Beyond the Meme: The Products Built Around Bonk
BONK has grown into a set of working products on Solana. The main ones are BonkBot, a Telegram trading bot; BONK(.)fun, a memecoin launchpad also known as LetsBonk(.)fun; BonkSwap, a token ex
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Dogwifhat vs. Dogecoin: Two Dog Coins, Two Generations
Yes, Dogwifhat and Dogecoin come from two different crypto generations. Dogecoin launched in 2013 as its own proof-of-work blockchain with no supply cap, and it is now the largest memecoin by
Why Does Quant Have Few Tokens Compared To Most Cryptocurrencies?
Quant has few tokens because its 2018 token sale raised far less than planned, and the company burned the unsold supply. That left a fixed total of 14,612,493 QNT, and no new tokens can be mi
Staking Starknet (STRK): How Does It Work, and What Should Holders Know?
Staking STRK means locking Starknet’s native token in the network’s staking contract to help secure the network and earn newly minted STRK as rewards. Holders can run a validator with at leas
What is Aero? The Aerodrome–Velodrome Merger Explained
Aero is a decentralized exchange (DEX) formed by merging Aerodrome, the largest DEX on Base, with Velodrome, the leading DEX on OP Mainnet. It went live on October 21 at 8 p.m. ET (00:00 UTC
How Do Pyth and Chainlink Compare? A Look at the Two Largest Oracle Networks
Chainlink and Pyth Network both bring outside data, such as asset prices, onto blockchains, but they do it in different ways. Chainlink is the larger network. DefiLlama’s oracle rankings show
Famous Chains Built With Cosmos Technology: dYdX, Injective, & More
The best-known chains built with Cosmos technology include the Cosmos Hub, dYdX Chain, Injective, Celestia and Cronos. Banks also use it: Wells Fargo uses Cosmos ledger technology for its tok
Who is Behind Core DAO, and What Do We Know About its Contributors?
Core DAO has no single public founder. The blockchain, which launched its mainnet on January 14, 2023, presents itself as run by contributors rather than a company. Only a few of them have sp
FBI Attributes $6.3 Billion Binance Hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor Group
The @FBI has attributed the theft of more than $6 billion from the @Binance exchange to North Korea, formally naming the state-linked hacking group TraderTraitor. The agency said North Korea
Binance Hacker Sells $5 Million of PROM Tokens for $71 in ETH on Uniswap
A wallet linked to the hacker behind the record Binance theft sold about $5 million worth of $PROM tokens into a nearly empty @Uniswap liquidity pool and received only about $71 in $ETH, acco
Pepe (PEPE) Memecoin Outperforms Dogecoin and Shiba Inu After $6.3 Billion Binance Hack
Pepe ($PEPE) has stayed among the stronger performers in crypto this week, even as the market reeled from a security breach at @Binance. The frog-themed memecoin from @pepecoineth has kept a
Binance Hack: CZ Credits FBI for Saving Bitcoin From a Bigger Crash
Key takeaways CZ thanked the FBI and Secret Service for helping freeze approximately $3 billion in stolen cryptocurrency The FBI identified North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor as respons