Altcoin News
AIGrain Presale Enters Final 23 Days Before September 29 Listing
AIGrain's presale page shows 23 days remaining before its stated September 29 listing date, with Round 2 of the presale roughly a quarter filled toward its 130 ETH hardcap.
Coinbase's Base App Super App Adds Hyperliquid Perpetuals With 50x Leverage
Coinbase's Base App, a wallet-turned-super-app combining trading, payments, and social features, now offers Hyperliquid perpetual futures with up to 50x leverage across 290+ markets.
Solana's Firedancer Validator Client Now Runs on Over 20% of Active Validators
Jump Crypto's Firedancer client is live on Solana mainnet and running on more than 20% of active validators by Q2 2026, marking a major infrastructure milestone years in the making.
Pi Network Targets September 15 for Protocol 27 Mainnet Rollout
Pi Network's core team is targeting September 15 for Protocol 27, its final planned infrastructure upgrade enabling decentralized trading, after completing Protocol 26 in late August.
THORChain Enables Native Monero Swaps Against Bitcoin and Stablecoins
THORChain added support for native Monero swaps on August 25, letting users trade directly against Bitcoin and stablecoins without wrapping the privacy-focused token.
Bored Ape and CryptoPunks Floor Prices Surge as Blue-Chip NFT Demand Returns
BAYC floor prices climbed 75.87% since April as CryptoPunks and Mutant Ape Yacht Club also rallied, even as overall NFT trading volume fell nearly 55%.
AI Agent Tokens Like VIRTUAL and OLAS Emerge as Crypto's Newest Narrative
Tokens tied to autonomous AI agents that trade and earn revenue on-chain, including Virtuals Protocol's VIRTUAL and Autonolas's OLAS, have grown into a distinct and expanding crypto sector.
Filecoin Shifts Focus to AI Firms as Decentralized Storage Demand Grows
Filecoin has pivoted toward paid storage deals with AI companies and researchers, with utilization rates and revenue per terabyte climbing as genuine long-term customers replace speculative usage.
DePIN Sector Market Cap Hits $910 Billion, Surpasses Oracles
Decentralized physical infrastructure networks have grown into a $910 billion sector generating real monthly on-chain revenue, overtaking the oracle sector in total market capitalization.