Most funded tokenless projects heading into 2026 TGEs have collectively raised $3.93B, led by Polymarket at $2.87B and OpenSea at $425M.
The list spans prediction markets, NFT marketplaces, L1 and L2 blockchains, DePIN, analytics and financial platforms, with KAST at $90M, Nansen at $88.2M and Daylight at $84M rounding out the top tier.
Following the KelpDAO exploit and the rsETH-related disruption, Aave recorded over $10B in outflows, raising questions about how liquidity is being reallocated across DeFi.
⚡️ Base teases its first network upgrade to go live on May 13th
Base Azul delivers impact in key areas, including security, decentralization, the path to 1 gigagas/s, and developer experience. The project has also announced an upcoming launch of Base Vibenet scheduled for mid-May.
As Bitcoin reclaims $79,000 with a +15.8% monthly gain, the biggest gains came from the long tail. Asteroid Shiba led at +516K%, followed by 币安人生 at +703%, TIG at +347%, SKYAI at +296% and Block Street at +239%.
⚡️ USD AI (CHIP) is set to be listed on Binance and other major exchanges
Trading for $CHIP will go live on Binance, Bybit, Bithumb, KuCoin, MEXC, Coinbase, and Gate starting April 21 at 13:00 UTC. USD AI is a yield-bearing synthetic dollar protocol bringing InfraFi onchain.
Presenting a list of some recent crypto fundraising rounds, backed by well-known investors such as Polychain Capital, Tether, Hack VC, Circle Ventures, Framework Ventures, Jump Capital, Y Combinator, and others. Let's take a look!
⚡️ Crypto News Digest: Key Updates You Need to Know
The current report features updates of Strategy, Pharos, Polymarket, Open Gradient, Bitmine, SpaceX, Coinbase, Pieverse, Injective, KelpDAO, Aave, and RaveDAO.
Over $3.95B lost across 159 incidents in 2025 and 2026 YTD, and the dominant technique is the same in both years: someone got access to keys they shouldn't have.
Access control failures and private key compromises drove 62.8% of 2025 losses and 90.4% of 2026 losses to date. Flash loans accounted for 0.1% of 2025 losses and 0.7% in 2026. The threat landscape has shifted decisively from smart contract exploits to human and infrastructure layer failures.
The PROS token will have a total supply of 1B tokens, with 21% allocated for existing and future community and ecosystem growth. The token facilitates transaction fees and onchain execution costs, staking, validator participation & delegation, governance, ecosystem incentives, and potential RWA-specific utilities.
⚡️ Crypto News Digest: Key Updates You Need to Know
The current report features updates of Kraken, Circle, Drift Protocol, Binance, Pumpcade, Fluent, Superstate, Wallet, Rhea Finance, Plasma, and Stable.
⚡️ Kraken parent Payward has acquired Bitnomial for up to $550M
Kraken announces the acquisition of Bitnomial, the first fully CFTC-licensed derivatives company in the US built for digital assets. The transaction was settled in cash and stock valued Payward’s equity at $20B.