Year: 2026

NFT

What Is Pons? The Robinhood Chain Meme Coin Factory Token Up 18,000% Since July

Pons is a decentralized token launchpad built on Robinhood Chain, allowing users to create and trade tokens directly on Robinhood’s newly launched layer-2 network. In just two months, the platform has become one of the chain’s biggest sources of activity,…

Crypto

BIS Tests XRP Ledger to Anchor Official Statistics On-Chain in Proof-of-Concept Paper

A BIS working paper tested the XRP Ledger as a proof-of-concept for verifying official statistics on-chain. Here’s what it found. A Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper tests the XRP Ledger (XRPL) as a proof-of-concept for verifying official…

Bitwise CIO Calls Bitcoin and Zcash Assets to Own for the Next Decade

Key Takeaways Hougan recently told investors to own bitcoin for debasement, Zcash for privacy and tokenization plays. Zcash crossed $1,000 the same day, and Grayscale’s ZCSH ETF has grown to $414.7 million since Aug. 25. Hougan has argued since December…

Crypto

Bitcoin price slips below $80K as jobs data lifts hike bets

Bitcoin price fell back below $80,000 after stronger-than-expected US employment data lifted Federal Reserve rate-hike expectations, while technical charts showed the rally had already met resistance near $82,500. Summary Bitcoin price traded near $79,600 after retreating from an intraday high…

Dogecoin (DOGE) Suddenly Pumps by Double Digits as Analysts Declare the Start of Altseason

DOGE joined BNB in a rare Saturday move north. The largest meme coin by market cap has soared on Saturday evening to $0.094, hitting a two-week high. The move is rather unexpected given the typically calm nature of the…

Strategy Joins SpaceX, Google, Intel as Top US Equity Issuers

Key Takeaways Phong Le’s chart ranks Strategy fourth with $20.9 billion issued. SpaceX leads with $86.3 billion, followed by Alphabet and Intel. Strategy uses equity sales to fund bitcoin and manage liquidity. Strategy Reaches the Top Four Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq:…

Bitcoin OG activity doubles as 1,500 BTC moves

Bitcoin holders whose coins have remained dormant for more than five years have doubled their spending activity since May, pushing the cohort’s 90-day average to about 1,500 BTC. Summary Five-year Bitcoin holders’ 90-day spent-output average has climbed to approximately 1,500…

The Good and the Bad for BTC After Latest $82.4K Rejection

Bitcoin remains locked in a post-breakout consolidation phase, but the latest rejection from the upper end of the structure shows that buyers are still struggling to generate sustained momentum above $80K. The broader trend remains constructive, although the current range…

Robinhood Chain Tops $3B Daily DEX Volume, Pushes UNI Burn Past $1M

Key Takeaways Uniswap burned 184,000 UNI worth $1.15 million yesterday, with 150,000 tokens tied to Robinhood Chain. Robinhood Chain has handled $34.6 billion in DEX volume and 576 million transactions since its July 1 launch. Blob posts to Ethereum stalled…

Vesu oracle incident triggers $3M in liquidations

Starknet lending protocol Vesu has reported that a faulty Pragma price feed triggered the abnormal liquidation of 47 positions holding $3 million in collateral on Sept. 4. Summary 47 Vesu positions were liquidated across several pools during a two-minute oracle…