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Bitcoin staking through Babylon does not earn you Bitcoin, but units of the protocol token BABY. Knowing that before delegating leads to a different decision than expecting a yield on a Bitco
Chainlink switched on the CCIP Vault Adapters on October 8, 2026. A vault that sits on a single blockchain can now accept deposits from more than 80 networks, with one click instead of a brid
EDX Markets, the institution-only digital asset venue backed by Wall Street trading and venture capital firms, will list Verified Bitcoin (vBTC) for institutional spot trading, the company an
Polkadot has introduced dotUSD, a decentralized stablecoin governed by the community through the DOT DAO and the OpenGov framework. This marks the debut of a native stablecoin on Polkadot tha
OpenAI has just walked into an awkward financial situation. Its yearly revenue pace is $50 billion, not the $70 billion investors were hearing about in September. That’s a $20 billion differe
Orca, a decentralised exchange on Solana, and Loopscale, a Solana lending protocol, are merging into a single company called Formation. The combined business is headquartered in New York. Fin
Orca, Solana’s top decentralized exchange, has merged with lending protocol Loopscale to form a company called Formation. The New York company is pitching itself as credit plumbing for AI, en
@Cardano has crossed a notable operational cash-flow threshold, with monthly on-chain revenue rising 24.39% to $72,910, according to data from @Chainspect. The figure marks the first time the
Gulf Labs Goes Live on Injective Gulf Labs, the blockchain and digital-asset investment venture of GULF Holding, is expanding into institutional onchain finance through a new collaboration wi
The Internet Computer protocol (@dfinity) just set a new benchmark in blockchain efficiency: a record-low weekly average transaction fee of $0.0000828, recorded on October 7, 2026, according
@Aave has extended BNB Chain stablecoin support to its consumer mobile app, allowing users to deposit $USDC and $USDT balances held on @BNBCHAIN directly into the protocol's decentralized len
One-Click Deposits Across 80+ Blockchains @Chainlink has launched CCIP Vault Adapters, a new product that lets yield and asset vaults deployed on a single blockchain accept deposits from inve
