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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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Payward, Franklin Templeton to Bring Actively Managed Funds Onchain in Tokenization Push
The deal pairs Kraken's $30 billion xStocks infrastructure with Franklin Templeton's $1.74 trillion asset management operation, with BENJI tokenized money market funds set to integrate into Kraken for institutional clients.
Accepting the Quote: Aave, FTX, Celsius & Being Real
Web3 keeps promising guardrails it can’t enforce, leaving users overconfident, underprepared, and ultimately more exposed when things go wrong.
BIS Warns Crypto Exchanges Becoming "Shadow Banks" Without Banking Safeguards
A BIS report finds that exchange stablecoin yield products are effectively unsecured loans – bank-like in function but without deposit protection or regulatory oversight.
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Crypto Crash: Liquidations & Bond Yields Surge, Hit Bitcoin
Bitcoin slips under $77K as rising yields, ETF outflows, and heavy liquidations expose a widening split between cautious whales and dip-buying retail traders.
Trump's Ethics Filings Show Coinbase, Robinhood Purchases Among 3,000-Plus Trades
The president's 278-T disclosures show COIN buys as large as $500,000 and a HOOD purchase exceeding $100,000 in Q1 2026, with the Trump Organization saying all trades are managed by independent third-party institutions with no direction from Trump or his family.
Kraken Parent Payward Cuts 150 Jobs After AI Deployment, IPO Pushed to 2027
The Kraken parent has shed roughly 5% of its workforce as AI tools reduce headcount needs, while its public listing timeline slips further as co-CEO Arjun Sethi says the company is 80% ready to go public.
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From a misconfigured bridge to seized assets on Arbitrum, the Kelp–LayerZero fallout lays bare how quickly “non-custodial” systems revert to human discretion under stress.