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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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The new chain splits Morph into two specialized networks, one for payments and stablecoins and another for high-throughput trading, with perpetual exchange PopDEX as its first announced user.
Base's Blocked Buidling
A three-year build that circles back to square one: Base remains fully centralized despite repeated decentralization pledges, raising harder questions about whether Coinbase is operating a dressed-up money transmission system—and how long regulators will tolerate it.
EU Parliament Flags Stablecoin Dominance Risk, Calls for Tighter Digital Asset Oversight
The Parliament's non-legislative report lands days after MiCA's full enforcement began, warning that US dollar stablecoins pose a structural risk to the euro.
BonkDAO Loses $20 Million After Attacker Buys Governance Control for $4.4 Million
The exploit succeeded not through a smart contract bug but because BonkDAO's quorum threshold let a single well-funded wallet outvote thousands of token holders who stayed home.
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What's in Store for Cryptos in Q3
Three straight quarters of losses, collapsing volumes, and ETF outflows have stripped crypto down to one question: can rates and flows stabilize the market in Q3?
Morph Launches Independent Layer 1 for Onchain Trading
The new chain splits Morph into two specialized networks, one for payments and stablecoins and another for high-throughput trading, with perpetual exchange PopDEX as its first announced user.
Vietnam Sets Fines Up to $3,800 for Unlicensed Crypto Trading Ahead of Regulated Market Launch
Decree No. 284/2026/ND-CP, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang, takes effect September 1 and runs alongside Vietnam's five-year pilot program for a licensed digital asset market.
Alpaca Raises $135 Million Led by Peak XV to Build Out Agent-First Brokerage Infrastructure
The round brings Alpaca's total financing to $435 million and follows a $150 million Series D in January that valued the brokerage infrastructure provider at $1.15 billion.