Alexander Schmidt
Editor for online content with a focus on XRP and decentralized systems. Analyzes Bitcoin, Ethereum, as well as selected DeFi, infrastructure, and market trends, and explains complex relationships in an understandable way for the crypto community.
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Altcoins, Crypto Exchanges and Brokers, Security and Hacks, Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi
Total Articles235
October 27, 2026 9:46 PM
Cardano treasury: 115,172 ADA flow back, what changes for delegators
For the first time a budget managed by Intersect has returned money to the Cardano treasury, 115,172 ADA from 2025. The amount is tiny, the event is not: it shows for the first time that the contract's clawback really works.
October 27, 2026 6:15 PM
Dogecoin price 13.9 percent below the 200-day average: a wider gap on 94 of 166 days
Where things stand: Dogecoin trades at $0.0778 on Tuesday afternoon, 13.9 percent below its 200-day average and 7.4 percent below its 50-day average. What the levels allow, and how often the gap was wider this year.
October 27, 2026 3:24 AM
Pi Network: only 0.55 percent of PI trading runs through euro pairs
cryptoticker.io reviewed all 24 trading pairs for PI: only two quote a euro price, and 95 percent of turnover runs through the stablecoin USDT. At the same time the Core Team has announced its first Ecosystem Summit for November 17 to 19.
October 27, 2026 12:25 AM
RAIN under pressure: 431 billion tokens are still locked in vesting
RAIN fell 11.4 percent to $0.00760 without a single piece of news behind it. What counts are 431.6 billion locked tokens and a daily volume that reaches only 0.36 percent of market capitalisation.
October 26, 2026 9:17 PM
Polkadot at $1.006: a year of new DOT equals a fifth of one trading day
Context: the DOT price stands at $1.006 on Monday evening, its lowest since September 16, even though Polkadot capped its supply in March. We work through how small the new issuance really is against daily turnover.
October 26, 2026 3:32 PM
Shiba Inu before Wednesday's Fed decision: what matters now
The US Federal Reserve decides at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and Shiba Inu sits at $0.00000486 with a daily turnover of just 1.85 percent. Why a thin order book makes the date riskier for SHIB than for Dogecoin, and which two levels count until then.
October 26, 2026 12:32 PM
WhiteBIT Coin (WBT): 131,188 tokens burned in October, what you can do now
WhiteBIT took 31,847 WBT off the market for 2,499,639 USDT on October 25, the smallest of the four October buybacks. The buyback hangs on 33 percent of trading fees, and the price sits 12.4 percent below its all-time high.
October 26, 2026 6:41 AM
MemeCore (M) up 25.8 percent in a week: stronger than the market, thin volume
MemeCore has gained around 25 percent in a week while Bitcoin and Ethereum lost ground. Turnover ran at $1.77 million a day, and on November 1 another 56.11 million tokens are added.
October 26, 2026 6:23 AM
Gram (GRAM): the slide to $1.16 came from spot trading, not leverage
Analysis: Gram is quoted at $1.25, 7.2 percent below the level of a week ago, after the price was marked down to $1.157 on October 23. What is established is that the spot market carried more turnover than the leveraged market that day; our assessment follows further down.
October 25, 2026 9:28 PM
Shiba Inu's burn hangs on 371 BONE: what investors need to know
The burn portal ShibTorch has collected 371.37 of the 1,000 BONE it needs and is under maintenance at the same time. Because the SHIB route of the Shibarium bridge has also been closed since the September 2025 attack, burning now comes almost entirely from individual transfers.
October 25, 2026 9:18 PM
Aave's USDT borrow rate heads to 4.19 percent: what it means for lenders
Aave's Risk Stewards want to cut the optimal usage ratio for USDT from 94 to 92 percent. Borrowers pay slightly more, while the withdrawal buffer for depositors grows by 57.8 million USDT.
October 25, 2026 3:15 PM
Dogecoin trademark deal ends: does the 21Shares ETP keep the name?
The exclusive trademark agreement between the Dogecoin Foundation and House of Doge has been over since October 19. Three 21Shares products may keep the name, among them the ETP that trades in euros on Xetra. An exit payment of $400,000 is still outstanding.