News & Analysis

David Christopher · 2 days ago

Solana Narrowly Passes Double-Disinflation Proposal

Solana narrowly passed SGP-0002, accelerating its path to 1.5% inflation by 2029, while its sister fee-burn proposal failed.

David Christopher · 2 days ago

Ethena Adds Equities to Basis Trade, Shutters HIP-3 Market

Ethena is expanding USDe into equity perps as it overhauls ENA tokenomics and looks to reignite ecosystem growth.

David Christopher · 3 days ago

Why Solana Wants Less Inflation, Faster

Solana's SGP-0002, which looks set to pass, would double the SOL disinflation rate and cut the path to 1.5% terminal inflation to under 3 years.

DefiLlama Introduces Universal Token Ratings Dashboard

A new rating system for crypto tokens is live on DefiLlama, built with Forgd across roughly 40 scoring inputs.

Bankless · 3 days ago

Ethena Fee Switch Vote Ties ENA Buybacks to USDe Growth

Ethena's fee switch vote comes with a proposed USDe-tied revenue ladder.

Bankless · 3 days ago

William M. Peaster · 4 days ago

Bitcoin Fields Its First Quantum-Safe Transaction

A new scheme called QSB used Bitcoin's own legacy rules to lock a transaction against Shor's algorithm.

Bankless · 3 days ago

Opinion

The Bull Case for Fake World Assets

Fake World Assets has real revenue, a growing ecosystem, and new NFT distribution possibilities.

David Christopher · 4 days ago

JPMorgan Weighs Stablecoin as Bank Push Accelerates

JPMorgan weighs its own stablecoin as major banks explore a global consortium and thousands of smaller banks launch BankChain Alliance.

David Christopher · 4 days ago

Hyperliquid Gets Pumpfun Support, Energy Perps Push

Pumpfun adds HyperEVM trading as HPC pushes U.S. energy perps and AQA v2 begins generating USDC yield for HYPE buybacks.

David Christopher · 4 days ago

Roman Storm Retrial Delayed to April 2027

Roman Storm’s retrial moves to April 2027 as a judge weighs throwing out his conviction and questions grow over Chainalysis’s role.

David Christopher · 5 days ago

What to Expect from Kinetiq's Upcoming Hyperliquid L2

Hyperliquid’s first L2 is nearing launch. Here’s what Elysium could mean for DeFi, spot markets, and Kinetiq’s growing role in the ecosystem.

Grayscale's Zcash ETF Begins Trading on NYSE Arca

Grayscale's $ZCSH offers spot ZEC exposure, though its holdings sit outside Zcash's shielded privacy tech.

Bankless · 5 days ago

Galaxy Unveils Crypto-Backed Line of Credit Service

GalaxyOne's new credit line lets retail users borrow cash against crypto's majors.

Bankless · 5 days ago

William M. Peaster · 6 days ago

Coinbase Enters the Tokenized Stock Wars

Coinbase Tokenized Stocks just went live on Base, running on the new B20 standard. Here's what to expect.

David Christopher · 6 days ago

Kinetiq Unveils Elysium L2 for Hyperliquid

Kinetiq unveiled Elysium, a Hyperliquid L2 built to improve HyperEVM performance, revive spot trading, and create a new KNTQ buyback engine.

David Christopher · 6 days ago

Phantom to Drop Sui in Second Chain Exit

Phantom will drop Sui support come Sept. 24, following its Monad exit as Sui TVL remains roughly 82% below its peak.

David Christopher · 6 days ago

Strategy Creates $1.6B Flexible Cash Pool

Strategy created a $1.59B cash pool for Bitcoin, buybacks, debt, and preferreds as it builds more flexibility into its capital stack.

Recapping the Week in AiFi

Stripe, AWS, and Alipay all just made major moves in agentic payments.

Coldcard Ships Deeper Security Fix Following Bitcoin Heist

Coinkite's new firmware adds hand-entered entropy and stricter transaction checks to its Coldcard wallets.

Bitcoin Nears $80K as Crypto Rally Stretches to a 3rd Straight Day

Crypto's latest rally has BTC near $80K, ETH outpacing it at +28% on the week, and HYPE hitting a fresh ATH.

William M. Peaster · 1 week ago

Opinion

ETH's Comeback Is Overdue

ETH just outgained virtually every top 100 coin in a single day. Ethereum's fundamentals suggest there's more room to run.

Ramp Adds x402 Payments for AI Agents

Ramp adds x402 payments for AI agents, extending its agent finance push as AWS and Stripe accelerate the agentic payments race.

X Explores Stablecoin Payments for Creators

X is exploring stablecoin creator payouts as social platforms increasingly add payments and adopt crypto rails.

Trump Says CFTC Working to Bring Hyperliquid to U.S.

Trump says CFTC Chair Mike Selig is working on a compliant U.S. path for Hyperliquid after months of regulatory engagement.

The Debasement Trade Returns

Bitcoin’s breakout revives the debasement trade as Treasury buybacks, AI spending and Japan fuel bets on looser policy ahead.

Base App Unveils Hyperliquid-Powered Perps

Base App users can now trade perps with up to 50x leverage via Hyperliquid.

Nethermind Drops LayerZero Verifier Role, Joins Chainlink

Another major LayerZero verifier just defected to Chainlink.

SEC Proposes "Regulation Crypto Assets" Framework

The SEC just proposed rules that would let crypto startups raise up to $75M without full registration.

William M. Peaster · 1 week ago

TCRs Will Rise Again

Token curated registries might be crypto's most underrated primitive again. Why TCRs deserve a second look in 2026.

Centrifuge Proposes Converting Token Into Equity

Centrifuge proposes letting eligible CFG holders subscribe for company shares at one CFG per share as it explores a token-to-equity conversion.

Kaito Launches Pulse Social Layer for X

Kaito launches Pulse and Aura, bringing verified reputation and activity to "social trading" via the X timeline.

South Korea Blocks Polymarket Over Gambling Concerns

South Korea blocked Polymarket over illegal gambling concerns, joining more than 30 jurisdictions restricting the prediction market.

Article

Getting Started with Bankless MCP

Bankless MCP wires AI workspaces like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor into the full Bankless content archive.

Why Stripe Wants OpenRouter

Stripe’s OpenRouter deal reveals a bigger bet on inference markets, agentic payments, and stablecoins as the rails for machine commerce.

Treasury Proposes Rules for How GENIUS Act Stablecoin Licensing Works

Treasury's new GENIUS Act proposal would put a due-diligence duty on exchanges that list stablecoins.

Stripe Is Acquiring AI Router OpenRouter for +$8B

OpenRouter's founder built OpenSea, then built "Stripe for AI." Now Stripe is buying the company in a massive deal.

Ansem Debuts Launchpad and the z500 Onchain Index

A new Solana launchpad and onchain index from trader Ansem builds atop the $ANSEM token.