Agora, a startup founded by entrepreneur and VanEck heir Nick van Eck, is positioning itself for a stablecoin market that’s moving beyond crypto-native trading. While decentralized finance (DeFi) remains a key growth engine – Agora’s total value locked (TVL) grew 60% last month from DeFi… Read More
The study suggests that Ethereum’s role in financial systems makes its token economics a concern for regulators, who may need to consider safeguards for its use in regulated finance.
The year 2025 has emerged as a year of consolidation, with major layer-1 networks laying the groundwork for the tooling and technology that will lead to better interoperability, as well as pushing forward with real-world financial use cases. For Ethereum, that meant a surge in… Read More
A widely used crypto market sentiment indicator has shaken off its “extreme fear” rating as of Friday, returning to its highest levels in 21 days despite still trading under $90,000. The index, which measures overall crypto market sentiment, recorded a “fear” score of 29 in… Read More
Strategy (MSTR) shares have declined for six consecutive months for the first time since the firm adopted bitcoin as a treasury asset in August 2020, according to a performance table shared Thursday by crypto analyst Chris Millas. In a Jan. 1 post on X, Millas… Read More
2025 was a big year for privacy onchain. Zcash, one of the original privacy coins, jumped more than 600%, and was one of the year’s biggest success stories. Ethereum and Solana announced major initiatives to bring privacy to their networks. And startups building privacy-preserving tech… Read More
