Crypto Markets Writer
Tony Rabbit is a crypto markets writer at DEXTools News covering decentralized finance, on-chain trends, and trading narratives. He turns DEXTools live on-chain data into clear, actionable explanations for everyday readers, with a focus on new token launches, memecoins, liquidity, token safety, and how DEX market structure actually behaves. His reporting leans on primary sources and verifiable on-chain evidence over hype.
1469 articles published
Liquid Bank is a Solana protocol on pump.fun where holders of 1M+ $Liquid earn SOL rewards via random 6-hour snapshots. 70% of creator fees compound the liquidity pool, 30% pay SOL interest to qualified holders. Here is how the bank token model works and why it is novel.
Theta Network is the dual-token decentralized video streaming and content delivery protocol launched in 2018 by Mitch Liu and Jieyi Long, backed by YouTube co-founder Steve Chen and Twitch co-founder Justin Kan. THETA secures the chain through validator staking while TFUEL pays edge nodes that relay video and now powers Theta EdgeCloud GPU compute for AI workloads. Full 2026 guide: dual-token architecture, validators and edge nodes, EdgeCloud and Metachain, comparison vs Livepeer and traditional CDN, TVA migration history, Sliver app, and the real risks.
What Is PNUT (Peanut the Squirrel)? Solana Memecoin Explained in 2026 On October 30, 2024, New York State wildlife officers walked into a rural home in Pine Cit
What Is Puffer Finance (PUFFER)? pufETH Native Liquid Restaking Guide 2026 Liquid restaking grew up in 2024 and 2025. What started as a niche EigenLayer experim
Complete 2026 guide to Matcha, the DEX aggregator built by 0x Labs that routes swaps across 9M plus tokens on 100 plus exchanges spread over 16 chains. Smart order routing, Matcha Auto mode with MEV protection and 2x next block inclusion, gas free limit orders, ZRX governance, and full comparison vs 1inch, CoW Swap and Paraswap.
Complete 2026 guide to SushiSwap, the multichain decentralized exchange operating on more than 40 blockchains. Covers the AMM model, SUSHI governance token, xSUSHI staking, SushiXSwap cross chain swaps, BentoBox, Kashi lending, the Chef Nomi vampire attack on Uniswap, the dev fund controversy, Jared Grey's leadership and a full comparison vs Uniswap, Curve, PancakeSwap and Trader Joe.
What Is Solv Protocol (SOLV)? Bitcoin Staking + SolvBTC Explained in 2026 For more than a decade Bitcoin sat at the center of crypto as a magnificent paradox: t
SPX6900 (SPX) is the satirical multichain memecoin that flipped the S&P 500 narrative on its head with the slogan 6900 is more than 500. Launched on Ethereum in August 2023 and now live on Solana and Base, SPX has reached major exchange listings on Coinbase, Binance, Kraken and KuCoin. Full 2026 guide: origin story, Hump and Shilly founders, Project AEON NFTs, tokenomics, where to buy, comparison vs PEPE, BRETT, MOG and FARTCOIN, and the real risks.
Balancer is the Ethereum AMM that pioneered weighted pools holding two to eight tokens at custom ratios like 80/20, turning liquidity pools into self balancing portfolios. Complete 2026 guide to BAL, veBAL voting escrow, Balancer V3 hooks, boosted pools with Aave, Smart Order Routing, and how Balancer compares to Uniswap V2/V3/V4, Curve, and SushiSwap.
Lybra Finance pioneered the LSDfi category in 2023 by turning Lido stETH into eUSD, an interest-bearing over-collateralized stablecoin that pays roughly 5% yield to every holder. With Lybra V2 the protocol expanded to multi-chain via peUSD, the cross-chain wrapped version. LBR is the governance token, esLBR the vested boosted-rewards version, and a 1.5% annual service fee on circulating eUSD funds protocol revenue. This 2026 evergreen guide covers how the mint flow works, the 70% TVL crash, comparison vs DAI, USDe, FRAX and GHO, peUSD multichain expansion, esLBR vesting, risks, and step-by-step usage.
IoTeX (IOTX) is the modular Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for decentralized physical infrastructure networks. This 2026 guide covers the IoTeX 2.0 upgrade, DePIN Infrastructure Modules (DIMs), the W3bstream off-chain compute layer, Pebble Tracker, Ucam, Quicksilver, IOTX tokenomics, and how IoTeX compares against Helium, Hivemapper, Render, Akash and IO.NET.
Complete 2026 guide to OKB, the OKX exchange utility token. Covers Star Xu's founding story, the historic 2024 burn that cut supply to 21 million, X Layer Polygon CDK zkEVM gas utility, OKX Jumpstart IEO allocations, OKB Chain to X Layer migration, fee tier discounts, OKX Wallet and DEX aggregator integration, comparison vs BNB, BGB, HT and CRO, 2022 US exit and the real risks holders should price in.
