LI.FI Secures $29 Million in Funding on December 11, 2025

Circle, valued at $9 billion, is one of the largest companies in the crypto industry. This article is a full list of Circle Ventures investments from 2023 to the present.

We're not ready for MEGA TGE. 5 Mafia apps are already live, and the KPI trigger is 10. TGE could come sooner than expected. But the chain isn't ready. I dug into the metrics, CT sentiment, and bridge UX, and the gaps are hard to ignore. — 1. Bridge UX Is Costing Users The USDm model is great. But it requires near 1:1 peg and effortless UX. The Rabbithole portal pushes Bungee as "Best for USDm," but it's actually not. Users can save $50+ on a $100k bridge by switching to LiFi, which is listed as a secondary option. Whales won't bridge to MegaETH if they're eating $50+ in unnecessary costs just to get in. — 2. KPI Reality Check MegaETH tied TGE to one of three triggers. The most likely one: 10 live Megamafia apps. Cap, Kumbaya, Showdown, Avon, and Ubitel are live (5/10). Supernova, Euphoria, and Blackhaven are coming. But CT is overall quiet about all of them, and I'm not sure the products alone are enough to attract real users. — 3. The Incentive Gap Launching with KPI triggers is a double-edged sword. You want a growth flywheel, but you risk a down spiral instead. Everything in crypto is driven by incentives. Think of Blast L2. People farmed and deposited on native protocols because the gold system gave them something to expect. There was a reason to show up. Quality projects alone won't attract users to kickstart this flywheel anymore. Neither will the old points playbook. This is the biggest gap MegaETH needs to solve before passing any KPI and launching TGE. Without a clear incentive layer, hitting 10 live apps doesn't mean 10 apps with users.

Cryptocurrency Recruitment Winter: Where Have the 80% of Jobs Disappeared to, and Where Have the Money and People Gone?

The recruitment market in the cryptocurrency industry remained flat in early 2026, with only 85-90 new positions, a decrease of about 80% compared to the same period in 2025. Among the recruitment positions, technical roles account for 60%, and companies are more inclined to recruit experienced talent. Solana successfully attracted new developers, posing a challenge to Ethereum for the first time. In the future, projects with a solid business foundation and practical demand will be more competitive.

Vitalik Buterin Sells Multiple Tokens at Once Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sold off WOOLLY, IZZY, CHIB, and OP tokens that were sent to his public address some time ago. The tokens were exchanged for 9.4 ETH, worth approximately $29 400, according to Arkham Intelligence analysts. The transactions were carried out through decentralized services and bridges such as LiFi Diamond, Socket Getaway, Across Protocol, and Bungee. Buterin exchanged 7,528 OP tokens for ETH via Bungee. Then, the Ethereum co-founder swapped 4.508 million DEGEN tokens and 23.988 million CHIB tokens for ETH through Socket Gateway and PullSplit. One of the largest single conversions was made via Across Protocol, where Buterin earned 4,496 ETH from the sale of tokens. At the time of these memecoin sales, ETH was trading just above $3,136. The coins received were transferred to his addresses, increasing his ETH holdings. Buterin has repeatedly sold tokens he receives for free to his address. The Ethereum co-founder has stated that he sees no value in such tokens and has criticized crypto projects that send their tokens to his wallet for promotion. Usually, the proceeds from memecoin sales are donated by Buterin, who requests token donors to send them directly to charitable organizations. In October, the Ethereum co-founder sold 275 trillion CatCoin tokens for 14,216 USDC stablecoins. In January of last year, he sold 340 billion DOG tokens for 5.2 ETH, 50 billion ESTEE for 116,307 USDC, and 10 trillion DINU for 4,181 USDC. In 2024, he exchanged 10 billion MOODENG tokens for 308.69 ETH, of which 260 coins were donated to the biotech charity platform Kanro. Previously, Buterin discussed seven ways to use memecoins in everyday life. Last year, the Ethereum co-founder stated that decentralized finance (DeFi) has much greater potential than memecoins and non-fungible tokens (NFT).