Industry Analysis: 85% of Crypto Yield Platforms Lack Basic Risk Categorization A Three-Month Study of Transparency Standards in the Cryptocurrency Yield Industry EarnPark Research | February 2026 Executive Summary The cryptocurrency yield industry manages over $105 billion in total value locked (TVL) across DeFi protocols alone, yet our analysis reveals that 85% of platforms fail to provide basic risk categorization for their products. This study, conducted between November 2025 and Janua

The Conti Method: What Crypto Investors Actually Need to Know Why this security threat still matters in 2026 A notorious name from crypto's darkest chapters continues to surface in security discussions, yet most investors don't understand why it still matters. The tactics pioneered years ago evolved into something far more sophisticated, affecting how we think about wallet security and operational safety today. What started as a specific threat became a blueprint and the lessons re

Solana DeFi: Fast Chains, Real Yield, Smart Strategies How low fees and high throughput unlocked a new DeFi frontier—and what you need to know before deploying capital. Solana's sub-second finality and near-zero gas fees transformed DeFi from Ethereum's exclusive domain into a high-speed, retail-friendly arena. Billions in TVL, explosive DEX growth, and novel yield mechanisms emerged—but so did bridge exploits, network outages, and rug-pulls. This guide unpacks Solana's DeFi ecosys

Uniswap Slashes Fees 50% in 2026 – Impact on PancakeSwap In a significant shift for decentralized finance, Uniswap announced the complete removal of its 0.15% interface fee this week—a move that eliminates a revenue stream generating millions annually but positions the protocol for aggressive market share growth. For traders, liquidity providers, and automated yield strategies that rely on DEX infrastructure, this change reduces execution costs, intensifies competition among dece

Real-world assets (RWAs) have emerged as one of DeFi's fastest-growing categories, recently climbing to 5th place by total value locked. As institutional players tokenize traditional financial instruments—U.S. Treasury bonds, real estate, commodities, and corporate debt—everyday investors gain access to asset classes that were previously locked behind accredited investor requirements and minimum investment thresholds. For yield-focused portfolios seeking diversification beyond volatile c

What Makes NEAR Protocol Wallets Different Most blockchain wallets force you to memorize—or worse, copy-paste—long strings of random characters every time you send or receive crypto. NEAR Protocol flips that script. From the moment you create a NEAR wallet, you claim a human-readable account name like alice.near or bob.near, cutting friction and reducing costly errors that plague traditional address systems. This design choice signals NEAR's broader architectural philosophy: make decen

What Makes Raydium io Different from Other DEXs Raydium io stands apart from Ethereum-based decentralized exchanges by combining two powerful engines: an automated market maker (AMM) and integration with Serum's central limit order book. While platforms like Uniswap rely solely on liquidity pools to facilitate swaps, Raydium io taps into Serum's order book to share liquidity across the entire Solana ecosystem. The result? Faster execution, tighter spreads, and access to a deeper pool

Top 5 Solana DEXs in 2026: Jupiter, Raydium, Orca Compared Solana exchanges are trading platforms — both decentralized and centralized — that enable users to swap SPL tokens, provide liquidity, and execute trades directly on the Solana blockchain. What sets them apart is a combination of technical architecture and user experience: transactions settle in under a second, costs rarely exceed $0.01, and the network processes more than 65,000 transactions per second. For traders and li

Yesterday we hosted an X Space with Vera Yurkova – Community Lead at EarnPark and Kristina Kozhukhova – Head of Business Development. The goal was simple – to be fully transparent about where EarnPark stands with the PARK Token Sale, what we learned from Tier 3, why we decided to move the TGE to the first quarter of 2026, and how we’re thinking about PARK utilities and its long-term role in the ecosystem. This recap walks through the main points we covered during the session. Tier 3 Recap: S