Bitwise Is Pitching NEAR to Wall Street as an AI Bet
Bitwise's NRR, the first U.S. spot NEAR ETF, drew $35.5M on day one. Hunter Horsley and Sal Ternullo explain the demand and NEAR's AI-first pitch.
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CryptoPunks Are Heating Back Up
CryptoPunks sales are surging, and the collection's grails are selling for millions again. Here's everything you need to know.
Derive V3 Wants to Be the Engine of Onchain Options
Can Derive V3, an Ethereum-native rebuild, help the protocol take on Deribit?
What Was Revealed at Robinhood's HOOD Summit
Robinhood launched greater abilities for agents, the rollout of perpetuals in the U.S., and the debut of their social feed, all while dealing a blow to Lighter in the short term.
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NEAR Stopped Bitget's Hackers Without Breaking Privacy
Bitget's hackers tried to push $50M+ through NEAR Intents and got turned away.
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States Pull Ahead in Prediction Market Fight
Federal courts are increasingly backing state gaming laws over prediction markets as the fight heads toward the Supreme Court.
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Inside IMD, Ethereum's New AI Swarm Experiment
A new kind of AI workforce is ascending in the Ethereum ecosystem, replete with experimental tokenomics. Here's why it matters, and how you might consider the trade.
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New NFT Cathedrals Are Going Up Everywhere
If you've tuned out NFTs during the memecoin era, you may be missing today's non-fungible resurgence.
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ZEC and NEAR Are Eating the Blue Chips' Bid
BTC:ETH::ZEC:NEAR! How Zcash and NEAR are drawing capital away from Bitcoin and Ethereum.
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This is Not Bitcoin’s Cycle
Last cycle mainstreamed Bitcoin. This one may belong to Zcash and alts with real revenue, buybacks, and newly opening U.S. markets.
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