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Schweres stählernes Schleusentor in einem Kanal, einen Spalt geöffnet, Wasser drängt im Gegenlicht hindurch

Token unlock and vesting explained: cliff vs monthly tranches

A token unlock frees tokens that have existed all along but sat locked in a contract. How a cliff differs from linear vesting, which four numbers make a vesting schedule readable, and what counts for tax when the tokens land with you.

18 days ago

Schwere Metallmünze mit tief eingeprägtem NEAR-Zeichen steht schräg auf einer geriffelten Stahlplatte in einer dunklen Werkstatt, dahinter unscharf gestapelte Münzen

NEAR keeps 2.5 percent emission instead of 1.6: what you can do about the staking yield

The cut in NEAR emission to 1.6 percent is not in the protocol; it is a draft and needs a validator upgrade. Our own survey: 601.0 million NEAR sit with 403 validators, and a staking ratio of 45.90 percent pushes the gross yield down to 4.90 percent.

18 days ago

Schwerer Aktenwagen mit gebündelten Akten in einem nächtlichen Behördenflur aus Stein

Euro balances on a crypto exchange: what to watch after the ESMA answer on MiCA article 70

The European securities regulator ESMA spelled out on October 16, 2026 where a crypto asset service provider may hold your euro balance. A payment service provider without a banking licence is only a staging post of at most one business day.

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The most profitable crypto airdrops this week - week 43

Two claim windows close this week: Meteora on October 21, Pharos on October 25. StandX is also winding down its exchange and paying out the proceeds as DUSD instead.

18 days ago

Smartphone mit dunklem Glasdisplay in einer Hand vor dem nächtlichen Schalterraum einer Bankfiliale, auf dem Display leuchtet das Bitcoin-Zeichen

Germany's savings banks start crypto trading: “When a savings bank starts is for it to decide”

The first German savings banks have switched on crypto trading in the App Sparkasse, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana and Polygon tradable. There is no nationwide launch date, and the private keys stay in trust at DekaBank.

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Leere Markthalle im ersten Morgenlicht mit halb geöffnetem Rollgitter und leeren Holztischen, in die Steinplatte des Mittelgangs ist das Bitcoin-Zeichen tief eingelassen

Bitcoin price at $82,769 after two days on a third of the turnover: the level that decides

Bitcoin opens the week at $82,769, 1.6 percent above Friday's close. The gain was built over two days running on a good third of the usual turnover, and that is exactly why the level at $81,501 now decides.

18 days ago

Zwei getrennte flache Holzfächer mit je einer Reihe schwerer Metallmarken auf einem dunklen Werktisch, eine Hand entnimmt die vorderste Marke aus dem linken Fach

Crypto FIFO across several exchanges: each wallet counts on its own in Germany

Hold bitcoin on several exchanges and in wallets of your own, and the holding period is calculated per pot, not across the total holding. What paragraph 62 of the BMF guidance orders, and why 31 December 2026 hangs on it.

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Rot-weißes Absperrband quer durch eine nachtdunkle Serverhalle, nur der vordere Gang ist abgesperrt, die Gestellreihen dahinter laufen unabgesichert weiter

Crypto audits after $1.18 billion in losses: “The problem is always scope”

Hacken counts losses of $1.18 billion across 107 incidents for the third quarter of 2026. 77 percent of that fell on components that were not examined at all in the last audit.

18 days ago

Messing-Balkenwaage auf einer Werkstattbank, in der einen Schale Metallkugeln, in der anderen überschwappende Flüssigkeit, zwei Hände stellen den Balken nach

Impermanent loss in a liquidity pool: 5.72 percent missing when the price doubles, what investors need to know

Put coins into a liquidity pool and you earn trading fees while paying a gap against simply holding. At a doubled price that gap is 5.72 percent, turning €150 into €141.42: the formula, a worked calculation and what a fee yield recovers from it.

18 days ago

Leerer Leitstand in einem nächtlichen Kontrollraum unter einer großen roten Statusleuchte

Qubic halts its mainnet after 1,404 wallets are drained: the seed was the weak point

An attacker drained 1,404 Qubic wallets on the night of October 18, roughly $1.3 million. The protocol was not to blame: seed generation in the browser supplied too little randomness.

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