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The Airdrop Economy: How Crypto Projects Bootstrap Communities & Solve the Cold Start Problem
Web3 token airdrops solve the "cold start problem" by giving up to 50% of supply to early users. Learn how Uniswap, BONK, and others use strategic distributions to build communities and create aligned incentives.
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Bitcoin Reclaims $81,000 as Altcoins Rally, Crypto Stocks Post Their Best Session in Months
Coinbase, Strategy and Robinhood all jumped more than 9% Friday on Wall Street's read of the SEC's tokenized-stock framework, while Hyperliquid, Zcash and NEAR led a broader altcoin surge that pushed the total market back above $2.8 trillion.
SEC, CFTC Move Unilaterally on Crypto Rules Days After Clarity Act's Senate Defeat
A five-year exemption lets permissioned venues run AMM-based markets in tokenized stocks, while a broadened no-action position frees passive software providers like wallets and DeFi front ends from broker registration, both issued within hours of each other.
Ethena Launches Ethena Pay, a Self-Custodial Neobank Built Exclusively on Avalanche
The app gives Ethena's USDe stablecoin a route into everyday spending just as the token's circulating supply has fallen by more than 70% from its September 2025 peak.
Hyperliquid in Talks With Kraken Parent Payward on US Market Entry
A deal would route a subset of Hyperliquid's perpetual futures through Payward's CFTC-regulated Bitnomial exchange, giving the decentralized platform a compliant path into the US market it has never been able to serve directly.
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US Prosecutors Probe Binance Over Possible Iran Sanctions Violations
The inquiry comes a week after Manhattan prosecutors named Binance as the venue for laundered Iranian oil money in a $61 million forfeiture case, and less than three years into the exchange's $4.3 billion plea deal.
Bitcoin ETFs Pull In $999 Million in a Day as BTC Holds Above $86,000
Monday's intake capped a three-session run of nearly $1.6 billion that reversed the prior week's redemptions, with spot Ether funds adding $270 million alongside.
Bitcoin Nears 20 Ounces of Gold as Rate Hike Cycle Tests Both Assets
Bitcoin is back above $85,000 and the BTC-gold ratio is approaching 20 ounces, but central-bank demand for gold and volatile ETF flows tell very different stories about the two assets
Coinbase Opens IPO Share Allocations to US Retail Customers, Starting With Smart-Ring Maker Oura
The feature routes IPO shares through Coinbase's own FINRA-registered broker-dealer and penalizes quick flipping, extending the exchange's push to trade tokenized stocks and prediction markets under one "Everything Exchange."