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A data-driven look at BYDFi finds an exchange that competes on execution speed in futures while trailing the majors on liquidity depth.

Public token sales have gone through several distinct market phases since 2020: from the early post-IEO era, through the IDO boom of 2021, into the contraction of 2022–2023, followed by a recovery in 2024 and a more selective market environment in 2025–2026.

Most CeFi yields rest on a single lending spread. Coinhold runs on four revenue streams, including fee income from a top-seven Bitcoin mining pool, and the difference shows up in both the rate and the risk profile.

Capital deployed through crypto M&A transactions increased from $272M in Q4 2025 to $7.23B in Q2 2026, representing a more than 26x increase in just six months.

The second quarter of 2026 has been challenging for most major cryptocurrencies. Despite several brief rallies in April and May, the market came under renewed pressure as June progressed. What stands out, however, is not the overall decline but the widening performance gap between individual assets.

Among the eight projects analyzed, only four managed to expand their FDV after launch, while the remaining projects experienced substantial valuation declines.

Crypto's Q2 2026 looked calm from the outside, but the data underneath tells a very different story. Read the latest market recap to uncover all insights.

As the crypto market pulled back, stablecoins moved to center stage and became the main segment in web3.

May 2026 marked a decisive rebound in crypto fundraising after the spring slowdown. Total capital raised jumped to $3.52B across 83 VC rounds, driven by several mega-rounds including Kalshi’s $1.2B Series F. The surge reflected renewed investor confidence, particularly in Prediction Markets, AI, and market-infrastructure sectors. M&A activity also spiked, anchored by Bullish’s $4.2B acquisition of Equiniti, signaling continued strategic appetite.