Mwenda
Crypto Journalist
Mwenda is a skilled crypto journalist and expert in blockchain technology, digital assets, and decentralized finance. He has a talent for translating complex concepts into engaging, informative content. With a deep understanding of the industry, Mwenda delivers accurate analysis that appeals to beginners and seasoned enthusiasts.
Articles by Mwenda
DATA Network Sui Migration: $30M Deal Retires Its Own Chain
The DATA Network Sui migration retires its own chain after a $30M Sui Foundation investment. See what changes for the DATA token, Trace and Walrus storage.
Bitfinex ETH Longs Reach 283K, The Highest Since August 2022
Bitfinex ETH longs jumped from 96K to 304K in two days and sit near 283.5K, the highest since August 2022. See the sampled data and the price backdrop.
Filecoin Vesting Ends This Week With A Final 958.8K FIL Tranche
Filecoin vesting ends Oct 15 with a final 958.8K FIL tranche, per Tokenomist. See what stays unlocked, the allocation table and what block rewards continue.
XRP Open Interest On Binance Sits Near $464M, Chart Shows
XRP open interest on Binance is near $464M, per a CryptoQuant Quicktake, and the chart shows the drop came a year ago. See price context and what to watch.
Gitcoin Quorum Cut To 1.5M GTC Already Has 2.7M Votes In Favor
The Gitcoin quorum proposal would cut the Snapshot threshold from 2.5M to 1.5M GTC and has 2.7M votes in favor. See the governor upgrade and Techne plans.
Spark October 22 Spell Seeks 100M sUSDS Bridge And WETH Rate Cut
The Spark October 22 spell proposes bridging 100M sUSDS to Arbitrum, cutting the WETH slope 2 to 30% and funding grants. See the vote timeline and rate changes.
Arc TVL Reaches $554M, With 72% In One Circle Wrapped Bitcoin
Arc TVL reached $554M on Oct 9, and 72% of it is cirBTC, Circle's wrapped bitcoin. See the lenders, supply on Arc and Ethereum, and stablecoin balances.
Bitcoin Funding Rate Turned Negative On Binance, Then Flipped Back
Bitcoin funding rate on Binance went negative Oct 5 to 8 but was not a nine-month low, per Binance's own history. See the prints, open interest and price.
Sui 40.6M TPS Claim Is Offchain, Mainnet Averages 108 TPS
Sui 40.6M TPS came from off-chain tunnels. Sui mainnet averaged about 108 TPS this week, so the headline is roughly 376,000 times the real average rate.
Polygon Open Money Stack Adds TRON, A USDT Pool 119x Its Own
Polygon Open Money Stack now supports TRON, a chain whose USDT pool is about 119 times larger than Polygon's own. See the contract reads and DefiLlama data.
AVAX One Debt Falls To $970K As Share Count Jumps 36%
AVAX One debt fell by $14.9M in Q3, but shares outstanding rose 36% to 9.99M. Filings show 12.2M AVAX, with most of the tokens locked up through 2035.
Raydium TVL Is Up 17% In A Month, Mostly Because SOL Rose
Raydium TVL rose 17% from September 7 to October 6, 2026, almost matching SOL's 14.7% gain, while volume did something price did not.
Stellar Stablecoin Supply Is 58% One Ondo Yield Token
Stellar stablecoin supply is about $926M, but Ondo's USDY token alone is 58% of it, while USDC adds 39%.
Solana DEX Volume Still Leads, But Is Down 50% From 2025
Solana has topped DEX volume for eight quarters, but Q3 2026 is about half of Q3 2025 and its market share slipped, per DefiLlama.
Strive Bitcoin Purchase Adds 2,000 BTC, Narrowing Gap To MARA
Strive's 8-K shows 2,000 BTC bought for roughly $168.8 million, lifting holdings to 29,462 BTC. Here is the cost, the funding and the distance to MARA.
Metaplanet Bitcoin Sale: 10,000 BTC Sold, 11,000 Bought Back
Metaplanet sold 10,000 BTC and bought back 11,000 in one quarter. Its own filing shows the prices, the yen cost of the round trip and the stated reason.
Chainlink Reserve Hits 6.12M LINK As Weekly Buys Shrink
The Chainlink Reserve now holds 6.12 million LINK worth $85.6 million. Weekly inflows have slowed since August, and the dashboard shows by how much.
Binance Pay Japan Goes Live At PayPay Merchants
PayPay added Binance Pay across its Japanese merchant network on September 30. Here is who can use it, how shops are paid in yen and what the release leaves out.
Solana Cuts Slot Times To 250ms, Data Shows What Changed
Solana Foundation data shows skip rates held steady and vote-credit losses fell even as the network's slot time dropped from 400ms toward 250ms.
Crypto Casino Duelbits Loses $7 Million in Hot-Wallet Hack, Goes Offline
Duelbits took its site offline on September 24 after hackers drained roughly $7 million from hot wallets on four chains. Co-founder Joe says user funds are safe.
Neutron Governance Vote Hands Contract Admin Keys to One Address, Cosmos Hub Halts
Neutron Proposal 9 moved admin control of several contracts to one address, and Cosmos Hub validators halted their network in response.
Bitget Raises Hack Loss Estimate to $387.5 Million as Withdrawals Stay Paused
Bitget now says $387.5 million left its hot wallets on September 24, up from $351.6 million. Withdrawals stay paused and a recovery bounty is live.
South Korea's FSC Unveils Roadmap to Put Stocks, Bonds and Funds Onchain
South Korea's Financial Services Commission published a three-phase roadmap to tokenize stocks, bonds and funds starting February 2027, confirmed directly via the regulator's own press release.
Wyoming Migrates Its State Stablecoin To Chainlink CCIP
Wyoming's Stable Token Commission completed a full migration of its Frontier Stable Token off its prior bridging setup and onto Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, after a security review found it was the only infrastructure meeting the state's requirements.