What Did Six Years of Cardano Staking Get Right?
Cardano's Shelley upgrade, launched in July 2020, got one thing right from the start: it let ADA holders earn staking rewards without ever giving up custody of their coins. Six years later, t
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How Does Chain Fusion Let Internet Computer Connect With Bitcoin?
Chain Fusion is the set of protocols that let smart contracts on the Internet Computer (ICP) read, hold, and sign transactions on Bitcoin and other blockchains directly, without routing funds
Zebec SuperApp Adds a New Way To Earn On Stablecoins & ETH
Blend Yield Goes Live Inside the Zebec SuperApp Zebec has rolled out a new feature called Blend Yield inside the Earn section of its SuperApp, giving eligible users a way to put stablecoins a
Why Is Ethereum Proposing To Burn Staking Rewards?
On August 4, 2026, six Ethereum researchers and developers formally submitted a draft Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) that would gradually burn validator rewards as the amount of staked E
SHIB's Six Year Anniversary: The Journey So Far
Shib (@Shibtoken) turns six on August 1, 2026, and its record reads like nothing else in crypto: a token launched with about $3,000 in liquidity that reached a peak market cap north of $37 bi
Top Four XRP Ledger Self Custody Wallets in 2026
The four best self-custody wallets for the XRP Ledger in 2026 are Xaman, Tangem, Bifrost Wallet, and Joey Wallet, in that order. Three of the four treat the XRPL as their home chain, which is
What Does Split Delegation Mean for Everyday Core Stakers?
Split delegation is a Core network feature that lets CORE token holders divide their staked tokens across more than one validator at the same time, instead of committing their entire stake to
How Does NEAR Let You Pay for AI With Staked Tokens?
Staking for NEAR AI is a new payment system on NEAR Protocol that lets users pay for confidential AI inference and always-on agents by staking NEAR tokens instead of using a credit card. Anno
New Token Launchpad on Robinhood Chain: What Is Uniswap's Pools?
Pools is a new token launchpad built by Uniswap Labs on Robinhood Chain, letting users create, discover, and trade tokens from a single site at pools.trade. It is Uniswap's first move into th
What Does a Chainlink Price Oracle Actually Do?
A Chainlink price oracle collects asset price data from many independent sources, aggregates that data off-chain, and publishes a single trusted value on the blockchain so smart contracts can
Yield Farming Explained: A Beginner’s Guide to DeFi Returns
Yield farming means putting your crypto to work inside decentralized finance protocols, lending it, pairing it into liquidity pools, or staking it, to earn fees, interest, or bonus tokens in
GnosisDAO approves Gnosis Chain’s move to Ethereum L2
GnosisDAO approved GIP 153 on Aug. 19, authorizing Gnosis Chain to transition from a standalone layer one network into a ZK proven Ethereum Economic Zone rollup. Summary 123,158 GNO supported