The Post-Halving Supply Shock Finally Shows Up On-Chain
Twelve months after the fourth halving, exchange balances have collapsed and long-term holder accumulation is back near record levels.
Daniel Otieno//Apr 20, 2025//5m
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Aave V4 Launches with Unified Liquidity and Cross-Chain Credit
The largest on-chain money market has shipped its biggest architectural overhaul since 2020, consolidating fragmented liquidity into a single hub.
Sebastian Cole//Nov 26, 2025//6m
Ethena's USDe Crosses $10B Supply on Yield-Bearing Demand
The synthetic dollar has grown into one of the largest stablecoins on-chain, defying earlier scepticism around its delta-neutral funding model.
Sebastian Cole//Jul 8, 2025//5m
Hyperliquid On-Chain Perp DEX Crosses $1B Daily Volume
The order-book derivatives venue has grown into a serious competitor to centralized exchanges, with token holders absorbing fees through a unique buyback mechanism.
Sebastian Cole//Apr 2, 2025//6m
RWA Tokenization on DeFi Crosses the $20B Mark
Tokenized U.S. Treasuries, private credit funds, and money-market products now represent a meaningful slice of on-chain TVL, led by BlackRock's BUIDL.
Carmen Diaz//Dec 4, 2025//6m
Magic Eden Launches Pokémon Card Packs Platform
The marketplace's first crypto-entertainment product offers tokenized digital packs containing physical Pokémon cards, opening a new on-chain collectibles category.
Lena Park//Jun 4, 2025//5m
Tokenized Real Estate Protocols Cross the Billion-Dollar Mark
On-chain rental yields and fractional condo ownership are quietly building one of the most boring, durable corners of the NFT economy.
Carmen Diaz//Nov 19, 2024//6m
Bitcoin Ordinals Crash After Initial 2024 Mania Cools
The on-chain Bitcoin collectibles category surged in early 2024 and has since contracted significantly, with floor prices for top collections down 80–95%.
Jordan Kim//May 29, 2025//5m
Tokenized Music Royalty NFTs Cross a Mainstream Threshold
On-chain music-rights protocols have crossed several million dollars in monthly royalty distributions, with major-label catalog partnerships finally translating into recurring on-chain payments.
Carmen Diaz//Feb 18, 2026//5m
SocialFi Finally Finds Product-Market Fit with Creator Payouts
After years of failed experiments, a new generation of on-chain social apps is paying creators in ways traditional platforms cannot match.
Quinn Bradley//Dec 8, 2025//6m
Solana Saga Phone NFT Holders Keep Getting Drops
The original Solana Saga handset — distributed at a loss in 2023 — has produced one of the highest-return on-chain consumer experiments in crypto history.
Lena Park//Jan 30, 2025//5m
Russian Bitcoin Mining Sees Quiet Rebound
After Moscow formalized a regulatory regime for industrial mining, on-chain analysts say Russia's share of global hashrate has climbed back near 11%.
Wei Lin//Apr 29, 2025//5m
Account Abstraction Is the First Real Opt-Out From Wallets-as-Crypto
EIP-7702 isn't just a technical upgrade. It's the first credible path to letting users transact on-chain without ever thinking about a wallet.
Quinn Bradley//May 21, 2025//5m
RWA Hype Forgets That Real Estate Is Already Tokenized — On Paper
On-chain property protocols have crossed a billion dollars in value, but the legal and regulatory primitive is older than blockchain by centuries.
Carmen Diaz//Jul 4, 2025//5m