Luxury brands drive Decentraland fashion amid token volatility
Sixty-three fashion houses including Dolce & Gabbana participated in Metaverse Fashion Week despite attendance dropping to under 50,000 visitors. MANA climbed 16%…
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Bitcoin
MicroStrategy’s leveraged convertible note strategy and Bitcoin accumulation
MicroStrategy manages a $65 billion treasury including 843,738 Bitcoin following a shift toward liability management. The company utilizes convertible notes and…
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
Hyperliquid HYPE airdrop reality after $10 billion volume milestone
Hyperliquid recorded $1.02 billion in cumulative protocol revenue and removed over 40 million HYPE tokens through fee buybacks. While the 2024 genesis event distributed…
Open finance
DeFi
Uniswap v4 hooks: six myths vs facts after $8 billion volume migration
Uniswap v4 architecture reduces pool creation costs by 99% through a singleton contract and flash accounting. While hooks enable custom strategies, security risks…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
The grind of Grayscale fee compression
Grayscale faces significant revenue pressure as high-margin legacy products like GBTC and ETHE lose assets to low-cost competitors. While GBTC generates over $250…
MiCA reserve changes and Circle USDC issuance
Circle is advocating for flexible liquidity requirements to replace the 60% reserve mandate for significant e-money token issuers. The European Central Bank and 27…
The economic reality of Bhutan’s Bitcoin liquidations
Bhutan's Bitcoin holdings dropped to 518 BTC following a 400 BTC transfer worth $30.62 million. Despite official denials of a sell-off, cumulative 2026 outflows suggest…
The economics of Kazakhstan’s crypto mining tariff hike
Kazakhstan faces a 5.7 billion kWh electricity shortage in 2025 as renewable energy expansion and grid depreciation drive higher end-user tariffs. New regulations…
Under the hood
Blockchain Tech
Scaling Celestia through Mammoth and ZODA
Celestia aims for 1GB blocks with 83MB/s throughput via the Mammoth testnet while ZODA research targets faster light client finality. Current data shows Celestia costs…
Starknet appchain customization and specialized developer tools
Starknet enables permissionless appchain deployment through the Starknet stack, allowing developers to configure consensus and data availability. The ecosystem utilizes…
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