USDC Creator Payouts: Can Meta Turn Stablecoins Into a Real Creator-Economy Rail?

USDC Creator Payouts: Can Meta Turn Stablecoins Into a Real Creator-Economy Rail?

Meta USDC pilot pays creators via Stripe on Solana and Polygon in Colombia and the Philippines, pointing to lower fees,...

in Stablecoins by Elliot Veynor
RWA Perps vs CEX Volume: Why Tokenized Derivatives Are Winning When Spot Trading Slows

RWA Perps vs CEX Volume: Why Tokenized Derivatives Are Winning When Spot Trading Slows

May 2026 RWA perp volume hit $211B as CEX stablecoin spot slid to $883B, redirecting liquidity to derivatives and on-cha...

in DeFi by Lena Carter
DeFi TVL Is Shrinking, But Altura’s Yield Vault Is Still Attracting Capital

DeFi TVL Is Shrinking, But Altura’s Yield Vault Is Still Attracting Capital

A HyperEVM yield protocol led by former ex Fidelity and PwC operators has grown from $1.66M to $39M in five months deplo...

in DeFi by CryptoDaily
Coinbase’s AI Advisor Push: Is DeFi Losing the Retail Onboarding Battle to Super-Apps?

Coinbase’s AI Advisor Push: Is DeFi Losing the Retail Onboarding Battle to Super-Apps?

Coinbase’s AI Advisor and new “Agents” trading ship with guardrails and derivatives access. Can DeFi wallets keep retail...

in DeFi by Idris Calloway
Roblox, World Cup and Wallet UX: What Web3 Games Can Learn From Mainstream Fan Platforms

Roblox, World Cup and Wallet UX: What Web3 Games Can Learn From Mainstream Fan Platforms

Roblox’s 144.5M DAUs and World Cup-scale fan flows show how passkeys, age-gated design, and creator payouts can sharpen...

in Gaming by Karim Daniels
UNI’s 22% Breakout: Can Uniswap Turn Standard Chartered’s $100 Target Into a DeFi Rotation?

UNI’s 22% Breakout: Can Uniswap Turn Standard Chartered’s $100 Target Into a DeFi Rotation?

Standard Chartered’s $100 UNI target meets a 22% weekly rally. This analysis maps catalysts, on-chain fees, and a practi...

in Altcoins by Sophia Bennett
KuCoin Targets Growing Demand for Professional Crypto Asset Management With New Quant Fund

KuCoin Targets Growing Demand for Professional Crypto Asset Management With New Quant Fund

As digital asset investors increasingly seek professional portfolio management tools, KuCoin has launched the KuCoin Wea...

in KuCoin by CryptoDaily
Bitcoin’s Bottom Signal: Why 125,000 BTC Holder Accumulation Matters Before the Fed

Bitcoin’s Bottom Signal: Why 125,000 BTC Holder Accumulation Matters Before the Fed

125,000 BTC absorbed by holder cohorts in early June as exchange balances fall to 2.71M ahead of the Fed decision. Here’...

in Bitcoin by Ethan Caldwell