bitcoin Reclaims $81,000 as Altcoins Rally, Crypto Stocks Post Their Best Session in Months
Coinbase, Strategy and Robinhood all jumped more than 9% Friday on Wall Street's read of the SEC's tokenized-stock framework, while Hyperliquid, Zcash and NEAR led a broader altcoin surge that pushed the total market back above $2.8 trillion.
Defining Accuracy in Blockchain Analysis
A new study using real EU regulatory data finds that the multi-input heuristic can be highly accurate in some cases and completely wrong in others, raising serious questions about its use as forensic evidence.