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What to Know: XRP ETFs attracted over $2 million as investor confidence improved. More than $2 million in XRP shorts were liquidated marketwide. Peace deal optimism boosted demand for XRP inv
The United Nations Development Programme (@UNDP) launched its Blockchain Advisory Group (BAG) on June 3, 2026 in Paris during the Proof of Talk 2026 conference, bringing together senior leade
Stellar (@StellarOrg) set a new record for its DeFi ecosystem, with total value locked (TVL) reaching roughly $242 million on May 30, 2026, the highest level the network has ever posted. That
Coinbase Wallet and the Coinbase exchange are two separate products that do fundamentally different things. Coinbase Wallet is a self-custody wallet, meaning you hold your own private keys an
Circle, the company behind USD Coin (USDC), has made Stellar one of its core blockchain deployments for the world's largest regulated stablecoin. The decision comes down to three concrete fac
Dogecoin is the older, more liquid, and more widely recognized of the two, but Shiba Inu has built a significantly more complex technical ecosystem. As of June 4, 2026, DOGE trades at approxi
It has not burst yet, and no one can name the day it will. But a growing list of respected investors now argue the AI boom looks like a bubble, and that 2026 is the year it could crack. The l
Maybe, but not in the way the issuers and exchanges already do. Stablecoins have two proven business models so far: issue a dollar token or distribute one and earn on the float. Circle does t
Aster Chain is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain designed for on-chain derivatives trading. Its mainnet launched in March 2026, giving the Aster perpetual exchange its own independent infras
FourMeme's (@fourdotmemezh) OpenFour is a new framework, launched on June 8, 2026, that turns BNB Chain's largest memecoin launchpad into an open, modular infrastructure for token issuance. I
Ethereum and Tron hold roughly $247.6 billion of the $316.137 billion of all stablecoins in circulation, more than three-quarters of the entire market. Add Solana and BNB Chain and the top fo
Canton and public Ethereum solve the same core problem — settling transactions between parties who do not fully trust each other, but they make opposite architectural choices to do it. Ethere
