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@chainlink's strategic reserve is growing at a pace that would have seemed unlikely at the start of the year. The protocol added 593,088 $LINK in June alone, worth more than $4.6 million, bri
Sophon Pivot: Pyre App Launching Marks First Rollout of Base Migration Sophon just made one of the boldest calls in crypto this year. The Sophon Pivot shuts down its own Layer 2 chain complet
A Legal Layer for the Agentic Economy The American Arbitration Association (@ADRorg) and Integra Ledger launched the Legal Context Protocol (LCP) on June 24, an open standard designed to brin
Kulechov Rejects Cut-Price Sale Claims Aave (@aave) Labs CEO Stani Kulechov (@StaniKulechov) has firmly rejected reports that Kraken's parent company, Payward, is in talks to acquire a 15% st
Large Wallets Pull Millions From Exchanges Large holders of Hyperliquid's native token $HYPE are continuing to buy into market weakness, according to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain.
A new mobile app is giving Zcash ($ZEC) holders something the ecosystem has long needed: a simple way to find businesses near them that accept ZEC in the real world. ZecMap is now available o
Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) is making a concerted push to attract AI developers to its ecosystem ahead of Pi2Day on June 28, using a community-driven raffle campaign and its existing app-buildin
X has started rolling out X Money to a small group of U.S. Premium+ users, moving Elon Musk’s payments push from closed testing into a broader feedback phase. Dhruv Batura, who leads X Money,
BitcoinWorld Pragmatic Ends Points Program Amid Withdrawal Delays and Community Backlash Pragmatic, a Solana-based liquid restaking protocol, has announced the discontinuation of its points p
Kulechov clarified Aave revenue fully supports AAVE token holders ecosystem. Aavenomics 3.0 introduces automated buybacks strengthening governance incentives ahead roadmap. Aave expands beyon
A third-party vendor compromise discovered Thursday allowed attackers to inject a malicious script into Polymarket's frontend, affecting multiple users. Blockchain analyst Specter said the ma
Aave founder Stani Kulechov has challenged reports that Kraken parent company Payward is negotiating to acquire a 15% stake in the decentralized lending protocol at a $385 million valuation,
