List of crypto project shutdowns in 2026 a) CEX • BitMEX • BitMart • AscendEx b) DeFi • Zapper • Odos Protocol • Radiant Protocol • Satori Finance • Summer.fi • Goldfinch • Step Finance • Dango Exchange • Rage Trade • MilkyWay • Angle Protocol • Ranger Finance c) Infra • Lamina1 • Loopring • Botanix • Polygon zkEVM • Leap Wallet • Tally • Parsec • Lattice / Redstone While at the same time some interesting innovations on-chain/ activity picking up on-chain • Robinhood: their on-chain trenches (somewhat) revitalised (started with Cashcat) although yet to see a token >$100m currently - some tokens are also paired with tokenised stonks (e.g. $AI paired with tokenised $NVDA stock via @longdotxyz) which is quite novel and new. There is also a revenue generating launchpad on Robinhood in $PONS which is doing quite well • Base: decentralised and open source AI still continues to shine - open models strengthen safety and privacy (some tokens that come to mind $POD, $VVV, $REI which Base seem to have some strength in). Special mention to decentralised compute as well ($SURPLUS and $CHIP) • Ethereum: gamified commerce via gacha/blindboxes on NFT/collectibles on multiple chains (apart from TCG there is now gacha for Wine and even Hot Wheels kek). Most recently $FWA (Fake World Assets) on Ethereum (deposit NFTs + ETH to earn fees/rewards, or pay ETH to randomly pull one and choose the NFT, its ETH, or $FWA tokens) • Solana: Still the chain where most on-chain volume is at --> $ANSEM (different type of meme via supply control by @blknoiz06 and a slow-drip airdrop model to people providing value to the meme), $KINS (too bad it died lmao but it did well initially, some on-chain Runescape + unlike other P2E where it relied on just token emissions, this had a proper in-game economy - too bad gaming is DEAD in crypto), @MetaDAOProject projs like $CRED (on-chain Stripe) + Rip Cars (Hot Wheels gacha) and Jurassic (Tokenized Dinosaurs) are unique (unsure the sustainability of these projects, more so looking from uniqueness standpoint), @Collector_Crypt with $CARDS (still very bullish alternate investments like collectibles as young people continue to be priced out of other assets like houses and the rise of Kidulting) • Other chains: random burst of volume on memes like $FEFER on Stable chain and $UTYA on Gram (TON) chain Feels eerily similar to 2024 timeline • Market was quite boring • New innovation on Ethereum in ERC404 (semi fungible NFTs like PANDORA lmao) Feb 2024 • Memes like POPCAT, WIF, BONK really took off from Feb 2024 till EOY • $GOAT launched in Oct 2024 which sparked off the huge AI agent run-up Wonder where do we go from here onwards, still have Clarity Act uncertainty + US Midterms + Iran war + potential rate hikes to navigate reee