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Updated April 20, 2026 · 1:45 PM UTC

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Will Fusaka keep users on L2? Upcoming Ethereum upgrade eyes up to 60% fee cuts

The Fusaka upgrade cements Ethereum’s modular vision: L1 as settlement, L2 as the user layer.

A hyperrealistic dusk city harbor with a towering ocean wave made of glowing green and red candlesticks surges toward shore, holographic Uniswap, dYdX, and SushiSwap logos hovering above the reflective water to evoke $1T DEX volume amid volatility.

Decentralized exchanges surpass $1 trillion monthly volume as volatility spikes

Hyperliquid, Aster and Lighter drove a ~50% MoM surge. Here’s who’s winning and why it matters for CEXs.

MetaMask, WalletConnect, Backpack, and Phantom shields locking into a glowing ring that repels chrome phishing hooks around a golden coin in a glass-walled security lab.

$538M stolen by drainers: ETH & SOL wallets unite with real-time phishing blocks

Inside MetaMask/Phantom’s new intel network and how we’ll measure success.

Two large dice—one Kalshi green and one Polymarket blue—sit on NHL center ice beside a cracked puck as golden coins rise under bright arena lights.

Why $8.2B prediction markets’ NHL backing is huge blow to legacy betting

Licensed betting markets to become DeFi's next big on-ramp.

Did Vitalik just pick a side? Inside Ethereum’s layer-2 loyalty test

Base and Arbitrum earn most profits; where does Polygon fit?

TRON Protocol Revenue Hits All-Time High of $1.2 Billion in Q3 as Messari, Presto, and RWA.io Analyze Ecosystem Growth

TRON Protocol Revenue Hits All-Time High of $1.2 Billion in Q3 as Messari, Presto, and RWA.io Analyze Ecosystem Growth

TRON solidifies global stablecoin dominance with robust ecosystem performance and security advancements.

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Bitcoin now pays interest: How to earn money on your BTC while pumping the price

Bitcoin’s invisible yield curve, how timelocks and staking are rewriting UTXO liquidity.

Grayscale calls Solana ‘crypto’s financial bazaar’: Does the data back it up?

Grayscale calls Solana ‘crypto’s financial bazaar’: Does the data back it up?

We test the thesis on users, fees, and UX—and the SVM moat using primary datasets.

A bright, cinematic 16:9 scene shows a glossy Visa card transforming into glowing blockchain rails that route programmable stablecoin payments to a phone wallet and point-of-sale terminal, with USDC-like coins flowing through vivid blue, cyan, gold, and magenta nodes.

Can Visa’s $670B bet on programmable money rewrite global credit?

Visa’s new paper pitches stablecoin-powered lending to over 15,000 banks: here’s what the data says and what would have to change next.

Can Solana’s $11.6B staking reboot pull liquidity from Ethereum’s L2s?

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Anyone can now create Hyperliquid perp contracts with $20M: Is DeFi about to break?

Derivatives 6 months ago

Crypto.com CEO urges regulators to probe exchanges with the most liquidations

Exchanges 6 months ago

Build it and they will come may not be enough for Bitcoin DeFi

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