When I look at my timeline I notice that many of the discussions about crypto and the technologies we are building are unfortunately driven by price. Charts, cycles, hype, and the endless noise of who is winning and who is losing this week. That surface conversation is loud and it
Release v3.15.0 is an important upgrade focused on reliability, security, and user experience, comprising more than 41 merge requests. Among the most significant changes is the extension of memoless support from inbound flows to outbound transactions. The release also includes targeted fixes to swap execution logic, particularly in
Rujira has already demonstrated that it can build serious DeFi infrastructure. Spot trading is live, perpetuals are live, and trading strategies are already being deployed on top of its stack. But a DeFi ecosystem built only around trading is incomplete. Lending is what unlocks capital efficiency, leverage, and a broader
Welcome to the January edition. This month, we track security, liquidity, volume, fees, user activity, and supply across THORChain. The goal is simple: a clear and comprehensive view of the state of the network. ⬇️ Let’s dive in. ⬇️ Volume and Fees December showed contrasting patterns compared to November's
THORChain is now officially live on Dune, bringing the protocol’s entire cross-chain liquidity layer into a single, transparent analytics environment. From today, all THORChain activity is fully visualisable, queryable, and exportable through Dune. This includes swaps, liquidity pools, vault activity, node operations, bonding, and cross-chain flows across every supported
Something special happened in the THORChain ecosystem over the past year. Wallets hit billion dollar volume. Security went institutional. Native DeFi apps started processing real transactions. Cross chain infrastructure became seamless. This isn't just growth. This is an ecosystem thirving. Some projects shipped more than others. Some hit
Between March and December 2025, THORChain entered a period of accelerated development. This translated into more than 220 merge requests delivered across 11 major protocol upgrades. As the year draws to a close, this is a good moment to step back and assess how THORChain has evolved from a robust
Most THORChain users never think about the Router. Yet every swap, deposit, and outbound transaction on Ethereum, BNB Chain, and other EVM chains passes through it first. The Router is the gateway between THORChain and the EVM world. It receives assets, reads user intent through memos, and emits the signals
Welcome to the first edition of our monthly data series. Each month, we will track the key metrics that define THORChain’s performance, covering security, liquidity, volume, fees, user activity, and supply. The goal is simple: a clear and comprehensive view of the state of the network. Let’s dive
Vitalik Buterin’s recent publication, The Trustless Manifesto, highlights a growing structural risk across the crypto ecosystem. His central point is that the industry is drifting toward reliance on intermediaries. The shift is gradual, often framed as a UX improvement, and increasingly treated as normal. As Buterin warns: The risks
Memoless transactions are a long-awaited upgrade to THORChain that let users pre register their intent before transacting. What may sound complex is actually straightforward: it allows users to use any wallet without connecting them to operate their trasnactions. Let's dive in ⬇️ 🎓 What Is a Memo and Why Was
We like to get to know the different Founders around the THORChain ecosystem, taking a look at what motivates them, how they got inspired, what they're building and why it stands out in the crypto space. This week, it's Zey from Mexico, the founder of MOCA