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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NEXO Platform Architecture Explained Without Jargon
Picture someone sitting on two Bitcoin they bought years ago at a fraction of the current price. They want $5,000 for a home renovation but don't want to sell any coins. Instead they go to Nexo, collateralize those coins for a cash loan, and start spending instantly. Strip away all the hype and complexity and you have the basics of Nexo: users earn interest on crypto, borrow against it, and trade between dozens of cryptocurrencies, all inside one account.
Mia HallandMar 28, 2026
Five Things Splendor Does Better Than Tokens Ranked 200 Spots Higher
Splendor (SPLD) ranks #1114 on CoinGecko with a market capitalization of just over $10.9 million. But what happens on the backend doesn't reflect the story told by its price. There are 5 measurable vectors where SPLD and its flagship Splendor Plus outperform a majority of coins ranked hundreds of places higher. $0.37 tells you nothing of Splendor's 2.3 million TPS capability.
Mia HallandMar 27, 2026
Three Myths About Ethereum Classic That Won't Die
Looking at the ethereum current price and market cap isn't entirely useful because these metrics don't represent where this chain has been to arrive at this point. Ethereum Classic has plenty of critics who love to flex their talking points about why this chain is avoidable. It's dead, it's insecure, nobody builds on it. When you actually look at the 2026 data, the story becomes far more nuanced.
Mia HallandMar 27, 2026
Metal Blockchain Price Disconnected from Developer Growth by 300%
Metal Blockchain has over 750 credit unions. They have FedNow certification and outright purchased a fintech CUSO. And yet Metal Blockchain price is $0.142. Market cap $72 million. Ranking #359 on CoinGecko. A valuation not seeming to fully appreciate just how much big-money adoption this project has experienced over the past 18 months. Is METAL being undervalued? Or are these institutional partnership metrics not as good as they seem?
Mia HallandMar 26, 2026
Ether.fi Staking Revenue Just Hit $400M and Nobody's Talking About It
Ether.fi is a liquid restaking protocol currently sitting on $5.85 billion TVL. At current prices, ETHFI has just surpassed $400 million in cumulative staking revenue earned. Neither of those milestones mean anything with ethfi price at $0.60 today. Ether.fi is ranked #100 by market cap with its token trading at about 90% off its all-time high. Those two data points are far enough apart to naturally conjure up one question: is Ether.fi the most undiscovered stressed-priced staking protocol in crypto right now?
Mia HallandMar 26, 2026
Buying IOTA in 2026 Requires Knowing Which Exchanges Actually Matter
Every guide on how to buy IOTA you will come across online in 2026 fails to mention one critical detail: exchanges listed in MIOTA are not interchangeable. Whether pooled 24-hour volumes hover just below $7 million or the single largest trading pair on Binance sees just $1.18 million, where you buy IOTA dictates not only your execution price and slippage but also if your withdrawal will take an hour or get stuck for days.
Mia HallandMar 26, 2026
LCX Exchange Quietly Built What Coinbase Should Have
At press time, LCX token price is $0.041, down 92.5% from all-time highs. With total market capitalization below $40 million, Liechtenstein-based exchange LCX seems like little more than rounding error to most crypto traders. What they aren't seeing: while Coinbase spent years litigating with the SEC, LCX spent those years building out the compliance-first infrastructure MiCA now requires of every exchange operating in the EU.
Mia HallandMar 25, 2026
Sahara AI Just Solved the Wrangler Problem Nobody Saw Coming
There's a sales pitch that every decentralized AI project tries to use. "Open data." "Open compute." "Open models." What they never discuss is who handles all the mess that happens between. Sahara AI, trading at $0.026 with a $76 million market cap, has been quietly building what it describes as a "wrangler framework" for autonomous agents since long before it was cool to do so.
Mia HallandMar 24, 2026
How to Buy PEOPLE Without Making the Same Mistakes Everyone Did
In 2021, ConstitutionDAO amassed $47 million dollars before losing an auction at Sotheby's and quickly dissolving. Despite its short-lived lifespan, ConstitutionDAO spawned one ERC-20 token that continues to trade across over 300 exchanges today. Buyers who choose to buy PEOPLE in 2026 should be aware of several important purchasing considerations: an abandoned project, nonexistent liquidity windows, and a past where Ethereum gas fees consumed donations exceeding the value of early contributors' ETH.
Mia HallandMar 23, 2026