Research

A deep-dive into decentralized lending in 2026: TVL trends, Aave's dominance, interest rate mechanics, real-world assets, and what comes next.

Tokenized gold crossed $6B in market cap in 2026, but PAXG and XAUT still lose to dollar stablecoins on liquidity, composability and trust.

LayerZero blames North Korea's Lazarus Group for draining $292M from Kelp DAO, exposing a state-backed threat crypto still cannot contain.

Parallel EVM ambitions meet a matured non-EVM giant as Monad challenges Solana on throughput, tooling, liquidity, and developer mindshare.

Anthropic's Claude Mythos, shared with banks and tech giants through Project Glasswing, could reshape cybersecurity, finance and crypto markets.

The loudest DeFi sectors already trade at full valuation, but ten quieter niches underneath them may decide which protocols lead the next cycle.

How permanent storage is turning into real Web3 infrastructure, reshaping media, finance, and AI around data that can survive platform failure and centralized control.

As crypto matures in 2026, the strongest Web3 products are winning with payments, onboarding, identity, and auditability, not ideology.

Tether's new self-custodial wallet strips crypto payments to four assets and gasless transfers, challenging MetaMask's DeFi-everything approach head-on.

Anthropic's restricted Claude Mythos AI model discovered thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities, raising urgent questions for crypto exchanges and DeFi protocols.