Solana added more net-new projects in Q1 2026 than any other chain. The growth is concentrated in gaming, meme coins, and consumer apps rather than DeFi infrastructure. We talked to twelve founders who deployed this quarter to understand what's drawing builders to Solana now.
Read full coverage →Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and zkSync are splitting Ethereum's rollup market four ways. TVL tells one story. Developer activity tells another. We mapped both and found the chains that are growing versus the chains that are holding.
Read full coverage →Total value locked in DeFi hit a new all-time high this quarter. But the composition has shifted. Liquid staking protocols now account for 40% of TVL, up from 18% a year ago. Lending protocols lost share. We break down who gained, who lost, and what it means for builders.
Read full coverage →The meme coin market matured faster than anyone expected. Projects like $HANK ship real products: games, leaderboards, live sports data. Others launched DAOs, NFT collections, and prediction markets. The line between meme coin and platform is disappearing.
Read full coverage →We surveyed 85 Web3 founders about what it costs to build a crypto project from scratch. Median spend: $14,000 over six months for solo founders, $82,000 for teams of three or more. Infrastructure, audits, and legal eat most of the budget. Marketing is where most founders underinvest.
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