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Fear & Greed
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Fear & Greed
73 — Greed
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Decentralization
12 articles
DeFi & On-Chain
6h ago
EIP-8363 Staking Overhaul Draws Fire From DeFi Builders and Institutions
Ethereum's "Tapered Issuance Burn" proposal to cut staking rewards at 50% supply staked ignites debate over validator incentives and DeFi protocol health.
DeFi & On-Chain
3d ago
Cronje: DeFi Has Ceded Decentralization for 'Onchain Finance'
Flying Tulip founder argues governance concentration and emergency controls have pushed most protocols away from true immutability.
Digital Assets
5d ago
Pump.fun Co-Founder Noah Tweedale: 'I Am a Massive Bear on Decentralization'
Tweedale told Crypto Insider on Aug. 8 that user experience beats decentralization every time — and Solana's rise over Ethereum proves it.
DeFi & On-Chain
10d ago
Solana Nears Finality Halt After Teraswitch Routing Error Pulls 28.83 Percent of Stake Offline
A misconfigured default route at hosting provider Teraswitch pushed Solana to 86 percent of its finality threshold, risking a complete transaction freeze.
Digital Assets
11d ago
Solana Hits 28.83 Percent Offline, Nearing Finality Halt Threshold
A routing failure at infrastructure provider Teraswitch took 90 validators offline, pushing staked SOL to within 4.51 percentage points of a network finality halt.
Digital Assets
91d ago
Buterin: Ethereum's 4 Core Values Drive Future, Not Raw Speed
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin calls for focus on censorship resistance, openness, privacy and security to ensure network dominance
Digital Assets
95d ago
Ethereum Foundation Holds $1.6 Billion in Assets as Community Questions Strategy
The organization's ETH holdings and development focus drive questions from core developers and investors
Digital Assets
106d ago
Major Bitcoin Mining Pools Adopt Stratum V2, Improving Decentralization
Foundry USA, Antpool and F2Pool signal commitment to the upgraded Stratum V2 protocol, enhancing network security and miner autonomy across Bitcoin
Digital Assets
113d ago
Gency AI Lands $20 Million, Igniting Sovereign Ad Network on Blockchain Rails
Gency AI's $20 million raise establishes a new frontier for digital advertising, deploying AI and blockchain consensus to build a sovereign network that empowers users and disrupts traditional ad models.
Digital Assets
120d ago
Arbitrum Locks $71 Million in Exploit Funds, Reigniting Decentralization Debate
Arbitrum's intervention to freeze $71 million tied to the KelpDAO exploit sparks intense scrutiny across the crypto ecosystem, forcing a critical re-evaluation of layer two decentralization.
Digital Assets
133d ago
Bitcoin Solo Miner Beats 100,000-to-1 Odds, Wins $222,000 Block Reward
A single Bitcoin miner with minimal computing power secured block 944,306 and earned 3.128 Bitcoin worth $222,012
Research & Analysis
149d ago
ECB Exposes DeFi's Centralized Core, Demands Action
The European Central Bank found DeFi governance is concentrated in few hands, warning of regulatory action and calling for changes to decentralized power structures.