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BNB Smart Chain activity surges as token swaps dominate network usage.BNB Smart Chain (BSC), the flagship network of the BNB ecosystem, on Thursday reached a new milestone of 5 trillion gas used in a single day as on-chain activity surged.This was driven largely by 24 million swap transactions, which accounted for 77% of all network activity, a BNB spokesperson told The Defiant. BSC is currently the third-largest blockchain with a total value locked (TVL) of over $9.5 billion, up 90% from $5 billion in March, per DeFiLlama. This comes after the network fully adopted a 0.05 Gwei standard gas price…

Cardano (ADA) is trading near $0.81 at press time, with a daily volume of $1.4 billion. It has slipped slightly in the past 24 hours and is down about 5% over the past week. Consequently, traders are watching a chart pattern that may set up a larger move. If the price pulls back, $0.69 is being marked as a possible buy zone. Triangle Pattern Signals Potential Move Crypto analyst Ali Martinez shared a 12-hour chart showing ADA compressing inside a symmetrical triangle. The formation began in late 2024 and is approaching a point where a clear move is likely. Martinez…

What to Know: Chainlink and UBS partnership highlights tokenization’s rise in global finance. Tapzi brings tokenization to gaming with skill-based, blockchain-backed rewards. Presale momentum: Tapzi is already 53% sold out. Backed by audits, KYC, and BlockDAG scalability, Tapzi positions itself as 2025’s breakout gaming token. Tokenization is rapidly emerging as one of the most disruptive forces in global finance. It promises to transform traditional money, financial instruments, and even real-world assets into programmable, transferable tokens that can be transferred instantly across digital rails. For years, this seemed like a distant dream. However, thanks to pilots from major players such as…

Polymarket has made headlines this week, with multiple developments surrounding the prediction platform. It is gaining legitimacy with ICE exploring a $9 billion deal and Wall Street taking notice.Against these backdrops, the network’s effect plays out across multiple chains and protocols that power its decentralized prediction markets.Sponsored SponsoredAltcoin Stacks Powering Polymarket’s Breakout MomentBeInCrypto recently reported that Polymarket could host the biggest airdrop in the industry. This, coupled with headlines about a prospective ICE investment, positions select altcoins to benefit from the platform’s growing valuation.1. UMA: The Silent Backbone of Prediction MarketsUMA is important to Polymarket, but no one is paying…

Railgun (RAIL) has hit a new all-time high today amid a bullish rally that pushed its price up more than 300% over the past week.The surge comes amid renewed momentum in the privacy coin market, with leading privacy-focused cryptocurrencies also posting strong gains throughout October.Sponsored SponsoredRailgun (RAIL) Price and TVL Soar in October RallyRailgun is a privacy-focused protocol on Ethereum (ETH). It lets users shield transactions, swap tokens, and interact with DeFi protocols confidentially using zk-SNARKs. The protocol’s native token, RAIL, has been experiencing a remarkable rally lately.BeInCrypto Markets data showed that over the past week, the altcoin’s value has…

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has secured a Virtual Asset Platform Operator License from the Securities and Commodities Authority of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), eight months after the regulator granted the company in-principle approval.In a Thursday notice, Bybit said approval from the UAE financial regulator would allow the exchange to offer its global products and services to the region. Authorities in Austria granted the company similar licensing approval in May, and the exchange registered in India in February after briefly suspending its service and paying a $1-million fine over compliance violations. “Receiving the full Virtual Asset Platform Operator License from the SCA…

Bitcoin’s BTC$121,565.14 implied volatility (IV) gauge has climbed to a 2.5-month high, consistent with the seasonal trends. Volmex’s bitcoin implied volatility index, BVIV, which represents the annualized expected price turbulence over four weeks, has topped 42%, the highest since late August, according to data source TradingView. IV measures the market’s expectations for future price swings based on options pricing. Higher IV suggests traders are anticipating larger price movements ahead.The BVIV rose early this month alongside an upswing in BTC’s price and has continued to climb despite the latest pullback from the record high of over $126,000 to around $120,000.Bullish seasonalityBVIV’s…

Luxembourg is officially joining the ranks of governments investing in Bitcoin.  The country’s Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL) will allocate 1% of its total portfolio — over €7 million — to Bitcoin and other crypto, Finance Minister Gilles Roth announced Wednesday during his 2026 budget presentation in the Chamber of Deputies. “This is really great news for crypto-assets because this is the first investment of a public fund in bitcoin in Luxembourg,” said CSV lawmaker Laurent Mosar following the announcement. The move positions Luxembourg as the first Eurozone nation to allocate sovereign wealth into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, marking a significant…

In brief Salaries and token incentives declined across nearly all roles and regions, according to Dragonfly’s latest crypto compensation report. Western Europe remains a dominant labor hub, while Asia’s hiring share nearly doubled year-over-year. Most crypto firms remain remote-first, with slower hiring and a widening gap between top executives and staff pay. Crypto salaries are falling across the board despite Bitcoin’s record-breaking run this year, as companies lean on cost discipline and normalize pay after years of aggressive expansion.The downturn spans nearly every role and region, with both cash pay and token incentives shrinking from last year’s levels, according to…

Press enter or click to view image in full sizeIn what way does the blockchain landscape parallel the Caribbean region? Its collection of decentralised networks, independent from one another and operating in isolation, is like a cluster of islands, much like the geographical location.And what is the main drawback of this setup? Simply put, the absence of a scalable architecture capable of serving all potential users. The result is a fragmented ecosystem where assets, data, and users lack the freedom and flexibility to move smoothly across chains.The core issue at stake, what the blockchain ecosystem is striving for, is interoperability.…