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Solana Founder Unveils ‘Percolator’ Perp DEX – A Direct Shot at Aster and Hyperliquid

Solana co-founder and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko has unveiled a new decentralized perpetual exchange protocol, “Percolator,” designed to run natively on the Solana blockchain. The GitHub repository for the project was uploaded on October 19, outlining what Yakovenko described as an “implementation-ready” technical blueprint for a sharded perpetual futures decentralized exchange…

Solana Co-Founder Vibe Codes Hyperliquid Rival, Invites Devs to ‘Steal Idea’

Crypto users earlier today spotted Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko uploading code on Github for what appeared to be his own decentralized perpetual futures exchange, leading to mass speculation that a new Hyperliquid competitor could be coming to Solana. But Yakovenko has since poured cold water on the idea, clarifying that…

Zohran Mamdani Sees Odds Rise To 93% On Polymarket Amid Cuomo’s Crypto Pledge

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is leading in a Polymarket poll amid opponent Andrew Cuomo’s pledge to make the metropolis a crypto hub.Zohran Mamdani Continues Strong Lead on PolymarketAccording to the poll labeled “New York City Mayoral Election,” 93% of participating Polymarket bettors believe Mamdani will assume his…

She Asked ChatGPT for Powerball Numbers—Then Won 0K

Tammy Carvey’s $100,000 Powerball win is turning heads—not for its size, but for the method that led to it. Carvey, a 45-year-old resident of Wyandotte, Michigan, claimed to have used ChatGPT to generate her numbers for the September 6 Powerball drawing. Carvey’s ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball,…

MetaMask Showing Zero Balances, Base Network Struggling as AWS Issues Persist

As the rest of the internet began to recover Monday afternoon from a seismic Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, key crypto sites and service providers continued to struggle from the setback. Apps like Coinbase and OpenSea have remained partially or entirely down for many users, particularly those on the East…

DeFiLlama’s Aster Relisting Raises Transparency Fears Amid ‘Black Box’ Data Concerns

DeFi data aggregator DeFiLlama has quietly reinstated perpetual futures exchange Aster on its analytics platform, weeks after delisting it over concerns about unverifiable trading data. The relisting has reignited debate over transparency in decentralized markets and the growing influence of data platforms in shaping perceptions of legitimacy.Aster, a decentralized exchange…