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Chia Farming Just Got Cheaper Than Running a Light Bulb
At $2.19, XCH is currently down 99.9% from its all-time high price of $1,645.12 in May 2021. As XCH price has plummeted, the economics behind chia farming has quietly inverted: hardware costs have plummeted, electricity usage hovers around zero, and the Chia Network continues to power over 400,000 machines around the world.
Crypto News NavigatorApr 14, 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
Grass Farming Looks Passive But the Top Earners Do These Things Differently
There's a common misconception that grass farming is completely hands-off. Install the browser extension, leave your computer on, and mine your GRASS tokens. That assumption is wrong. Grass has 8.5 million+ monthly active users on the network, but fewer than 20 enterprise customers paying to use their bandwidth. The math is brutal: 96% of participants earn nothing while a small remainder takes the majority of the pie.
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
1inch API Powers More DeFi Volume Than You Think
The vast majority of self-reported 1inch users have never visited 1inch.com. They've never typed "1inch" into a URL bar. They have however still had their trades routed through 1inch infrastructure. The 1inch API powers the built-in routing engine in dozens of third-party wallets, aggregator interfaces, and DeFi platforms who source liquidity through 1inch.
Archie DuttonApr 12, 2026
Audius Pays Artists More Per Stream and It Still Fails
One artist uploaded a three-song EP to the platform last October. Those three songs earned more from streaming on Audius in one month than the musician made from Spotify in two years. Sure, the actual dollars were minuscule. But on a relative scale, it taught him something about where streaming economics are headed. AUDIO trades at $0.017, down 99.7% from ATH.
Crypto News NavigatorApr 12, 2026
Former Sony Execs Built Japan's First Regulated Token
It didn't receive much attention in 2021 when the token of Japanese startup Jasmy Corporation received regulatory approval by Japan's Financial Services Agency to list on Japanese domestic crypto exchanges. Five years later this Tokyo-headquartered company with a lineage of former Sony executives has quietly developed a functional IoT data platform, generated enterprise partnerships, and stayed true to its roots as Japan's original legally compliant crypto token.
Katerina KulikovskaApr 11, 2026
Mina Protocol Survived Two Crypto Cycles on a 22KB Promise
Three years in and Mina Protocol has not collapsed. Far from it. Nor has it blasted upwards. Price of Mina coin has depreciated by over 94% from ATH. Yet the project continues to push out software updates, paying developers, with a community that will not quit. A blockchain without a clear killer app made it through two whole cryptocurrency cycles.
Crypto News NavigatorApr 11, 2026
How to Buy Enjin Coin With Liquidity and Storage in Mind
Search Google for "how to buy Enjin Coin" and you'll land on article after article telling you "pick an exchange, deposit, click buy." That'll get you ENJ. It's not how you should buy it though. Enjin Coin is not a swing trade. ENJ is a portfolio asset and how you buy it, how you store it, how it's paired with other gaming coins are what truly determine if it's going to benefit your portfolio or just weigh it down.
Mia HallandApr 11, 2026