Author: Thurgood Mashiane

Decentralized perpetual trading hit $1.24 trillion in monthly volume during October 2025, marking a crucial point for on-chain derivatives. While Bitcoin perpetuals drove the majority of this activity, an interesting pattern emerged as traders began splitting between execution-focused and yield-focused platforms.  Even as Hyperliquid continues to dominate active trading with approximately 40% market share and $8.3 billion in open interest, a growing segment of Bitcoin traders is allocating capital to HFDX’s structured approach rather than competing for the same liquidity pools. This isn’t a story about volume wars or airdrop farming. The split reflects a fundamental division in how traders…

HFDX has seen liquidity soar by over $100 million in recent weeks as traders reassess their platform choices, following a series of high-profile failures across the decentralized perpetual futures landscape. The shift comes amid growing concerns about operational reliability and genuine decentralization – reaching a breaking point when Paradex’s January database migration error triggered mass liquidations during an eight-hour outage. Combined with Hyperliquid’s intervention in the JELLY token incident, the issues underlying decentralization marketing and centralized reality are becoming increasingly exposed – but is HFDX really ready to close the gap, and what’s bringing in the capital? When reliable infrastructure…

For years, the dominant mindset among Bitcoin and XRP investors was simple: buy, hold, and wait for the next major market cycle. That approach worked well during periods of rapid expansion. But as markets have matured, and consolidation phases have grown longer, a different behavior is beginning to surface. Rather than waiting indefinitely for price momentum to return, some investors are experimenting with structured participation models that allow capital to remain active during quieter market conditions. This change is not being driven by hype or short-term speculation. It reflects a practical response to how the market now behaves. When Holding…

For a long time, investing in cryptocurrency meant one thing: patience. You buy Bitcoin or XRP, hold it in your wallet, and hope that at some point the market will do the rest. The problem is that the market has no reason to rush. In reality, most of the capital in crypto is not lost in crashes, but is stuck for months or even years without producing anything . The price does not fall dramatically, but it does not rise either. And the investor is left with a “good” but completely inactive asset. This raises a simple question, which more…

GhostWareOS has announced a partnership with the Solana onboarding and payments gateway Moonshot.  The Moonshot application has been a huge success in onboarding new users to the Solana ecosystem by providing simple fiat on- and off-ramps on both Android and iOS. The announcement was made via the official GhostWareOS X account and comes as GhostWareOS ($GHOST) has positioned itself as a leading privacy solution on Solana, with its native token surging by roughly 400% over the past week. This partnership signals GhostWareOS’s broader push to make privacy tools more accessible across the Solana ecosystem by making it easier for new…

GoExMe, a leading instant digital asset exchange platform, has unveiled a significant infrastructure upgrade aimed at high-volume traders. The platform now offers support for Bitcoin (BTC) to Monero (XMR) swaps with transaction limits up to $100,000, coupled with dedicated, round-the-clock expert support to ensure seamless execution. Bridging the Gap Between Privacy and Scalability As demand for financial privacy continues to rise globally, traders often face challenges when transferring large volumes into privacy-centric assets like Monero. GoExMe addresses this liquidity bottleneck by providing a high-capacity pipeline that enables substantial capital movement without the slippage or restrictive caps common in traditional instant…

On-chain perpetual futures are drawing renewed interest as traders and DeFi-native investors prioritize self-custody without giving up professional-grade trading infrastructure. In parallel, structured yield strategies are gaining traction as users search for returns backed by real protocol performance rather than token inflation. This trend is showing up across the sector, with Paradex reporting $1.6B in trading volume over 24 hours, while HFDX.xyz sees a reported 30x increase in demand for its structured DeFi yield strategies. What HFDX.xyz is building HFDX.xyz is a decentralized, non-custodial trading protocol offering on-chain perpetual futures and structured DeFi yield strategies powered by real protocol activity.…

On January 19, the database migration error on Paradex briefly priced Bitcoin at zero dollars, triggering automated liquidations across thousands of leveraged positions before engineers halted trading and rolled back the chain to a pre-maintenance state. The eight-hour outage and subsequent blockchain reversal reignited a familiar debate in decentralized finance: when push comes to shove, how decentralized are these platforms really? In the seventy-two hours following Paradex’s recovery, HFDX liquidity vaults recorded net inflows exceeding one hundred million dollars, representing the largest single-week capital migration in the protocol’s history. So why is so much capital gravitating there? When database migrations…

The crypto market is buzzing with opportunities in 2026, and investors are scanning for the next big crypto 2026. From stable projects like Monero to emerging gems like APEMARS ($APRZ), the market is alive with potential. Whether you’re exploring Polkadot, Hyperliquid, or World Liberty Financial, each coin has a unique value proposition that could change the crypto landscape. Timing is key, and the current wave of altcoins is something every investor must watch closely. Among these coins, APEMARS ($APRZ) is generating massive attention as its presale is live. At Stage 5 (VOID VIBES), tokens are priced at 0.00003629, with a…

London, UK (PinionNewswire) — UK Financial Ltd today officially announced the listing of MayaFund (MFUND) as an ERC 20 token on CATEX Exchange, effective January 27, 2026. This listing marks an important development in the company’s strategy to integrate regulated digital assets and tokenized real-world assets into the broader financial ecosystem. The listing also precedes MFUND’s planned transition to the ERC 3643 framework, designed to enhance regulatory compliance and provide greater security for token holders. The MFUND token will initially be launched as an ERC 20 asset, enabling broader market participation before transitioning into a compliant security token under ERC…