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Key Highlights Monness Crespi Hardt elevates CRM to Buy rating, establishing a $200 target based on attractive valuation metrics Shares have declined 41% year-to-date in 2026 and sit 58% belo
Key Takeaways Jefferies launched coverage on IREN stock with a Buy rating and set a price target of $79, suggesting approximately 30% upside potential from current levels near $60.50. Shares
The countdown got smaller. The crowd didn't grow much. That's the real story behind today's BlockchainFX presale numbers. $14,782,563.61 raised against the $15,000,000 trigger. 98.55% filled.
Most blockchain projects do the opposite of what Nexchain has done. They launch loud, flood timelines with announcements, and treat marketing as the product. Nexchain took a different approac
Aster Chain is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain designed for on-chain derivatives trading. Its mainnet launched in March 2026, giving the Aster perpetual exchange its own independent infras
Zcash's proposed Ironwood upgrade could help restore trust following the discovery of a critical vulnerability in the Orchard shielded pool. The proposal would allow users to independently ve
Stellar (@StellarOrg) set a new record for its DeFi ecosystem, with total value locked (TVL) reaching roughly $242 million on May 30, 2026, the highest level the network has ever posted. That
Mostly, yes, with one important gap. Algorand (@Algorand) has more live post-quantum cryptography running on its mainnet than any other major Layer-1, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
Canton and public Ethereum solve the same core problem — settling transactions between parties who do not fully trust each other, but they make opposite architectural choices to do it. Ethere
Shibarium is a Layer 2 (L2) blockchain built on top of Ethereum that processes transactions off-chain in batches before settling them on the Ethereum mainnet. Launched on August 16, 2023, it
Ethereum quantum protection could cost as little as $0.07 per account, according to a proposal published on June 14, 2026, by Nicolas Consigny, the Ethereum Foundation's Kohaku project lead.
Binance (@binance) bStocks are tokenized securities that track select US stocks on the blockchain. Each one is a BEP-20 token issued by BTech Holdings Limited, a Binance group affiliate, and
