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
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How Do Flare Network’s FAssets Let XRP and Dogecoin Enter DeFi?
Flare Network's FAssets system lets holders of coins that cannot run smart contracts, such as XRP, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin, mint a matching token on Flare that they can trade, lend, or use as c
Looking for a Kaito Katalyst Alternative? Comparing Outcome-Based Web3 Campaign Platforms in 2026
Web3 marketing spent the last cycle paying for attention: posts, yaps, impressions, and follower counts. In 2026 that model is being repriced. After platform rule changes in early 2026 restri
Inside Sei Network's Giga Upgrade and Its Race Toward 200,000 TPS
Sei Network is rebuilding its blockchain from the ground up to hit 200,000 transactions per second with finality under 400 milliseconds. The project, called Giga, is not one upgrade but three
Why Does Polkadot's Treasury Model Let the Community Fund Its Own Development?
Polkadot's treasury lets any DOT holder propose a funding request, put it to an on-chain vote, and get paid directly from a shared pool of network revenue, without needing approval from a com
Trump’s White House Crypto Meeting: Key Takeaways
US President Donald Trump met with crypto and prediction market executives at the White House on Wednesday, August 19, pushing Congress to pass the CLARITY Act while also signaling that regul
How Did Pudgy Penguins Build a Physical Consumer Brand Around PENGU?
Pudgy Penguins built its physical consumer brand by licensing its penguin characters into toys, trading cards, and games sold through Walmart, Target, and Amazon, while keeping that retail bu
Tokenized deposits could cut U.S. bank lending capacity by $580 billion: report
Tokenized deposits have raised concerns that faster movement of bank money could reduce U.S. banks’ capacity to fund long term loans by hundreds of billions of dollars if the technology reach
Bybit Adds Plume’s nOPAL Credit Vault to Its RWA Earn Platform
Bybit has added nOPAL, a Plume-based private-credit vault managed by BlackOpal Finance, to its RWA Earn platform. The August 27 listing announcement says eligible users can subscribe and rede
The Sandbox to reimburse SAND holders after 14.7M token bridge exploit
The Sandbox has pledged to reimburse eligible SAND holders 1:1 after an Aug. 21 bridge exploit drained about 14.7 million tokens worth roughly $700,000 from an Ethereum vault. Summary The San
Eylül’de Parlayabilecek 3 Meme Coin: Gözler Bu Coinlerde!
Meme coin piyasasında Ağustos ayının son günlerine yaklaşılırken yatırımcıların odağı şimdiden Eylül ayında öne çıkabilecek tokenlara çevriliyor. CoinGecko verilerine göre önde gelen meme coi
Moonwell Probes Base Lending Issue After Exploit Alert
Moonwell, the decentralized lending protocol, said it is investigating a lending market issue on Base, the incident at the center of a widening Moonwell Base exploit inquiry that security res