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Markets

'DePIN' Is Venture Capitalists' Latest Crypto Obsession. Can It Match the Hype?

DePIN involves taking real-world infrastructure like a wireless network and running it with a blockchain-powered system. VCs are salivating, but there aren't many customers yet.

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Tech

Solana DEX Drift to Airdrop 100M Tokens in Weeks

Some surprise winners in Drift's road to decentralization include MetaDAO.

DRIFT is airdropping over 100 million tokens. (Drift Protocol)

Videos

Bitcoin, Ether Rise Amid ETF Steam in Hong Kong; Solana's Latest Update

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as bitcoin and ether briefly rose on news that multiple issuers in Hong Kong said they'd been approved for spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Plus, the latest update in Solana to tackle network congestion and gains in meme coins and AI Tokens.

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Tech

Solana Rolls Out Update to Tackle Network Congestion

A meme coin trading frenzy and a rapid spike in users has stressed the network in recent months.

Solana's offices in New York (Danny Nelson)

Policy

Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Stealing Over $12M From Crypto Exchanges

Shakeeb Ahmed stole over $12 million from Nirvana Finance and a DEX thought to be Crema Finance.

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Finance

Chaos at MarginFi Shakes up Solana DeFi's Borrow-and-Lend Landscape

Solend and Kamino were the biggest winners in the Solana DeFi landscape.

marginFi banner (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

MarginFi Leader Resigns on Fiery Day for Major Solana Lender

"The main problem was our lack of organizational execution," MarginFi's longtime leader Edgar Pavlovsky told CoinDesk.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Half of Solana Pre-Sales Are Scams, Blockaid Says

Around $100 million was sent to token pre-sales over the course of a weekend last month.

Pre-sale token scams on the rise (Blockaid)

Finance

VanEck CEO Says Transaction Fee Is Bigger Story Than Bitcoin or Ethereum ETFs

Jan Van Eck told CoinDesk TV's Jen Sanasie that not hearing back from the SEC is a sign that ETH exchange-traded funds likely wont make the May deadline.

Even as ETFs capture attention, Jan van Eck is focused on gas fees. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk.)

Markets

Solana-Based Zeta Markets Debuts Governance Token Z

The launch of governance token is part of a broader strategy that involves plans to release Solana's first layer 2 scaling solution, Zeta Markets said in the press release.

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