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Crypto M&A Value Set a New ATH in H1 2026 Despite a Decline in Deal Count
NewsWire Research analyzed the state of crypto M&A in H1 2026. Buyers announced 87 acquisitions, 25% fewer than in H2 2025, while disclosed value climbed to $9.66 billion, the highest half-year total in the series. Wider disclosure and a handful of mega-deals produced that record, not a market-wide rise in transaction prices.
Aug 6, 2026
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The Other Side of Crypto Business: Analysis of Project Fails and Shutdowns
In light of the recent wave of major shutdowns and bankruptcies, we have analyzed the most prominent crypto companies and projects that have ceased operations since 2022. It illustrates not only the scale of the losses, but also how the nature of crises across the industry has changed over the past several years.
Jul 24, 2026
5 min read
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NewsWire
Tokenized Equities on Crypto Exchanges: How New Products Compete on Structure and Liquidity Quality
Tokenized stocks track the same shares but differ in investor rights and trading quality. We compare leading spot products and their executable liquidity.
Jul 24, 2026
11 min read
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Mid-Year Analysis of LBank: New Feature Launches and Strong Competitive Position
LBank strengthened its position among major derivatives exchanges in Q2 2026 and expanded its retail product ecosystem, although weaker spot activity left its mid-year growth concentrated in futures.
Jul 23, 2026
8 min read
by NewsWire
NewsWire
The Unicorn Tokens Club: How Many Coins Have a Market Cap Above $1B
We tracked unicorn tokens, the crypto assets with a market cap above $1 billion, across multiple market cycles to see how the composition of the market has changed.
Jul 31, 2026
2 min read
by NewsWire
NewsWire
The 2021 Top 100 Crypto, Five Years Later
The 2021 Top 100 reflected the market at a very different stage: new Layer 1s, metaverse tokens, gaming platforms, and exchange tokens dominated the rankings. Five years later, that list looks very different. In this article, we examine what happened to the projects that were in the Top 100 back in 2021.
Jul 30, 2026
3 min read
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$85B in Free Money: How Airdrops Changed the Way We View Crypto
In this research, we compiled a list of the largest airdrops in the history of the crypto market and compared their value at their all-time highs with their current valuations. The combined ATH value of the top 50 airdrops reached nearly $85 billion, though a significant portion of that amount came from just a few projects.
Jul 28, 2026
3 min read
by NewsWire
NewsWire
Crypto Market Recap: July 2026
July delivered the clearest stabilization since April, but not a full risk-on transition. Market breadth improved, lending activity rebounded modestly, and tokenized equity adoption accelerated, while weak turnover and elevated Bitcoin dominance kept the recovery concentrated.
Aug 3, 2026
6 min read
by NewsWire
NewsWire
Crypto Fundraising in Q2 2026: Venture Held the Line as Debt Became the Second Engine
Crypto companies raised $12.86B across 271 completed transactions in Q2 2026. Venture capital returned to the top of the table, but a single borrower pushed debt financing to within $633.9M of it.
Jul 29, 2026
11 min read
by NewsWire
NewsWire
Crypto Exchange Q2 2026 Recap
Spot, futures, and perpetual DEX volumes fell to two-year lows in Q2 2026, even as June's rebound in trading activity contrasts with a continued collapse in new CEX listings.
Jul 6, 2026
7 min read
by NewsWire
NewsWire