BERT Memecoin Defies Market Slump
Exchange Listing Fuels BERT Price Gains Bertram the Pomeranian memecoin ($BERT) has posted gains of 9.5% over the past week and 4.5% in the last 24 hours, outperforming much of the broader cr
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Ethereum Is a Failed Project' If ETH Fails as Store of Value
Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams has issued a stark warning to the Ethereum community: if $ETH does not achieve status as a global store of value, the entire project should be considered a
Ethereum Is a Failed Project' If ETH Fails as Store of Value
Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams has issued a stark warning to the Ethereum community: if $ETH does not achieve status as a global store of value, the entire project should be considered a
Pump.fun Moves Beyond Memecoins With Launch of Paid Bounty Platform "GO"
Pump.fun Launches GO, a Task-and-Reward Marketplace @Pumpfun, the dominant memecoin launchpad on Solana, has moved into new territory with the launch of "GO," a paid bounty platform that lets
Polygon Adoption: How Global Brands and Institutions Are Using the Network
Polygon has already hosted some of the most notable institutional blockchain deployments to date. In November 2022, JP Morgan executed a live cross-currency DeFi transaction on Polygon PoS, m
USDC on Stellar: Why Circle Chose the Network for a Key Stablecoin Deployment
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
Is Polygon the Next Big Stablecoin Play?
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
RLUSD Explained: Ripple's Dollar Stablecoin and Its Role in the XRP Ecosystem
RLUSD is Ripple's U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, launched on December 17, 2024, and issued under a New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Trust Company Charter. It is pegged 1:1 to
Stellar TVL Surged to Nearly $200M, What's Behind It?
Stellar's (@StellarOrg) DeFi total value locked (TVL) crossed $200 million for the first time in late April 2026, with the on-chain figure printing $197.41 million on April 24 per DefiLlama,
How Aster's Buyback-and-Burn Program Works & What It Means for ASTER Supply?
Aster's buyback-and-burn program works by taking a portion of daily trading fees and using them to purchase ASTER from the open market, then permanently destroying those tokens. As of March 9
How Does Aster's Dual Reward Staking Model Work?
Aster runs a two-layer staking system that pays users through two separate reward pools each week: a 150,000 ASTER Base APY pool for anyone delegating tokens to a validator, and a 300,000 AST
Which Blockchain is The Fastest?
Ask which blockchain is the fastest and the answer changes depending on which number you trust. As of May 29, 2026, the live Chainspect dashboard puts Internet Computer ($ICP) on top for real