Author: Judith Faith

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CryptoSmartHub Announces Shift in Airdrop Trends for 2026: From Free Tokens to Strategic Rewards

January 21, 2026 4 mins read

CryptoSmartHub Research has released a new report analyzing recent developments in airdrop strategies within the cryptocurrency sector. The report identifies a structural shift in 2026, with airdrops evolving from primarily promotional distributions to mechanisms designed to incentivize network usage, infrastructure engagement, and ecosystem participation. The findings suggest a broader transition in the sector as airdrops increasingly focus on users who demonstrate active involvement in project ecosystems. Rather than emphasizing broad-based

Project Eleven Raises $20M to Prepare Digital Asset Infrastructure for the Quantum Era

January 16, 2026 2 mins read

Project Eleven, the leader in post-quantum security and migration for digital assets, today announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by Castle Island Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Fin Capital, Variant, Quantonation, Nebular, Formation, Lattice Fund, Satstreet Ventures, Nascent Ventures, and Balaji Srinivasan. The round comes as post-quantum cryptography becomes a planning priority for government and industry. Advances in quantum computing could eventually weaken elliptic curve cryptography

Bybit Spot 2025 Highlights: Unlocking Early Access to High-Potential Assets

January 7, 2026 2 mins read

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has revealed the 2025 highlights of Bybit Spot, marking a transformative year for business line. Defined by strategic market positioning that consistently delivered early access to breakout assets before the hype, Bybit Spot proactively identified and listed high-potential tokens ahead of broader discovery, unlocking advanced entry opportunities and a rewarding experience for traders. First to Market: TRUMP, XAUT, xStocks, TUNA, and MET

Recall Launches First Verifiable AI Agent Trading Competition in Partnership with EigenCloud

December 16, 2025 3 mins read

AI agents participating in the spot trading competition will be verified through Eigen AI inference. Recall and EigenCloud have launched Eigen Arena, an AI agent trading competition where agents built with EigenAI will trade live on Aerodrome’s decentralized exchange. A 20,000 RECALL prize pool is awarded to community voters who identify and back the top-performing agents. Recall is a decentralized arena for AI where thousands of developers are testing, improving, and benchmarking their AI

Bybit and Circle Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Global USDC Adoption

December 9, 2025 4 mins read

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced a strategic partnership with an affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (‘Circle’) (NYSE:CRCL), a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC through its regulated entities. The partnership aims to expand USDC access across Bybit’s global ecosystem, strengthen liquidity of the world’s largest regulated stablecoin[1], and reinforce Bybit’s position as a regulatory-compliant platform committed to transparency and trust. As part

Introducing Filecoin Onchain Cloud: Verifiable, Developer-Owned Infrastructure

November 19, 2025 5 mins read

Recent outages at major cloud providers have taken Web3 offline, underscoring its reliance on centralized infrastructure. Filecoin Onchain Cloud offers a verifiable alternative for builders seeking open, resilient systems. New pressures are also straining centralized stacks. AI systems produce data at massive scale, governments dictate where it can reside, and onchain AI agents now need different infrastructure. A Foundation for Verifiable Infrastructure Filecoin Onchain Cloud meets that demand by expanding

Bitget Launches Onchain Challenge Phase 25 with 120,000 BGB in Airdrops

November 2, 2025 3 mins read

Bitget, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 platform, has announced the launch of Onchain Challenge (Phase 25), offering participants the opportunity to earn a share of 120,000 BGB through daily trading activity. The promotion runs from October 30, 00:00 to November 5, 23:59 (UTC+8), rewarding active users on Bitget Onchain with exclusive airdrops. Participants who register via the “Join Now” button and execute eligible Onchain buy orders will earn

SoSoValue-Incubated SoDEX Launches Mainnet on L1 ValueChain; $SOSO Token Upgrades to Native Gas and Governance Token

October 29, 2025 3 mins read

SoSoValue, the global AI-powered crypto investment platform with more than 10 million registered users, today announced the official mainnet launch of its high-performance Layer 1 blockchain, ValueChain. Alongside the launch, its high-performance trading appchain SoDEX has opened whitelist applications to users worldwide. The platform’s native token, $SOSO, will also be fully upgraded to serve as the native gas and governance token of ValueChain. According to official data, SoDEX currently achieves transaction throughput of up to 100,000 TPS, marking

BingX Exploiter Reportedly Launders Funds via ClockSwap’s P2P

October 27, 2025 1 min read

In the aftermath of the recent BingX security incident, blockchain analysts have traced portions of the stolen assets to transactions passing through ClockSwap’s peer-to-peer platform, where the funds appear to have been converted into Monero (XMR) — a privacy coin known for its untraceable features. According to preliminary on-chain data, the exploiter moved Bitcoin from a series of intermediate wallets into ClockSwap, a platform often used for direct crypto-to-crypto swaps without

LTIN Launches as Liechtenstein’s Sovereign Blockchain Infrastructure Network

October 22, 2025 2 mins read

State-owned Telecom Liechtenstein provides regulatory-compliant blockchain infrastructure for enterprises and institutions. Launch Partners are Bank Frick, Bitcoin Suisse, Solstice, and Zilliqa. The Liechtenstein Trust Integrity Network (LTIN) today has launched as a sovereign digital infrastructure network providing secure, compliant blockchain services to enterprises and institutions across Europe and globally. Operating under Liechtenstein’s Blockchain Act (TVTG) with full EU MiCAR alignment, LTIN offers the only blockchain infrastructure built specifically for institutional compliance

Zoth Acquires Neemo Finance, Accelerating Path to $1B Market Cap

September 29, 2025 2 mins read

Acquisition strengthens Zoth’s position as the first full-stack StableFi OS and expands into Japan’s blockchain market Zoth, the first full-stack StableFi OS at the intersection of stablecoins, DeFi, and real-world assets (RWAs), today announced the acquisition of Neemo Finance, a leading liquid restaking and vault infrastructure protocol in the Soneium ecosystem backed by Sony Block Solution. The acquisition extends Zoth’s StableFi stack by integrating Neemo’s liquid restaking and vault infrastructure,

Falcon Finance Establishes FF Foundation to Strengthen Independent Token Governance

September 17, 2025 2 mins read

 Falcon Finance today announced the establishment of the FF Foundation, an independent entity that will assume full control of all FF tokens. The Foundation is helmed by an independent director and will oversee token unlocks and distributions in accordance with a strict, pre-defined schedule. Neither Falcon Finance nor its team members will hold discretionary control over tokens, ensuring that no insider activity is possible. The establishment of the FF Foundation