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Blur ETH Pairs Now Offer Better Liquidity Than Most DEXs
Does an exchange built for NFT traders offer a more efficient way to deliver liquidity incentives than a protocol built for token swaps? That's the chatter around Blur. The mechanics of Blur ETH pairs make the answer seem a lot less ridiculous than it would at first glance. Blur's portfolio bid mechanics aggregate liquidity on discrete price levels versus the continuous curve.
Mia HallandApr 17, 2026
MultiversX Hits 656K TPS While EGLD Trades at a Discount
MultiversX just achieved on-chain real-world throughput of 656,607 transactions per second on the network. That kind of throughput blows Ethereum's 15-30 TPS base layer out of the water. With EGLD at $4.28 and over 569 million transactions across 9.12 million accounts, the differences between Ethereum and MultiversX aren't marginal. They're existential.
Archie DuttonApr 17, 2026
Why QANX Could Outperform Even If Quantum Computers Never Materialize
The thesis floating around QANplatform has been that it is a quantum-resistance play. Whether that plays out depends on the market accurately timing quantum computers. At $0.01238 per QANX with a $21M market cap, down 93.9% from ATH, the market is extremely bearish on the quantum computing thesis. Take that narrative aside and the platform has something few Layer 1s can claim.
Katerina KulikovskaApr 17, 2026
Why CARV Login Numbers Won't Stop Climbing
With 8+ million CARV IDs in circulation and 1,000+ games on the protocol, CARV now has one of the largest authenticated user bases in Web3 gaming. CARV logins continue to post all-time highs while the rest of the market is massacring small caps. The CARV price is $0.053, down 96% from all-time highs of $1.36. It's hard to reconcile these two narratives.
Katerina KulikovskaApr 16, 2026
Bancor Wallet Options Ranked by Security and Actual Usability
Many Bancor holders assume any Ethereum-compatible wallet will support every protocol feature. It doesn't. The default Bancor wallet setup can only see and send BNT, with governance voting or Carbon DeFi strategy deployments not directly accessible unless certain configuration options are enabled. Your wallet dictates what Bancor features you can access, and nearly every option is lacking at least one dimension.
Crypto News NavigatorApr 15, 2026
dYdX Explained for Traders Who've Never Used a DEX Before
If you've only ever traded crypto on Coinbase or Binance, you've probably have an incredibly bad understanding of what a decentralized exchange actually is. One decentralized exchange, dYdX, has seen over $1.52 trillion in total trading volume for its entire existence. This platform was built specifically for trading perpetual futures, something most DEXs were not designed to handle.
Mia HallandApr 14, 2026
DAI Yields Crushed ETH Staking and Institutions Noticed
The Ethereum Foundation swapping out 5,000 ETH for 11.11 million DAI in early April of 2026 rather than staking those tokens wasn't some optional treasury play. DAI yields across DeFi lending protocols and savings accounts far outpaced native ETH staking. DAI strategies offered between 7.2% to 8.7% APY while ETH staking rewards sat between 2.6% and 3.1%.
Katerina KulikovskaApr 13, 2026
Sologenic Price Prediction Models Keep Missing the Tokenization Angle
Almost every sologenic price prediction model published in the past year has missed. Not because their math was wrong. Because they used the wrong inputs. Sologenic isn't fighting for speculator capital like a meme coin. It's attached to a regulated tokenized stock platform that was SEC/FINRA approved in October 2025. That fact changes everything about modeling solo price.
Archie DuttonApr 13, 2026
Nym Protects the Privacy Layer Monero and Zcash Can't
There are four privacy projects claiming to have you covered. They each protect different aspects of your privacy. Monero hides what you send, Secret Network keeps smart contract data encrypted, Zcash keeps hidden who paid whom. But Nym neither hides nor encrypts transactions. Instead the Nym protocol anonymizes the fact that you're on the internet and the path your data takes through it.
Crypto News NavigatorApr 13, 2026