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BitMEX Shuts Down After 11 Years, Marking the End of a Derivatives Era

By David E | 1 month ago

Trading Halts, Withdrawals Remain for Now BitMEX, the crypto derivatives exchange that helped popularize perpetual swaps, has officially closed its trading platform after more than 11 years in operation...

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Grayscale’s Zcash ETF Share Split Aims to Broaden Access After Asset Surge

By David E | 1 month ago

Share Split Targets Smaller Investors Grayscale’s Zcash ETF (ZCSH) is set to undergo a 3-for-1 forward share split, a move designed to make the fund more accessible to a wider range of investors...

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Solana’s Transaction Limit Gets a Major Boost

By Loic Dos Santos | 1 month ago

New Format Powers Larger, Smarter Trades Solana has rolled out a mainnet upgrade that more than triples the amount of data allowed in each transaction, marking a significant technical shift for the blockchain...

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This Week’s Winners and Losers: Crypto’s Movers at a Glance

By Loic Dos Santos | 1 month ago

Market Breadth: Red Outpaces Green The past seven days in the crypto market saw a clear tilt towards declines among top-ranked tokens...

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We checked: Aave, Curve, and DeFi United’s Kelp DAO Rescue Five Months Later

By David E | 1 month ago

What Our Earlier Coverage Reported Back in April 2026, our earlier coverage detailed a $290 million exploit that struck Kelp DAO, with attackers draining rsETH and using it as collateral to borrow from Aave...

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Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP Memecoin: From Meteoric Launch to 98% Crash

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

Automated Bots Blamed for Market Chaos The launch of the LAPTOP memecoin, inspired by Hunter Biden’s infamous MacBook, was anything but smooth...

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Hunter Biden’s ‘LAPTOP’ Memecoin Aims at TRUMP Holders Amid Political and Crypto Turmoil

By David E | 2 months ago

LAPTOP Launch Sparks Crypto Controversy Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has ignited a new wave of debate in both political and crypto circles with the launch of his memecoin, $LAPTOP...

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This Week’s Winners and Losers: Crypto Market Movers Recap

By David E | 2 months ago

Market Breadth: Majority of Tokens Edge Higher The past seven days saw a clear tilt towards gains among the top-ranked cryptocurrencies, with 87 out of 112 tokens in our database recording positive price movement...

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Stablecoins Face Scrutiny as Dollar Dominance and Regulatory Questions Collide

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

Bank of Korea Flags Dollar Pressure A recent study from the Bank of Korea has highlighted a growing concern: dollar-backed stablecoins, such as those commonly traded on platforms like Binance, can exert downward pressure on local.....

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We checked: Did Tether’s $20M Ualá Bet Change Latin American Crypto?

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

What Our Earlier Coverage Reported Our earlier coverage from July 2026 detailed Tether’s $20 million investment in Argentine neobank Ualá, which was part of a $197 million funding round that valued Ualá at $3.2 billion...