If pump.fun succeeds in building this bridge between streamers and users, it could establish a durable streaming economy and carve out a distinct position alongside incumbents. If not, its current surge may be remembered less as the beginning of a new model and more as a fleeting viral moment.| Messari Crypto News Feed
Prediction markets have transitioned from a niche experiment to a durable financial primitive, validated by their breakout role in the 2024 U.S. election and their ability to sustain volumes well above pre-election levels. Platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi have become central players, backed by hundreds of millions in capital and favorable regulatory shifts, while startups experiment with new formats such as social trading bots, swipe-based apps, and continuous information stream perps. Th...| Messari Crypto News Feed
Hyperliquid has established itself as both a sovereign ecosystem and a powerful distribution channel. Native Markets now faces the challenge of turning alignment into scale, a test that will determine whether USDH can grow beyond its cultural resonance and secure a durable position alongside the industry’s leading stablecoins.| Messari Crypto News Feed
When content delivery networks (CDNs) emerged in the late 1990s, they sought to scale the internet by dispersing data across a global network, collapsing latency, and unlocking new internet-native use cases like streaming and social media. Just as CDNs rewired the internet, stablechains are poised to expand the opportunity set for stablecoin-native use cases and rewire the existing financial system. While many chains have emerged, only a subset of stablechains meaningfully solve the infrastru...| Messari Crypto News Feed
