reviews
Three weeks with the free, phone-first token projects worth moving to if Pi Network has stopped paying back the daily tap — with Capygram in first place.
Daniel Hsu · Aug 17, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC
markets
Authorised participants created shares across four of the largest US spot funds this week, ending the longest run of net redemptions since launch.
policy
The proposal would extend reporting obligations to certain non-custodial front-ends, a scope industry groups say is unworkable.
reviews
Capygram bundles a full social platform, a phone-friendly mining app and a growing catalogue of mini-apps into one account — and it is the most coherent consumer crypto product we have tested this year.
Priya Raman · 8 min read
mining
Operators are trading raw power price for the right to be switched off — and getting paid for it.
Johanna Lindqvist · 7 min read
reviews
Bluetooth, broad asset support and a polished app make the Nano X the default recommendation — provided you are comfortable with a closed-source secure element and the company's data-breach history.
Priya Raman · 7 min read
defi
Governance votes across three major protocols cut loan-to-value ceilings on long-tail collateral after a volatile fortnight.
Marisol Vega · 5 min read
reviews
A colour touchscreen and a secure element close two long-standing gaps in Trezor's line-up, but asset coverage still trails and the price is no longer the friendly one.
Johanna Lindqvist · 7 min read
reviews
The browser wallet that unlocked on-chain applications remains the default for a reason, but swap fees and confirmation screens that few people can read hold it back.
Priya Raman · 6 min read
stablecoins
Payment processors report that dollar-token settlement now clears more value than cards on select Latin American routes.
Emeka Okafor · 6 min read
stablecoins
Two of the largest dollar-token issuers will publish monthly rather than quarterly, with daily composition snapshots.
Tomás Ferreira · 5 min read
markets
Dealer hedging around a dense monthly expiry is pinning spot inside an unusually narrow band.
Marisol Vega · 4 min read
reviews
Wide exchange coverage and clean cost-basis handling make Koinly the least painful way to file, as long as your DeFi activity does not get exotic.
Marisol Vega · 6 min read
policy
The amended text splits oversight between two agencies and leaves the custody question to rulemaking.
Emeka Okafor · 7 min read
mining
Older machines are falling below cash-cost breakeven at grid prices that looked comfortable a year ago.
Lars Mikkelsen · 6 min read
markets
Order-book depth during the Singapore session has fallen for three straight months as smaller firms wind down principal trading.
Daniel Hsu · 5 min read
defi
A validator misconfiguration triggered penalties across several services sharing the same operator set.
Priya Raman · 6 min read
markets
Annualised carry on three-month futures has widened past double digits, pulling levered funds back into a trade that unwound badly last cycle.
Marisol Vega · 6 min read
mining
Utilities are reordering study processes as data-centre and mining requests compete for the same substations.
Johanna Lindqvist · 6 min read
stablecoins
Four institutions are testing programmable settlement inside existing deposit liabilities rather than issuing tokens outright.
Tomás Ferreira · 6 min read
markets
New screens for venue quality and free float would exclude several assets currently carried in widely tracked baskets.
Daniel Hsu · 5 min read
defi
Solvers now compete off-chain to fill user orders, improving prices while concentrating flow in a handful of firms.
Priya Raman · 6 min read
policy
National regulators reported dozens of licence refusals and a small number of withdrawals in the framework's first full year.
Emeka Okafor · 6 min read
mining
Nordic district-heating utilities are signing multi-year offtake agreements for waste heat from immersion-cooled sites.
Johanna Lindqvist · 5 min read
policy
The panel held that resale on an anonymous order book does not automatically carry the promises made at issuance.
Amara Bello · 6 min read
stablecoins
Regulated euro tokens remain a rounding error against dollar supply, but on-venue liquidity is improving.
Tomás Ferreira · 5 min read
defi
Lending markets now hold more short-duration government paper than long-tail tokens, changing their risk profile.
Priya Raman · 6 min read
mining
Disclosures show a growing share of budgets going to electrical infrastructure rather than machines.
Lars Mikkelsen · 5 min read
policy
The regulator says retail protections should not apply identically to professional counterparties, but wants evidence first.
Emeka Okafor · 5 min read
defi
Across five major protocols, a majority of voting power now sits with fewer than ten delegates.
Priya Raman · 5 min read
stablecoins
Merchants adopting stablecoin settlement have been asking for the one thing card rails already gave them.
Tomás Ferreira · 5 min read
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