Murtuza Merchant

Consulting Editor

Murtuza is a seasoned finance journalist with extensive experience covering cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. He has contributed to Benzinga and Cointelegraph, among other publications, reporting on emerging trends, the regulatory landscape, and more. Find him at @murtuza_merc on Twitter and mmerchant001 on Telegram. Disclosure: Murtuza holds ATOM, AKT, TIA, INJ, and OSMO.

Articles by Murtuza Merchant (462)

MARKETS

Aave Tokens Category Posts 8,317% Volume Surge

Aave Tokens posted an 8,317% volume surge in 24 hours, topping every DeFi lending category on May 24, 2026, as on-chain borrowing demand picked up.

05/24/2026

MARKETS

Bittensor Climbs as Decentralized AI Compute Demand Builds

Bittensor's TAO token climbed 6% in 24 hours with $249M in volume as traders pile into decentralized AI compute ahead of broader market headwinds.

05/24/2026

MARKETS

Nillion Surges 21% as Privacy-Compute Volume Rivals Market Cap

Nillion's NIL token surged 21% in 24 hours as daily trading volume hit $17.7M against a $27.5M market cap, signaling concentrated speculative demand for.

05/23/2026

MARKETS

Venice Token Slides as Privacy AI Narrative Faces Its First Real Test

Venice Token dropped 11.6% in 24 hours to $17.28, erasing gains built on the privacy AI narrative as the broader crypto market shed $100 billion in two days.

05/23/2026

MARKETS

Sui Slides 10% as Broad Crypto Selloff Hits Layer-1 Tokens

Sui fell 10% and Pudgy Penguins dropped 14% as Bitcoin's failure to break $100K triggered $500M in liquidations across the crypto market on May 23.

05/23/2026

MARKETS

Tokenized Gold Controls the Commodity Market

Gold now accounts for 99.8% of the tokenized commodity market. Here is what that concentration means for tokenized oil, silver, and real-world assets.

05/23/2026

MARKETS

ONDO Draws $505M in Daily Volume as RWA Tokenization Heats up

Ondo Finance posted $505M in 24-hour trading volume on May 22, 2026, ranking as CoinGecko's top trending token even as its price fell 7.7%.

05/22/2026

RESEARCH

The Architecture That Makes Hyperliquid Different From Every Other DEX

The on-chain derivatives market has a new center of gravity. Hyperliquid, the layer-one blockchain purpose-built for perpetual futures and spot trading, has climbed to a $13.8 billion market cap for…

05/22/2026

MARKETS

Squid Raises $6M to Scale Cross-Chain Infrastructure With Ripple Backing

Cross-chain infrastructure firm Squid raised $6M in a round backed by Ripple, Dialectic, and Borderless to expand its consumer product suite.

05/22/2026

MARKETS

Grass Climbs 15.6% as Demand for Bandwidth Tokenization Returns

Grass (GRASS) climbed 15.6% in 24 hours to $0.427, posting $65M in volume as AI data-demand narratives drive renewed interest in bandwidth tokenization.

05/22/2026

LEARN

What Crypto Staking Actually Is

Crypto staking promises a yield on assets you already own, and that pitch is compelling enough to have drawn billions of dollars into staking protocols across dozens of blockchains. But…

05/22/2026

MARKETS

Bittensor TAO Trends With $220M Volume as AI Infrastructure Bets Return

Bittensor's TAO token pulled $220M in 24-hour trading volume as the AI infrastructure narrative draws renewed attention from cryptocurrency traders in May 2026.

05/22/2026