64M $RUNE burned, $XMR live on stagenet within days and a Treasury reallocation proposal that could finally put dead pool capital to work. THORSday Podcast #196 is a deep technical update from Chad and Kenton, plus a never-before-told Chris Hemsworth marketing story.
A summary of THORChain's marketing performance across February and March 2026, covering SEO improvements (avg. position 18.5 → 7.1), a 27% surge in total sessions, website redesign progress, Messari Spotlight launch, and social media growth across X, LinkedIn, and Reddit.
Today marks an exciting milestone for the Rujira community. RUJI stakers are now receiving staking rewards powered by real protocol revenue, not inflation. This is an important step forward for RUJI holders and for the broader vision of omnichain DeFi on Rujira. It means real activity across the ecosystem is
Bior Labs cards are imminent. Hassen broke down the soft KYC virtual card ($10K per transaction, Apple Pay + Google Pay), the bill pay feature and an unannounced decentralized stablecoin partnership.
THORChain v3.17 went live with a 2 basis point fee tier for stable-to-stable swaps and a 70M $RUNE reserve burn. v3.18 ships next week with the dynamic fee model and the node-side changes for $XMR. Recorded live from Bitcoin Vegas.
Summary THORChain processed $2.82 billion in volume in Q1 2026, generating $3.3 million in fees and $1.9 million in affiliate revenue, with BTC pairs continuing to dominate activity. The quarter focused on improving performance and usability. Memoless transactions and rapid swaps are now fully live, making swaps
Rujira has increased the bRUNE Staking cap to 2 million, opening the door for much more RUNE to be bonded through bRUNE. In this article, we explain how to swap RUNE for bRUNE, stake it, earn THORChain yield, and why this is an important step for both Rujira and THORChain.
THORChain v3.17.0 is a record release, with over 100 merged requests. This acceleration is largely driven by Huginn AI, which helps handle minor issues and repetitive tasks, allowing developers to focus on higher-impact work. While no major new features are introduced, this upgrade focuses on what matters most:
Unstoppable's IBeK joined Kenton and Denny to propose a peer-to-peer Android APK for THORChain, walk through the wallet's Monero-first roadmap, and break down conference user-acquisition math.
THORChain held the line during the Kelp DAO exploit fallout. Inside: new revenue share model, dynamic fee algorithm landing in v3.18 and $XMR, $TAO, and Polkadot all queued up.
Custom Concentrated Liquidity is now live on Rujira. Built on RUJI Trade and connected to THORChain through the App Layer, CCL gives users more control, stronger capital efficiency, and helps drive arbitrage, execution, and revenue.
THORChain is fully permissionless. Anyone can use it, from anywhere, without asking for permission or identifying themselves. But here's the part most people miss: it's also completely transparent. Every swap, every vault address, every inbound and outbound transaction is publicly visible onchain. The code doesn'