Flash-Crash in 8 Minutes – the xUSD Story On 4 Nov 2025, Stream Finance’s “interest-bearing stablecoin” xUSD collapsed from US$1.00 to US$0.12, wiping out 88 % of its market-cap in one afternoon.Trigger: A 4× leveraged delta-neutral book built on opaque off-chain positions lost US$93 m during the 11 Oct crypto rout.After-shock: Within seven days > US$1 bn fled every “yield-bearing stablecoin” tracked by StableWatch—an exodus equal to a mid-size city-bank run.Mirror of 2008 – Packaging Risk as...

Flash-Crash in 8 Minutes – the xUSD Story On 4 Nov 2025, Stream Finance’s “interest-bearing stablecoin” xUSD collapsed from US$1.00 to US$0.12, wiping out 88 % of its market-cap in one afternoon.Trigger: A 4× leveraged delta-neutral book built on opaque off-chain positions lost US$93 m during the 11 Oct crypto rout.After-shock: Within seven days > US$1 bn fled every “yield-bearing stablecoin” tracked by StableWatch—an exodus equal to a mid-size city-bank run.Mirror of 2008 – Packaging Risk as...

The TON Application Chain (TAC) officially launched its mainnet this Tuesday, aiming to bring Ethereum-compatible decentralized finance (DeFi) applications to Telegram’s massive user ecosystem. According to an official announcement, with TAC’s mainnet now live, Ethereum DeFi protocols like Curve, Morpho, and Euler are accessible directly through Telegram. The TAC token ($TAC) surged over 50% shortly after the mainnet launch, peaking at $0.0248 before settling around $0.026 at press time.Techn...

The TON Application Chain (TAC) officially launched its mainnet this Tuesday, aiming to bring Ethereum-compatible decentralized finance (DeFi) applications to Telegram’s massive user ecosystem. According to an official announcement, with TAC’s mainnet now live, Ethereum DeFi protocols like Curve, Morpho, and Euler are accessible directly through Telegram. The TAC token ($TAC) surged over 50% shortly after the mainnet launch, peaking at $0.0248 before settling around $0.026 at press time.Techn...

Billions, the first human-AI universal network, aims to extend mobile-first, privacy-first verification to billions of users—and future AI agents—establishing a foundational infrastructure for trusted interactions between humans and machines.$30M Funding Round Led by PolygonEarlier this month, Billions announced a $30 million funding round led by Polygon, with participation from Polychain, Coinbase Ventures, LibertyCity Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, and other prominent crypto and AI infrastruc...

Billions, the first human-AI universal network, aims to extend mobile-first, privacy-first verification to billions of users—and future AI agents—establishing a foundational infrastructure for trusted interactions between humans and machines.$30M Funding Round Led by PolygonEarlier this month, Billions announced a $30 million funding round led by Polygon, with participation from Polychain, Coinbase Ventures, LibertyCity Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, and other prominent crypto and AI infrastruc...

Market Snapshot: $1.4 Bn and Counting Token-buyback spending in 2025 has already topped US $1.4 billion, with the ten largest programmes capturing 92 % of the outlay. The surge signals that “buy-and-burn” has moved from marketing gimmick to core treasury policy—though the crypto community is still arguing about whether it actually creates lasting value. --- The Heavyweight: Hyperliquid’s $644 M War-chest Hyperliquid’s insurance-fund wallet leads the pack, pouring $644.6 million into HYPE buyb...

Market Snapshot: $1.4 Bn and Counting Token-buyback spending in 2025 has already topped US $1.4 billion, with the ten largest programmes capturing 92 % of the outlay. The surge signals that “buy-and-burn” has moved from marketing gimmick to core treasury policy—though the crypto community is still arguing about whether it actually creates lasting value. --- The Heavyweight: Hyperliquid’s $644 M War-chest Hyperliquid’s insurance-fund wallet leads the pack, pouring $644.6 million into HYPE buyb...

1. The Airdrop Heard Round Crypto On 25 Sep 2025 Plasma’s main-net beta went live and the native token XPL was airdropped to every pre-deposit user—no matter if they had wired one dollar or ten thousand. The uniform payout was worth $8,390 per wallet, turning a symbolic 10-cent registration into an overnight four-figure wind-fall. Half the eligible addresses claimed inside the first three hours; in total 25 million XPL (0.25 % of genesis supply) were given away. Price discovery was immediate:...

1. The Airdrop Heard Round Crypto On 25 Sep 2025 Plasma’s main-net beta went live and the native token XPL was airdropped to every pre-deposit user—no matter if they had wired one dollar or ten thousand. The uniform payout was worth $8,390 per wallet, turning a symbolic 10-cent registration into an overnight four-figure wind-fall. Half the eligible addresses claimed inside the first three hours; in total 25 million XPL (0.25 % of genesis supply) were given away. Price discovery was immediate:...

1. From Digital Gold to Yield-Bearing “Platinum” For fifteen years Bitcoin was the world’s most valuable parking lot—you parked, you prayed, you waited. In Q3-2025 the lot sprouted toll booths:BTCFi TVL ↑ 2 200 % YoYLombard community sale 14× oversubscribed, 21 340 wallets, 132 countries.Babylon’s first staking epoch filled 24 000 BTC ($1.5 bn) in 100 minutes—Ticketmaster-level FOMO.The Ferrari is finally leaving the garage.2. Staking 1.0 – Native, Non-Custodial, Liquid BabylonScript-level ti...

1. From Digital Gold to Yield-Bearing “Platinum” For fifteen years Bitcoin was the world’s most valuable parking lot—you parked, you prayed, you waited. In Q3-2025 the lot sprouted toll booths:BTCFi TVL ↑ 2 200 % YoYLombard community sale 14× oversubscribed, 21 340 wallets, 132 countries.Babylon’s first staking epoch filled 24 000 BTC ($1.5 bn) in 100 minutes—Ticketmaster-level FOMO.The Ferrari is finally leaving the garage.2. Staking 1.0 – Native, Non-Custodial, Liquid BabylonScript-level ti...

From Flat-Lining to Liftoff Since mid-June, FUNToken has been on a tear. According to CoinGecko, the token bottomed at $0.0033 and peaked at $0.0239 in mid-July—a 684 % move in a month and a 247 % gain in 30 days. The rally is not just speculative froth; it coincides with a rapid rollout of products, AI-driven reward bots, and a newly-launched foundation tasked with long-term growth.Enter the FUN100x Foundation On August 1 the team unveiled The FUN100x Foundation, a non-profit endowment seede...

From Flat-Lining to Liftoff Since mid-June, FUNToken has been on a tear. According to CoinGecko, the token bottomed at $0.0033 and peaked at $0.0239 in mid-July—a 684 % move in a month and a 247 % gain in 30 days. The rally is not just speculative froth; it coincides with a rapid rollout of products, AI-driven reward bots, and a newly-launched foundation tasked with long-term growth.Enter the FUN100x Foundation On August 1 the team unveiled The FUN100x Foundation, a non-profit endowment seede...

From Joke to Sovereignty: The Meme Paradigm Shift MemeCore breaks the old pattern of meme coins piggy-backing on general-purpose chains. By combining a native Layer-1 with culture-first incentives, it turns memes from “one-off pumps” into structured, community-owned assets—validated by on-chain volume and a market cap that once touched a USD 1.2 B FDV.Attention-Economy Flywheel: Behavior = Value For the first time, virality, cultural consensus and on-chain rewards are hard-wired together. • P...

From Joke to Sovereignty: The Meme Paradigm Shift MemeCore breaks the old pattern of meme coins piggy-backing on general-purpose chains. By combining a native Layer-1 with culture-first incentives, it turns memes from “one-off pumps” into structured, community-owned assets—validated by on-chain volume and a market cap that once touched a USD 1.2 B FDV.Attention-Economy Flywheel: Behavior = Value For the first time, virality, cultural consensus and on-chain rewards are hard-wired together. • P...

The market is an ocean; we cannot predict every storm, only trim our sails when it arrives.I. 1H 2025 in Review: Three Macro Forces That Moved CryptoTrump-era tariff policyFed interest-rate decisionsRussia-Ukraine & Middle-East geopoliticsThese drivers remain in play for the second half of the year. Below, we detail the scenarios most likely to shape crypto prices through 2025.II. Trump Tariffs: The Inflation Wildcard Tariffs are President Trump’s weapon of choice for three economic goals:Low...

The market is an ocean; we cannot predict every storm, only trim our sails when it arrives.I. 1H 2025 in Review: Three Macro Forces That Moved CryptoTrump-era tariff policyFed interest-rate decisionsRussia-Ukraine & Middle-East geopoliticsThese drivers remain in play for the second half of the year. Below, we detail the scenarios most likely to shape crypto prices through 2025.II. Trump Tariffs: The Inflation Wildcard Tariffs are President Trump’s weapon of choice for three economic goals:Low...

Headline Reform: 55 % → 20 % At the closing session of Japan WebX 2025, Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker Katayama Satsuki—chair of the Upper-House Budget Committee—confirmed that Tokyo is preparing to re-classify BTC, ETH and other mainstream tokens as “financial instruments” instead of “payment methods.” If the shift clears the Diet, the headline tax rate on crypto gains will fall from up to 55 % (progressive “miscellaneous income”) to a flat 20 %, matching equities. Katayama’s timeli...

Headline Reform: 55 % → 20 % At the closing session of Japan WebX 2025, Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker Katayama Satsuki—chair of the Upper-House Budget Committee—confirmed that Tokyo is preparing to re-classify BTC, ETH and other mainstream tokens as “financial instruments” instead of “payment methods.” If the shift clears the Diet, the headline tax rate on crypto gains will fall from up to 55 % (progressive “miscellaneous income”) to a flat 20 %, matching equities. Katayama’s timeli...