Russia signed comprehensive crypto mining legislation into law, formally legalising an industry estimated at $5 billion in annual turnover. The rules cover taxation, energy allocation, and export of mined coins.
Solana Mobile's Saga 3 smartphone introduces the Mobile AI Agent Layer — a locally running AI framework that executes on-chain transactions from natural language commands. 180,000 pre-orders in 72 hours signal strong demand for crypto-native hardware.
Ethena's yield-bearing USDe has surpassed DAI in market cap to claim the third spot in the stablecoin rankings. The milestone signals a structural shift toward delta-neutral synthetic designs as the dominant format for decentralised dollar exposure.
Ethereum staking reaches 30 million ETH (25% of supply) with liquid restaking protocols doubling stake committed to EigenLayer. Lido dominance, solo staker growth, and deflationary dynamics reshape validator economics.
Polygon's AggLayer aggregation protocol now connects more than 30 blockchains into a single unified liquidity layer, enabling cross-chain swaps and atomic transactions without traditional bridges. Here is how it works.
Bitcoin's Ordinals protocol and the Runes fungible token standard together captured nearly 22% of all NFT-adjacent on-chain volume in Q1 2026. We analyze what drove Bitcoin's NFT renaissance and what it means for the broader market.
PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin has crossed $1 billion in supply on Solana and is now live across 35 million merchants, powering Xoom remittances and expanding into Solana DeFi protocols — a genuine mainstream moment for stablecoin payments.
The Ethereum Foundation has unveiled a restructured $100 million ecosystem grant programme targeting zero-knowledge tooling, developer experience, and privacy infrastructure — a strategic pivot from its historically research-first approach.
The April 2024 Bitcoin halving delivered a 71% price gain to an all-time high of $108,000 by March 2026, followed by a correction. We examine the timeline, miner profitability, ETF inflows, and how this cycle compares to the three previous halvings.