Mia Halland
Crypto Journalist & Research Analyst
Mia Halland is a writer for Crypto News Navigator, where she covers blockchain adoption, digital asset rules, and Web3 tech. She uses research in her cryptocurrency reporting, mixing on-chain data with talks with people in the industry to create reporting based on facts. Her work includes how institutions are using crypto, stablecoin systems, and cross-chain working.
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Berachain Wallet Setup Takes Ninety Seconds Now
Berachain (BERA) is the native EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain built on the Cosmos SDK and powered by the Proof-of-Liquidity consensus model, with a tri-token ecosystem (BERA for gas, BGT for governance, HONEY as native stablecoin) and a flagship decentralized exchange called BEX. The current wallet setup process for Berachain takes under 90 seconds via MetaMask auto-detection, replacing the older manual RPC entry workflow that exposed users to phishing and configuration risk. The Bectra hard fork brought Ethereum Pectra features including EIP-7702 universal smart accounts, batch transactions, gas payments in HONEY, and EIP-7002 validator exits to Berachain. Post-Bectra wallets get auto-detection of mainnet chain parameters in MetaMask 12.x and Rabby, which removes the most common attack vector tied to manually-entered RPC URLs.
Mia HallandMay 7, 2026
Where to Buy Aster Token, Five Venues Compared
DEAPCOIN (DEP) is the native utility token of PlayMining, a Singapore-based gaming and gamified-work platform run by Digital Entertainment Asset. The platform now counts 2.8 million registered users across Japan and Southeast Asia, and its PicTree game has turned utility-pole inspection into a paid micro-task for Tokyo Electric Power Group. DEAPCOIN trades around $0.001115 with a market capitalization near $30.7 million, down roughly 98.6% from its all-time high of $0.07894 set in November 2021. OKX delisted the DEP/USDT pair in November 2025, and trading liquidity has shifted toward MEXC, Gate.io, OKJ, and Bitpoint Japan. The DEAPCOIN ecosystem still produces real on-platform activity, but Western markets have largely stopped paying attention. Whether platform adoption ever closes the gap with token price is the question this analysis takes up.
Mia HallandMay 7, 2026
Buy QuarkChain Without the Hype Filter
QuarkChain (QKC) is the native ERC-20 utility token of the QuarkChain network, which originated in 2018 as a heterogeneous sharding blockchain and has since pivoted to building Super World Computer, a customized OP Stack Ethereum Layer 2 designed for AI-native applications and cryptographically verifiable on-chain storage. QKC trades around $0.003091 with a $22.4M market cap, ranked #825 on CoinGecko and #678 on CoinMarketCap, with 7.2 billion tokens circulating against a 10 billion max supply. Daily trading volume sits at roughly $329K, down 28.30% from yesterday, with the Binance QKC/USDT pair representing approximately $73,894 of that volume. Founder Qi Zhou is co-author of EIP-7907, which proposes increasing Ethereum's contract code size limit from 24KB to 48KB+ and is under consideration for the Glamsterdam upgrade after being removed from the Fusaka schedule. Gamma testnet for Super World Computer launched August 2025.
Mia HallandMay 7, 2026
Tagger Just Became the Cheapest Way to Monetize Influence
Tagger (TAG) is the native utility and governance token of the Tagger Protocol, a BNB Chain-built decentralized AI data labeling and dataset marketplace that operates under a DeCorp model where smart contracts replace corporate hierarchies and route rewards directly to verified contributors. TAG trades around $0.001572 with a $171M market cap and a $637M FDV, ranked #362 on CoinMarketCap, with 108 billion tokens circulating against a 405 billion total supply (about 27% in circulation). The token gained 134% over the past week, reaching a $0.002178 ATH on May 2 before correcting 13.7%. Tagger Protocol launched on BNB Chain in April 2024 and added USD1 stablecoin settlement in July 2025, with rewards split between TAG and USD1. Active enterprise contracts include $5M with Stables Money for AI data services and $4.89M with ReadiiTel and BlueSky Carbon Group for satellite imagery analysis.
Mia HallandMay 6, 2026
Brevis Integrations Grow While BREV Price Falls
Brevis Token (BREV) is the native utility and settlement token of Brevis ProverNet, a decentralized marketplace coordinating zero-knowledge proof generation across a network of provers, used for zkVM execution payment, prover staking, gas on the Brevis rollup, and governance. BREV trades around $0.1124 with a $28-30M market cap and a $112-120M FDV, with 250 million tokens circulating against a 1 billion max supply, ranked #586 on CoinMarketCap. BREV is down 79% from its $0.5663 January 7, 2026 ATH and 14.55% above its $0.1042 April 5, 2026 ATL. Q1 2026 brought integrations including Vera (March 9, 2026) for media authentication, Camp Network (March 31, 2026) for IP licensing, an Intelligent Privacy Pool with BNB Chain and 0xbow, and a USD8 decentralized insurance partnership for Q2 2026. Team and investor allocations (30.8%) are locked until January 2027, then linearly vesting over 24 months.
Mia HallandMay 5, 2026
YGG Scholarships Pay Players Through Guild Protocol
Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a Web3 gaming guild and publishing protocol on Ethereum that lets scholars play partner games using guild-owned NFTs in exchange for a revenue share, with onchain performance tracking via the Guild Protocol. YGG trades around $0.042 with a $32M market cap, $43.9M FDV, and 740M tokens circulating against a 1B max supply, ranked outside the top 600 on CoinGecko. YGG is down 99.6% from its $11.17 November 2021 ATH and 31% above its $0.0335 March 2026 ATL. YGG Play surpassed $9M in lifetime revenue with Q1 2026 alone contributing $876,000; LOL Land has $8.59M lifetime revenue and contributed $563,599 in Q1. Yield Guild has integrations with 80+ blockchain games, the Guild Protocol tracks 29 active game partners, and the $20.6M treasury supports operations into 2027. Q1 2026 brought YGG to #3 on BlockchainGamer.biz's top 50, alongside the Caladan report finding 93% of GameFi projects are quasi-dead.
Mia HallandMay 5, 2026
Giggle Fund Sent $11.5M to Charity Without Backing
Giggle Fund (GIGGLE) is a community-created BEP-20 token on BNB Chain that applies a 5% transaction fee (2.5% buy, 2.5% sell) automatically swapped to BNB and donated to Giggle Academy, a free education nonprofit founded by Changpeng Zhao. GIGGLE trades around $34.54 with a $34M market cap, fixed 1 million max supply (fully circulating), and is ranked outside the top 500 on CoinGecko. GIGGLE is down 87.6% from its $274 ATH and up 293.8% from its $8.64 ATL. The token was never launched by Giggle Academy or CZ; he has publicly distanced himself from it on X. Despite that, over 11,500 BNB (roughly $11.5M) has been donated to Giggle Academy via the auto-fee mechanism. GoPlus has flagged that the contract creator can disable sells, change fees, and mint additional tokens. Binance allocates 50% of GIGGLE trading fees to Giggle Academy. OKX listed USDT-margined perpetual futures with 50x leverage in October 2025.
Mia HallandMay 4, 2026
MOCA Holders Hit Six Hundred Thousand on Free Access
Moca Network (MOCA) is a chain-agnostic identity infrastructure project by Animoca Brands, designed to give users portable digital identity, reputation, and credentials across ecosystems via the AIR Kit SDK. MOCA trades around $0.01355 with a $55.5M market cap, $120.48M FDV, and 4.09 billion tokens in circulation against a max supply of 8.888 billion, ranked outside the top 400 on CoinGecko. MOCA has reached 612,200 wallets, a 97.24% drop from its $0.487 December 2024 all-time high notwithstanding. Free onboarding via Animoca's 540+ portfolio companies and ecosystem partners (OneFootball 200M+ users, SK Planet 28M, Biletinial 6M) has built broad distribution before utility. An April 11 unlock dropped $3.36M into a $55M market cap; volume held around $3M and price found legs above the April 4 low. Animoca secured a Dubai VARA VASP license in February 2026. Mainnet credential count, the metric that would convert holders to fee-paying users, currently sits at zero.
Mia HallandMay 4, 2026
Kamino Solana Vault Strategies Explained for Actual Humans
Kamino Finance (KMNO) is a Solana-based DeFi protocol unifying lending, automated liquidity, and leverage in a single product suite. KMNO trades around $0.02 with a $96M market cap and 4.4 billion circulating supply, ranked #308 on CoinGecko. Kamino Solana vaults have generated north of $1.6 billion in deposits while the lending markets have paid out close to $250 million in interest since launch. The token is down 91% from its $0.2477 December 2024 peak, with continued unlock pressure: 229.17 million KMNO ($4.98M) released on April 30, 2026. Recent catalysts include the Anchorage Digital institutional borrowing infrastructure and RockawayX's RWA vault aggregating exposure to OnRe, Huma, Figure, and Solstice. The thesis: Kamino isn't selling yield, it's selling automation of decisions retail liquidity providers cannot reliably make manually.
Mia HallandMay 3, 2026