Ethereum Daily Transactions Fall 12% Despite Dencun Upgrade Ethereum’s daily transactions dropped 12% in the period following the Dencun upgrade activation on March 13, 2024, even as Layer-2 costs plummeted and network efficiency improved.[1][2] The upgrade introduced EIP-4844, enabling “blobs” for cheaper data…
Uniswap Daily Volume Falls Below $1B Despite V4 Progress Overview Uniswap’s 24-hour trading volume dropped to $357.13 million on DeFiLlama, well under $1 billion, even as V4 TVL crossed $1 billion in 177 days.[1] Layer 2 networks captured 67.53% of recent activity at…
FTX bankruptcy estate liquidated 25-30M SOL tokens at $64 per coin in 2025 sale The FTX bankruptcy estate sold between 25 million and 30 million locked Solana tokens at $64 each, raising between $1.6 billion to $1.9 billion, according to Bloomberg reporting on…
SEC dismisses Coinbase suit on February 27, 2025 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a joint stipulation with Coinbase Inc. and Coinbase Global Inc. to dismiss its civil enforcement action on February 27, 2025[3][1]. This move followed reports of a 30% drop…
V4 teased for 2025 as volumes exceed $1.5B daily Uniswap Labs confirmed Uniswap v4 will launch in 2025, shifting from its prior Q3 2024 target, while the protocol sustains daily trading volumes above $1.5 billion.[1][2] The delay coincides with strong on-chain activity, underscoring…
Solana TVL Hits $13B Peak Amid Active Address Decline Solana’s total value locked surged to $13 billion, fueled by a sixfold year-over-year increase in on-chain stablecoins to $12 billion and tokenized assets topping $500 million.[1] Yet new active addresses on the network sit…
Quantum-Proof Chains Advance-Yet Wallets Still Fail Basic Theft Protection D-Wave’s quantum blockchain prototype achieved 75% mining efficiency across four distributed processors, replacing classical proof-of-work with quantum-only computations.[1][5] Yet major chains like Ethereum and IOTA remain exposed to quantum threats, while everyday wallet thefts-$3.7…
MakerDAO RWA Holdings Hit $3.1B Peak Despite DAI Supply Decline MakerDAO’s direct exposure to treasury real-world assets reached $3.1 billion at its all-time high as of January 17, 2024, even as the protocol’s RWA holdings later contracted from reductions in key collateral vaults.[1]…
Pudgy Penguins Rally Coincides with Token Unlock, Exit Liquidity Risk Flagged Pudgy Penguins’ $PENGU token surged over 80% on April 23, 2026, breaking a nine-month downtrend shortly after a 703 million token unlock on April 17.[1][3] The rally drew retail attention, with Google…
