
IIn 2025, TON deepened its Telegram integration, expanded its ecosystem with new DeFi projects, and upgraded its core infrastructure. While user activity rebounded strongly—reversing the shock of 2024—capital inflow lagged behind, highlighting a network rich in scale but still maturing in value
Alex Harutunian
Ethereum is showing signs of a true resurgence—from price momentum to rising stablecoin volumes and corporate adoption. With fundamentals aligning and sentiment shifting, the coming months could be pivotal. We’ll continue tracking the key trends shaping ETH’s evolving role in the crypto economy
Sasha Markevich
As central banks build digital currencies with tight control, they abandon the core innovation of blockchain—permissionless design. While CBDCs favor private ledgers, the U.S. turns to stablecoins running on public rails, balancing decentralization, oversight, and market-driven innovation.
Alex Harutunian
Strategy’s Bitcoin-heavy model echoes the dotcom era: bold bets, speculative inflows, and sky-high valuations. With $30B in unrealized gains and a market cap nearly double its NAV, the company looks less like a business—and more like a leveraged crypto momentum play
Alex Harutunian
The GBBC’s 2025 Handbook captures a new phase of blockchain adoption: from renegade roots to institutional alignment. With compliant infrastructure and regulated tokenization, blockchain is no longer an outsider—it’s becoming the backbone.
Alex Harutunian
IIn 2025, TON deepened its Telegram integration, expanded its ecosystem with new DeFi projects, and upgraded its core infrastructure. While user activity rebounded strongly—reversing the shock of 2024—capital inflow lagged behind, highlighting a network rich in scale but still maturing in value
Alex Harutunian
By building an open ecosystem, the project lowers the barrier to join the AI economy, whether you’re launching new models or curating datasets. Yet it's unclear if token rewards alone can sustain quality, coordination, and long-term innovation in such a decentralized development model
Vietnam launches national blockchain NDAChain for digital IDs, smart contracts and government records. Logan Paul blames partners for 'CryptoZoo' rug pull in scam lawsuit. Hong Kong to criminalize unlicensed stablecoin promotions from Aug 1 with fines and jail time. VeChain partners with Franklin Templeton to integrate BENJI for

The platform brings real-world assets (RWAs) on-chain by offering tokenized U.S. Treasury Bills and a stablecoin with a novel yield distribution design. This gives crypto investors access to low-risk returns from T-Bills without leaving the DeFi ecosystem.

The U.S. Senate has passed the GENIUS Act, a sweeping bill to regulate dollar-backed stablecoins while promoting private-sector leadership in digital finance. Backed by the Trump administration, the bill now heads to the House—marking a pivotal moment in the future of digital dollars.

The spike in activity is primarily attributed to the rapid growth of Avalanche’s Coqnet subnet, which has seen an unusual surge in volume. However, other subnets, including the main Avalanche C-Chain, have also experienced significant increases in activity.

Switzerland will adopt the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework in 2026, automatically sharing crypto data with 74 partner countries. While tough on foreign tax evasion, Swiss residents continue to enjoy tax-free capital gains and a clear, favorable crypto policy.

The new safety module significantly enhances the Aave Protocol’s protection against potential shortfall events, representing a major upgrade over the original safety module introduced in 2020.
US Supreme Court denies Coinbase request to block IRS access to user data. Robinhood launches crypto staking for Ethereum and Solana. Germany’s Sparkassen to launch crypto trading for retail clients in summer 2026. REX-Osprey’s staked Solana ETF to start trading Wednesday. Kazakhstan’s National Bank to launch state

Worldcoin’s new Layer 2 network, Worldchain, is built to prioritize real users, with features like free gas and priority blockspace for verified humans. While still early, the network is showing steady growth and has started to attract meaningful onchain activity.

Amid the U.S. SEC's crackdown on its native token, Polygon is intensifying the development of its network. Polygon 2.0 promises a universal value network based on interconnected L2 chains, utilizing zero-knowledge proof technology.
Alex Harutunian
Korean lawmakers have passed a law that sets the rules for virtual asset operators in the country. Claimed by the authors to be ‘essential’ rather than ‘holistic’, the law consolidates all drafts pending in parliament and reflects international regulatory trends.
Alex Harutunian
Just a month after Ripple acquired Swiss crypto custodian Metaco, Citibank is reportedly reviewing its year-old partnership with the firm and is in talks with other custody providers. It is currently unclear whether the two events are linked.
Jack Martin
A new report by Coincub highlights the best and worst countries in which to hold cryptocurrencies, highlighting a new age of national taxation where competition and innovation align.
Eva Senzaj Pauram
As part of its work on the digital euro, the European Commission has proposed a definition and regulation for ‘legal tender’ of euro coins and banknotes, as seemingly this has never previously existed in official legislation.
Jack Martin
Yuga Labs yesterday released the follow-up game to Dookey Dash. HV-MTL Forge takes gamers on a workshop-building mission to win unique attributes for their Mech robot NFTs.
Eva Senzaj Pauram
By building an open ecosystem, the project lowers the barrier to join the AI economy, whether you’re launching new models or curating datasets. Yet it's unclear if token rewards alone can sustain quality, coordination, and long-term innovation in such a decentralized development model
Vietnam launches national blockchain NDAChain for digital IDs, smart contracts and government records. Logan Paul blames partners for 'CryptoZoo' rug pull in scam lawsuit. Hong Kong to criminalize unlicensed stablecoin promotions from Aug 1 with fines and jail time. VeChain partners with Franklin Templeton to integrate BENJI for

The platform brings real-world assets (RWAs) on-chain by offering tokenized U.S. Treasury Bills and a stablecoin with a novel yield distribution design. This gives crypto investors access to low-risk returns from T-Bills without leaving the DeFi ecosystem.

The U.S. Senate has passed the GENIUS Act, a sweeping bill to regulate dollar-backed stablecoins while promoting private-sector leadership in digital finance. Backed by the Trump administration, the bill now heads to the House—marking a pivotal moment in the future of digital dollars.

The spike in activity is primarily attributed to the rapid growth of Avalanche’s Coqnet subnet, which has seen an unusual surge in volume. However, other subnets, including the main Avalanche C-Chain, have also experienced significant increases in activity.

Switzerland will adopt the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework in 2026, automatically sharing crypto data with 74 partner countries. While tough on foreign tax evasion, Swiss residents continue to enjoy tax-free capital gains and a clear, favorable crypto policy.

The new safety module significantly enhances the Aave Protocol’s protection against potential shortfall events, representing a major upgrade over the original safety module introduced in 2020.
US Supreme Court denies Coinbase request to block IRS access to user data. Robinhood launches crypto staking for Ethereum and Solana. Germany’s Sparkassen to launch crypto trading for retail clients in summer 2026. REX-Osprey’s staked Solana ETF to start trading Wednesday. Kazakhstan’s National Bank to launch state

