We dug into $ZEC, the shielded pool numbers are hard to ignore.
As of May 2026, ~5M ZEC (~30% of circulating supply) sits in shielded addresses; this a new all-time high.
At the start of 2024, it was ~8% up.
Now there is a 4x increase in over two years, entirely organic.
After dropping the @Dune External API Calls tutorial, my data tribe @AnalyticSages requests for a video version and I delivered.
If you are a new blockchain data analyst finding it hard to call APIs in your query or an OG who still find it hard to comprehend.
Here is your opportunity to see how I do it line by line 👇
Are you still doing complex joins to calculate liquidity on @Dune?
There's a shortcut nobody talks about.
You can pull data straight from @GeckoTerminal (or any API) right in your query.
This is a secret top analyst are hiding
Read the full guide below
https://t.co/dRCMG5FOt9
After @PRXVTai successfully relaunched their token $PRXVT after the first one tanked following a staking contract exploit attack
I just updated the State of Privacy Token on Base dashboard
The total marketcap of privacy tokens on @base currently sits at $166.96M, with $PRXVT accounting for $2.24M
The token price also remains incredibly stable after relaunch returning it back to its status of being the most profitable privacy token on Base blockchain
A big Kudos to the team for relaunching the token at full FDV and also compensating all holders by airdroping back their holdings to them.
While the market chased AI tokens (74.9% YTD),
privacy tokens quietly delivered 249.6% returns in 2025, outperforming Bitcoin (5.9%) and Ethereum (10.6%) by over 40x.
I spent days analyzing privacy protocol tokens on @base
Here is what I found out👇
November was all about x402 Adoption.
Transaction volume jumped from roughly $4M in October to over $26M by month-end, a more than 10x increase in just one month.
The surge was driven by growing usage across multiple facilitators and a broadening set of use cases, from micropayments to API-driven services. You can read the full report here:
you can read the full report powered by @Dune dashboard...
https://t.co/JkihTID200
https://t.co/YLFIyK3Fx2
Privacy on Base is heating up!
@blkh_io (now live on testnet) just joined the growing lineup of privacy protocols building on Base
Black Hole is powered by innovative Balance Sharding and the BlackHoleWallet (built on ERC-4337), it enables atomic decomposition of balances into 50+ EIP-1167 shards, with aggregation settlements with low gas fee.
Privacy is Normal 🟦
and it's the hottest meta on base after creator coin
Major Privacy Tokens Currently on base
1. $ZEN by @horizenglobal
2. $VEIL by @Veildotcash
3. $MUTE by @Mute_swap
4. $MACHINES by @Machinescash
5. $PRXVT by @PRXVTai
Other privacy protocols on Base without a token I'm currently observing
1. @zerolayer0 by @0xzkprotocol
Truly Privacy is Freedom
Hey @reserveprotocol, could you please double-check the $BDTF price for @MemeIndexer shown in your app?
@dune and @bankrbot are both displaying a different value for this CA.
The Information Age made us products
privacy will make us human again
privacy is a core layer of freedom on chain 🟦
amazing privacy protocols on Base that I'm watching
@Mute_swap → a privacy layer for virtuals agents
@0xzkprotocol → building @zerolayer0, a privacy layer for asset issuance and trading on base blockchain
@Veildotcash → coinbase-venture backed zk-privacy layer on base
@ZaifferProtocol → a FHE-privacy protocol built by @zama@PRXVTai → the first privacy first infrastructure for AI payment agents enabling (px402)
which one did I miss?
Veil Cash, a zk-privacy protocol on Base, has generated $2,007.8 in revenue from deposit fees.
No viral campaigns, No influencer hype.
But quietly, it’s profitable with a net profit of $1,993.4
I built a dune dashy to analyze what happens under the hood 👇
73.7% of @base users vanish after just 1 day in the last 30 days
They come
They claim
They leave
and no one’s talking about what that really means for the chain’s future.
I analyzed the User Activity Metrics of Base Blockchain
and here’s the truth you need to know 👇
The world's first SOUND metaverse is here 🎧👂
Imagine earning money from viral audio creations.
Or brands getting their own sound logos.
The future is a soundverse! 🔊💸
1/ 🌌 Introducing the Plena Space Vanguard Ambassador Program!
Our mission? To amplify the voice of our community & ensure the widespread adoption of Plena Crypto Super App
Every individual's unique contribution shapes our ecosystem, & we ensure every effort is recognized
Are you afraid of learning DeFi?
You're not alone,
I used to be afraid also.
But what if I told you that most of what you've heard about DeFi is wrong?
In this 🧵I'm going to burst 5 of the biggest misconceptions about DeFi.
(No 4 is what most influencers told you)