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Dogecoin's "Giant DOGE" meme points to a weird crypto-adjacent moment in Japan Dogecoin's official account latched onto a very specific Japanese tax perk: send part of your taxes to Shibuya Ward and get a Shiba Inu mount in Final Fantasy 14. The account joked that three ...

Ethereum Q1 2026: network growth holds up while the market cools Ethereum's Q1 2026 numbers, drawn from the Etherealize report, are worth a look. I'll be honest: the market tone was colder than the usage data. The broader market cooled, but Ethereum still added users, transactions, and ...

Ripple Leaders Point to Major Crypto Moment as Swell Turns 10 Ripple's Swell conference lands in New York on October 27-29, and this one has a heavier feel than the usual calendar entry. It is the 10th Swell. It is also the first time Ripple is pairing Swell with XRPL Apex, which changes ...

Ethereum EIP-8304 Takes Aim At Trustless Log And Transaction Indexing EIP-8304 is a new Ethereum Improvement Proposal about historical logs and transaction data. Dry subject. Real consequences. I'll be honest: this is not the shiny part of Ethereum. It is not about gas fees, staking rew ...

Custodia, Vantage Propose Token That Toggles Between Bank Deposits and Stablecoins: A New Front in the Stablecoin Wars Custodia and Vantage Bank want to launch a token with a split personality: bank deposit inside a bank network, stablecoin once it leaves. The mechanics are technical. Th ...

Tether Wallet adds Lightning Network support, pointing toward stablecoin payments Tether added native Lightning Network support to version 1.4 of its mobile wallet, giving users faster and cheaper Bitcoin payments. The update went live on June 18, 2026. On paper, this is ...

Synapse (SYN) Jumps 327%: Mostly Momentum, Not a New Story "Synapse (SYN) has ripped higher as traders move back into speculative crypto trades." Synapse (SYN) is up more than 108% in 24 hours and 327% over the past week, with the price at $0.1213. Big move. My take: the ...

Stablecoin boom: infrastructure upgrade, not a ChatGPT moment, reshapes crypto flows The stablecoin market keeps getting sold as crypto's next big growth story. I get why. Total supply rose from about $286 billion in September 2025 to roughly $316 billion by mid-2026, a 10.6% gain. That ...

Wealthsimple's Kalshi Prediction Market Launch: A Regulatory Fight Crypto Cannot Ignore Wealthsimple plans to launch a Kalshi-powered prediction market app for Canadian investors this summer. Sounds niche? It isn't. The launch pulls event trading closer to ordinary retail accounts and dr ...

Ireland's Crypto Safeguards Point to a Stricter EU Rulebook Ireland plans to introduce crypto safeguards by the second half of 2027, focused on money laundering and terrorism financing. That puts another weight on digital asset firms across the EU, especially exchanges. ...