Chainlink Holders Hit Highest Level Since 2022
Holder Base Expands Despite Price Weakness The number of wallets holding at least 1 $LINK has climbed above 535,000, reaching its highest point since December 2022, according to on-chain anal
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Helius CEO Turns 'Extremely Bullish' On Zcash
Mert Mumtaz, CEO and co-founder of Solana infrastructure firm Helius Labs (@mert), has declared himself "extremely bullish" on Zcash $ZEC following the proposal of a major network upgrade kno
Pepeto Presale End Date Shifts to July 2026: What Investors Must Know
Pepeto Presale End Date: What the Live Numbers Show Now When does the Pepeto presale actually end — and why does the answer keep changing? As of June 8, 2026, the Pepeto presale has raised $1
Vitalik Buterin Warns On-Chain Privacy Risk Is ‘Extremely High’ – Are Blockchains Twitter for Your Bank Account?
The comparison is jarring because it’s accurate. Public blockchains don’t just record balances—they broadcast a permanent, searchable stream of financial behavior. On January 15, 2026, Vitali
Will The AI Bubble Burst in 2026?
It has not burst yet, and no one can name the day it will. But a growing list of respected investors now argue the AI boom looks like a bubble, and that 2026 is the year it could crack. The l
Is Polygon the Next Big Stablecoin Play?
Maybe, but not in the way the issuers and exchanges already do. Stablecoins have two proven business models so far: issue a dollar token or distribute one and earn on the float. Circle does t
Which Blockchains are Winning the Stablecoin Race?
Ethereum and Tron hold roughly $247.6 billion of the $316.137 billion of all stablecoins in circulation, more than three-quarters of the entire market. Add Solana and BNB Chain and the top fo
What is FourMeme's New OpenFour Platform & How Does it Work?
FourMeme's (@fourdotmemezh) OpenFour is a new framework, launched on June 8, 2026, that turns BNB Chain's largest memecoin launchpad into an open, modular infrastructure for token issuance. I
Morpho Raises $175M To Build Onchain Credit Infrastructure
Morpho Association has raised $175 million in one of the largest decentralized finance funding rounds to date, giving the lending protocol fresh capital to expand its onchain credit infrastru
OKX Rolls Out X-Perps Trading for Magnificent 7 Tech Stocks Across Europe
Key Highlights X-Perps contracts now available for Magnificent 7 technology stocks throughout Europe Round-the-clock futures trading enabled for American equities and commodity markets Platfo
How Aster's Buyback-and-Burn Program Works & What It Means for ASTER Supply?
Aster's buyback-and-burn program works by taking a portion of daily trading fees and using them to purchase ASTER from the open market, then permanently destroying those tokens. As of March 9
Polygon Adoption: How Global Brands and Institutions Are Using the Network
Polygon has already hosted some of the most notable institutional blockchain deployments to date. In November 2022, JP Morgan executed a live cross-currency DeFi transaction on Polygon PoS, m