Report: Cardano's Biggest Updates from H1 2026
Cardano's (@Cardano) first half of 2026 reads like a split screen. On one side, its on-chain governance did something it had never done before: steer a hard fork from proposal to the edge of
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Bitcoin falls 2.7% after KOSPI crash and Fed rate uncertainty
Bitcoin declined by 2.7% following heightened market turbulence, coinciding with a sharp 10% drop in South Korea’s KOSPI index and continued global uncertainty ahead of the Federal Reserve’s
DTCC Tokenization Platform: How Does Wall Street's Blockchain Pilot Actually Work?
Wall Street's core clearinghouse just moved tokenization out of the lab and into live trading. On July 14, 2026, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation confirmed on X that its tokeniza
S&P 500 Market Breadth: How to Read a Narrow Rally
A rising S&P 500 can hide a lot. Some days it’s five stocks doing all the heavy lifting while the other 495 are barely moving. That’s a narrow rally. It looks great on the surface, but it’s n
What Does It Really Mean To Host A Website On The Internet Computer?
Hosting a website on Internet Computer means your entire site, including the front end, back end, and data, runs inside on-chain smart contracts called canisters, with no traditional server,
REAL Joins Blockchain for Europe to Shape EU Tokenisation Rules
Real-world asset infrastructure provider REAL has become a member of Blockchain for Europe (BC4EU), the Brussels industry body that works with EU policymakers and academics on regulatory fram
How SBI Built Japan's Largest Crypto Business
SBI Holdings is a Tokyo-listed financial conglomerate that has spent 10 years turning itself into one of Japan's largest regulated crypto operators. Its exchange passed 2 million registered a
How Does Pump.Fun Make Money?
@Pumpfun makes money by taking a cut of every trade on its platform. Every buy and every sell runs through a fee, and the platform keeps the largest slice for itself, whether a token runs or
Which Crypto Companies and Protocols Make The Most Money?
Tether makes the most money in crypto, and it is not close. Over the last 30 days it retained $481.74 million in revenue, against $193.08 million for Circle in second place. Canton (@CantonNe
Insights from CoinGecko's Q2 Crypto Report
CoinGecko's (@coingecko) 2026 Q2 Crypto Industry Report, published July 16, shows a market that shrank for a third straight quarter while a small number of niches grew fast enough to stand ou
Two Major Crypto Exchanges to Shut Down: What's Behind It?
Two established crypto exchanges announced within three days of each other that they are closing for good, and neither official statement explains much. BitMEX and BitMart both point to strat
What is the GENIUS Act and Why Does it Matter?
The GENIUS Act, short for the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, is the first standalone federal law regulating payment stablecoins in the United States. P