Starknet mainnet hit by fresh downtime as team probes cause
Starknet, an Ethereum ZK‑rollup network used for decentralized finance and gaming, is facing mainnet downtime following previous outages in 2025.
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After bitter vote, Aave founder pitches bigger future for DeFi lending giant
Following a rejected governance vote, Stani Kulechov laid out a plan to expand beyond DeFi lending and reshape how tokenholders...
Pakistan may be a crypto leader in 5 years at current pace: CZ
Former Binance boss Changpeng Zhao praised Pakistan for its speedy crypto adoption in 2025, saying the country is on track...
Ethereum L1 txs hit 2.2M in a day, and each one cost around 17 cents
Ethereum transactions were the most costly in May 2022 when fees were over $200 per transaction on average. They have...
Higher activity, lower fees: Here’s what December’s onchain data shows
Onchain data shows activity holding up on Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum and Avalanche even as fee revenue declines across the crypto...
ETH validator entry queue is suddenly almost double the exit queue
Digital asset treasury companies such as Tom Lee’s BitMine have contributed to the increase in the entry queue, but the...
Flow validators urged to halt work after blockchain rollback proposal
The Flow Foundation has been slammed for planning to roll back the layer 1 Flow chain to patch up a...
Emerging market economies to drive RWA tokenization in 2026: Crypto exec
Developing economies that lack entrenched financial market infrastructure will adopt tokenized real-world assets before developed countries.
USX briefly depegs on Solana DEXs before liquidity support restores price
The USX stablecoin briefly slipped below its dollar peg on Solana DEXs before recovering after its issuer injected liquidity into...
Aave governance vote ends in rejection after community pushback
The failed vote highlights deeper tensions over token value capture, governance power and whether DAO structures can effectively manage protocol...
Pudgy Penguins brings NFT characters to Las Vegas Sphere during Christmas
The non-fungible token project owned by Luca Netz appeared on the Sphere’s exterior screens, with the animated display going live...
Canton token rallies 27% after DTCC outlines tokenized Treasury plans
DTCC’s move to bring US Treasurys onchain highlights growing institutional momentum behind tokenized real-world assets.
NFT collections get no Santa rally as market hits 2025 lows
Market data showed shrinking participation across NFTs, with fewer buyers, sellers and transactions signaling fading speculative interest.
NFTs shifted to utility and culture as price faded in 2025
In 2025, non-fungible tokens were reshaped by falling volumes, cultural repositioning and a growing focus on real-world use cases.
Web3 and DApps in 2026: A utility-driven year ahead for crypto
Crypto enters 2026 with mature infrastructure; now DApps must prove real utility, win users without incentives and compete directly with...
