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The countdown got smaller. The crowd didn't grow much. That's the real story behind today's BlockchainFX presale numbers. $14,782,563.61 raised against the $15,000,000 trigger. 98.55% filled.
For years, Michael Saylor's Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) has reigned as the largest corporate Bitcoin (BTC) holder among publicly listed firms. But the company's prized Bitcoin funding machine is
Following a rejection from the consolidated zone between $8.50 and $10, the Avalanche (AVAX) price has been facing massive selling pressure. The bulls attempted hard to prevent a continued be
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
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
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
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
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
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
Real Finance has disclosed further details of its securities tokenization agreement with Factori AD, an EU-regulated investment broker, in a deal that activates a committed pipeline of more t
Shibarium is a Layer 2 (L2) blockchain built on top of Ethereum that processes transactions off-chain in batches before settling them on the Ethereum mainnet. Launched on August 16, 2023, it
Shiba Inu is not a single token. It operates through three separate assets, SHIB, LEASH and BONE, each serving a distinct function within the ecosystem. SHIB is the primary memecoin with a la