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Tag: DeFi

DeFi is short for decentralized finance that includes digital assets, protocols, smart contracts, and dApps built on blockchain.

Jupiter YOLO: Extreme Leverage Against the House

Jupiter YOLO: Extreme Leverage Against the House

An experimental, high-risk beta from Jupiter Labs that lets traders go long or short on SOL, BTC, or ETH at 500x to 1,000x leverage. On October 15, 2026, Jupiter Labs quietly opened YOLO in beta. Within 24 hours it recorded roughly $1 billion in notional volume. The number is striking, but the structure underneath is more interesting than the headline. YOLO is not a conventional perpetual futures market. It is a house-versus-trader product...

Cryptocurrencies, DeFi, Main, Solana

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White pencil sketch on black of the Shiny Coins #28 coins: BAT, TIA, INJ, NEAR, ZEC, ZK, WAL and Sonic

Shiny Coins #28 – Modular Data, Privacy Shields and Attention Tokens Ignite as Bitcoin Digests Hot Inflation

While BTC holds the $82K line after a brief dip under $80K and roughly $950 million in liquidations, selective altcoins are posting double-digit weekly gains on real catalysts. Bitcoin is changing hands around $82,260 today, October 16, 2026, after briefly dipping under $80,000 earlier in the week on hotter-than-expected U.S. CPI and PPI prints that revived rate-hike talk and triggered roughly $950 million in crypto liquidations. Dominance...

AI, Altcoins, Blockchain, DeFi

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Shiny Coins #24 – Four-Digit Zcash Steals the Week as Payrolls Clip the $82K Wick

Friday, September 4, 2026. Bitcoin last printed around $79,670, up a quiet-looking +2.9% on seven days that hid a full circus. The tape climbed from the high-$77,000s into a $82,281 wick after Fed Governor Christopher Waller said a September hold was still on the table and spot bitcoin ETFs booked a fat inflow day — CoinDesk put Thursday’s haul near $731 million. Strategy added another 4,603 BTC (~$370 million) after its summer pause. Then...

Altcoins, DeFi, Memecoins, Yield farming

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Win While You Stake, Gamified DeFi on Solana

Win While You Stake: Gamified DeFi on Solana 🎰

Tramplin is a gamified, prize-linked staking protocol native to the Solana blockchain. Designed to merge decentralized finance (DeFi) yields with lottery mechanics, the protocol enables users to stake supported assets while automatically participating in recurring prize draws. Instead of traditional, static staking where participants only accrue standard yields, Tramplin aggregates collective staking rewards to fund automated jackpot prize...

Altcoins, DeFi, Solana, Yield farming

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Shiny Coins #20 – Extreme Fear Meets Selective DeFi Heat as UNI Steals the Spotlight

Shiny Coins #20 – Extreme Fear Meets Selective DeFi Heat as UNI Steals the Spotlight

Bitcoin spent the final day of July sliding, trading near $63,870 (down roughly 1.3% on the day in some snapshots) and settling in the low-to-mid $64,000 range across major trackers, with 7-day performance roughly flat to slightly negative around –0.7%. Dominance held firm near 56.5%. Total crypto market capitalization hovered around $2.26–$2.3 trillion. The Fear & Greed Index sat at 24–25, firmly in Extreme Fear territory, reflecting...

Altcoins, DeFi, Trading, Yield farming

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