In Q1 2026, Binance dominated crypto derivatives trading with $4.9 trillion in volume, maintaining about 35% market share among the top 10 exchanges. Derivatives trading overall reached $18.6 trillion, vastly outpacing spot trading at $1.94 trillion. Meanwhile, decentralized exchange Hyperliquid broke into the top 10 by volume with $492.7 billion, reflecting growing interest in perpetual decentralized exchanges (perp DEXs). This shift highlights a market recovery and concentration at leading platforms, with decentralized venues gaining traction alongside established giants like Binance.
Ethereum has strengthened its position as the top staking network with a 12.13% weekly increase in staked market cap, reaching $78.08 billion. This growth highlights a shift of investor interest back to large-cap, liquid networks despite mixed result...
Ethereum rose 3.17% to $1,923.53, outperforming Bitcoin's modest 0.18% gain to $64,588.87, signaling an early rotation toward large-cap altcoins. Despite this, overall market activity slowed, with declines in DeFi, stablecoin, and derivatives trading...
Binance has introduced an $800,000 XRP airdrop campaign for holders of Ripple's stablecoin RLUSD, offering weekly XRP rewards until August 14. To qualify, users must hold at least 0.01 RLUSD and meet a daily average trading volume of $500 in Margin o...
BNB Chain completed its 36th quarterly token burn, destroying 1,615,827.795 BNB tokens valued at approximately $931.70 million. This burn reduced the total BNB supply to 133.16 million, part of a long-term plan to lower supply to 100 million. The bur...
BNB Chain completed its 36th quarterly token burn by sending 1,615,827.795 BNB tokens, valued at nearly $932 million, to dead wallets. This burn reduces the total BNB supply to 133,166,127.91 tokens as part of an ongoing auto-burn system aimed at low...
