Polygon Makes Embedded Wallets Free as Open Money Stack Pushes Into Crosschain Payments
Polygon’s Open Money Stack makes embedded wallets free and adds Trails routing for SOL and stablecoins across 20+ chains. Fees near $0.002 settle in...
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Elliot Mercer covers digital asset markets, Bitcoin, and the macroeconomic forces influencing investor sentiment. His reporting focuses on price action, institutional activity, liquidity, and the wider financial trends shaping the direction of crypto markets.
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Bitcoin Hashrate Reclaims 1 ZH/s as the Next Difficulty Retarget Tilts Slightly Lower
1 ZH/s headline returns while Bitcoin’s next difficulty retarget is set near Aug 22 with a ~0.04% dip, per CoinWarz. July saw two cuts...
YZY Faces a $35.2 Million Unlock Equal to 22.8% of Circulating Supply
120.83M YZY unlock lands 16 Aug 2026, 03:00 UTC, equal to ~22.8% of circulating supply; estimated value around $35M. What this could mean for...
Tokenized Real-World Assets Reach $7.4 Billion While the Rest of DeFi Contracts 15%
Q2 2026 RWA deposits hit $7.44B while broader DeFi TVL fell ~15%, per CoinShares/Token Terminal. Here’s what’s growing, where yields come from, and key...
Bybit Lines Up HYPE-Margined Options for Hyperliquid Traders
Bybit HYPE options preview shows how coin-margined hedges could serve Hyperliquid traders, with margin quirks, strategy sketches, liquidity checks, and key risks.
BIP-110 Enters Mandatory Signaling With Miner Support Still Far From Lock-In
Block window 961,632–963,647 sets BIP-110 mandatory signaling while miner support hovers near 2–3%. Lock-in no later than 963,648 and activation at 965,664.
ETH and XRP Whales Keep Accumulating Through the Late-Stage Bear Market
87,083 ETH whale moves and Binance XRP reserves at a 2.61B low signal late-bear accumulation, with 70M XRP added and ETH exchange supply near...
$7.4 Billion in Wrapped Bitcoin Moves to Chainlink CCIP
Chainlink CCIP drew over $7B in Q2 migrations as Mantle, Solv, Lombard and Kraken shifted wrapped assets, including tokenized BTC. What changes for holders?
World Chain Becomes the First Production L2 to Stream Block Access Lists
World Chain v2.4.0 streams EIP-7928 access lists every 200ms via flashblocks, with Sepolia live and mainnet slated Aug 17, 2026. MEV teams take note.
Six Latin American Currencies Move Onchain Through Celo's New wFIAT Suite
Six wFIAT stablecoins arrive on Celo via Ripio, with ARS and BRL priced by Chainlink oracles and Grow’s July beta enabling pesos funding to...