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Santiment data shows Internet Computer ($ICP) median daily active addresses up 35% and new addresses up 45%, but activity is still about half its November 2025 level.

Internet Computer (@dfinity) $ICP is facing criticism over adoption, but its on-chain activity is recovering. Data from analytics firm Santiment shows a clear pickup in network usage over the past two months, though activity remains well below last year's levels.

Active and new addresses climbMedian daily active addresses on Internet Computer rose 35%, according to Santiment. The daily median climbed from 2,838 between July 24 and August 22 to 3,860 between September 22 and October 21.

New addresses rose faster. Over the same periods, the figure increased 45%, from 481 to 710.

Santiment defines daily active addresses as the number of distinct addresses that took part in a transfer for a given asset on a given day. Each address is counted once per day, and both senders and receivers are included. The metric measures network participation but does not show how much value is moving, or whether activity comes from organic users.

The gap to November 2025 remainsThe recovery comes with a caveat. The latest weekly readings remain roughly half the 9,500-address average recorded in early November 2025. That leaves the network well short of its recent peak, even after the improvement.

The user growth has also not been matched by price. COINOTAG reported that ICP lost 8.29% over the past month while new daily addresses rose 45% to 710, and that traders are watching the $2.50 to $2.85 range for the next decisive move. That divergence between usage and token performance is now a central question for holders, the outlet said.

For investors, the data points to early signs of stabilising demand for the network rather than a full rebound. Whether the increase in addresses can be sustained, and whether it translates into deeper usage, will determine if $ICP can close the gap with its late 2025 activity levels.

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COINOTAG: ICP new addresses up 45% as price slides, Santiment showsSantiment Academy: Daily Active Addresses metric definition

Internet Computer (ICP) ağında yeni adreslerin günlük medyanı yaklaşık %45 arttı, ancak token fiyatı son bir ayda %8,29 geriledi. Santiment verileri ağ aktivitesinde toparlanmaya işaret ederken teknik analistler fiyatın yönü konusunda ayrışıyor. Bir senaryo 2,40 dolara kadar düşüş riskini öne çıkarıyor. Diğeriyse 2,50–2,80 dolar aralığında bir taban oluşabileceğini savunuyor.

ICP Ağında Yeni Adresler Yüzde 45 Arttı Santiment verilerine göre ICP ağındaki günlük aktif adreslerin medyanı, 22 Eylül–21 Ekim döneminde 3.860’a yükseldi. 24 Temmuz–22 Ağustos döneminde bu değer 2.838 seviyesindeydi. Artış yaklaşık yüzde 35 olarak hesaplandı.

Yeni adreslerdeki yükseliş daha belirgin. Günlük yeni adres medyanı 481’den 710’a çıktı. Böylece yaklaşık yüzde 45’lik bir artış kaydedildi.

Ancak her gün aynı yoğunluk görülmedi. Santiment, 14 ve 21 Ekim tarihlerinde yeni adres aktivitesinin 7.400’ü aştığını belirtti. Ekim ayındaki 21 günün 16’sında ise günlük aktif adres sayısı 3.100–4.300 aralığında kaldı.

Ağ aktivitesi yaz aylarına kıyasla toparlanmış durumda. Yine de gösterge, Kasım 2025 başındaki seviyelerin oldukça altında. O dönemde haftalık ortalama yaklaşık 9.500 adrese ulaşmıştı.

Ağ Aktivitesi Artarken ICP Neden Geriliyor? ICP, Caffeine AI lansmanının ardından geçen yılın kasım ayındaki yükseliş döneminde haftalık bazda yüzde 166 değer kazanarak 7,80 dolara ulaşmıştı. Kaynakta belirtilen 2,78 dolarlık fiyat, bu zirvenin yaklaşık %64 altında.

Bugünkü ayrışma burada ortaya çıkıyor. Yeni adreslerin artması, ağa yönelik aktivitenin canlandığını gösteriyor. Ancak bu hareket, tek başına ICP tokenına yönelik alım talebinin güçlendiğini kanıtlamıyor.

Ağdaki işlemler ve yeni adres oluşumları farklı amaçlardan kaynaklanabilir. Bu nedenle aktivite artışını doğrudan fiyat yükselişi beklentisine dönüştürmek doğru olmaz.

ICP için asıl soru, ağdaki hareketliliğin zaman içinde kalıcı kullanıcı büyümesine ve token talebine dönüşüp dönüşmeyeceği.

Teknik Analistten 2,40 Dolar Uyarısı Analist nordin.eth, ICP’nin dört saatlik grafikte bir baş-omuz formasyonunun boyun çizgisinin altına indiğini savunuyor. Analiste göre formasyonun aşağı yönlü çalışması halinde fiyat 2,40 dolara kadar gerileyebilir.

Bu seviye, kaynakta belirtilen 2,78 dolarlık fiyatın yaklaşık yüzde 14 altında. Nordin.eth, boyun çizgisinin bulunduğu 2,85 doların üzerine dönüşün teknik görünümü hızla değiştirebileceğini de belirtiyor.

Buradaki 2,40 dolar seviyesi kesin bir fiyat tahmini değil. Analistin grafik formasyonuna dayalı senaryosu olarak değerlendirilmeli.

Diğer Analistler 2,50–2,80 Dolar Aralığını İzliyor ICP konusunda daha olumlu bir teknik senaryo da bulunuyor. Giannis Andreou, haftalık grafikte henüz kesinleşmemiş bir taban oluşumu ihtimaline dikkat çekiyor. Analistin belirlediği yakın destek aralığı 2,60–2,80 dolar.

Andreou’ya göre fiyatın 3,30–3,60 dolar bölgesini kalıcı biçimde geri kazanması, 4–4,50 dolar aralığını gündeme getirebilir. Daha yukarıda ise 5–6,50 dolar seviyelerini izliyor.

Ancak bu senaryonun da bir geçersizlik noktası var. Andreou, haftalık kapanışın 2,50 doların altına inmesinin teknik görünümü zayıflatacağını ve 2–2,20 dolar aralığını gündeme taşıyabileceğini belirtiyor.

Trader Nebraskangooner da 20 Ekim’de ICP yaklaşık 2,89 dolardan işlem görürken trend çizgisi desteğine dikkat çekmişti. Analist, fiyatın bu bölgede tepki vermesi gerektiğini söylemişti. ICP, o tarihten sonra yaklaşık %4 geriledi.

CP’de Şimdi Hangi Seviyeler Önemli? ICP’de 2,50 dolar desteği ile 2,85 dolar direnci kısa vadeli mücadelenin sınırlarını çiziyor. Haftalık kapanışın 2,50 doların altına inmesi, Andreou’nun taban senaryosuna darbe vurur. Fiyatın 2,85 doları aşması ise nordin.eth’in aşağı yönlü formasyon yorumunu yeniden tartışmaya açar.

Ağdaki yeni adres sayısı yükseldi. ICP ise henüz bu hareketliliği fiyat artışına dönüştüremedi. Şimdilik zincir üstü veriler ile fiyat grafiği aynı hikâyeyi anlatmıyor.

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DFINITY founder Dominic Williams has published an accusation alleging that NEAR Intents’ chain abstraction feature unauthorizedly uses DFINITY’s threshold ECDSA signature technology, which is exclusively licensed for the Internet Computer. He noted the related work was advanced by an individual who was dismissed by DFINITY in 2021. Citing academic papers and GitHub records, Williams said NEAR has been using the algorithm for roughly two and a half years, and is now attempting to switch to a slower scheme requiring three rounds of signature interactions. He questioned the project’s decentralization and user security. Williams added that the matter involves legal issues and needs resolution, though his article did not disclose any lawsuits filed.

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Internet Computer (ICP) canisters can schedule their own tasks through built-in protocol timers, removing the need for outside keeper bots. Here is how it works and where it falls short.

Most blockchains cannot run a smart contract on a schedule. On the Internet Computer from @dfinity, the protocol gives each smart contract, called a canister, its own timer, so the network runs the task when the time comes.

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Limits developers should knowTiming is a minimum, not an exact schedule. Internet Computer documentation describes timers as calls with a specified minimum timeout or interval, and tasks can run late when the network is busy.

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Internet Computer (ICP) has launched ckSOL, a token backed 1:1 by Solana's SOL, letting ICP DeFi apps hold SOL alongside Bitcoin and Ether without a bridge company.

Internet Computer (@dfinity) has launched ckSOL, its official token backed 1:1 by $SOL. The SOL sits in Solana addresses controlled by ICP's nodes, which sign together without any one holding the full key.

DeFi apps on ICP can now hold SOL next to $BTC, $ETH and $ICP. The launch completes Solana support, which first reached ICP developers in mid-2025.

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Building on mid-2025 Solana supportICP's Solana work began with reading and writing to the network. The Defiant published DFINITY's June 2025 announcement of the integration, which let ICP canister smart contracts interact with Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. At that stage there was no SOL-backed token. A DFINITY engineer said on the developer forum in 2025 that there was no plan at the time for a ckSOL, so dapps would need to handle that themselves.

ckSOL follows the pattern of ckBTC and ckETH. DFINITY's code repository describes it as modeled after ckETH, and notes that the minter remains under active development and subject to change.

The practical effect is that SOL can now be used inside ICP applications without a separate bridge operator. Whether developers adopt it will depend on how quickly DeFi apps on ICP add ckSOL support.

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Internet Computer apps get random numbers from the network, not an oracle

Internet Computer [ICP] has emerged among today’s market top gainers by recording a significant 14% daily surge, leading to the current trading price of $3.46.

The bullish move came as buyers extended a recovery that began after the token broke above a descending triangle pattern that had contained its price for weeks.

For many investors, the breakout has shifted attention toward higher resistance levels at around $4.097. It is already evident in the current big players’ behavior. Whales are bagging more orders across Spot and Futures markets, while buyers dominate ICP’s derivatives positioning.

With the token trading above its key exponential moving averages (EMAs), can buyers sustain the rally and push ICP toward $4.097?

Source: TradingView Whale activity strengthens the recovery as buyers dominates Large orders are increasing across both Spot and Futures markets according to the recent Average Order Size data, suggesting that larger traders are becoming more active as ICP advances.

The network’s increasing Spot market buying could provide the missing direct demand for the token’s anticipated rally back to the $4.097 resistance zone.

Source: CryptoQuant That’s not all; the reported dominance of buyers in ICP’s Futures market adds to the positive short-term picture, although leveraged positioning can reverse quickly if momentum fades.

According to the recent Long/Short Ratio data, long positions accounted for 65% of the total open market exposure at the time of writing. This highlights the current market bias and brings the chances for a continuation rally close to certainty.

Source: Coinalyze ICP burn rate points to increased demand On the 10th of October, between 12:30 and 14:00 UTC, the network cycle-burn rate on the dashboard stepped from approximately 48 B cycles/s to about 20 B/s and has since maintained there.

At the same time, the transaction rate across the network stood at 5199 transactions per second at press time, while the Finalization Rate stood at 152 blocks per second.

Source: internetcomputers.org Is $4.097 the next resistance for ICP? The fact that ICP’s price action is still trading above its key EMAs on the daily chart gives buyers a more constructive technical setup. The next level for the network bulls to watch is the $4.097 resistance level, which could become the next major test if buyers maintain control.

A sustained move toward this resistance would keep the momentum going, while a rejection or loss of EMA support could expose ICP to renewed consolidation.

All in all, the combination of a descending triangle breakout, rising whale activity, increasing burn rate, and buyer-dominated Futures positioning favors the bulls.

Final Summary ICP surges by 14% in the last 24 hours after breaking above a descending triangle pattern that had constrained its price for weeks. The network’s rising whale activity across Spot and Futures markets points to a potential continuation rally to the $4.097 resistance.

ICP Sets New Fee Benchmark@dfinity's Internet Computer has recorded a new milestone in cost efficiency. According to on-chain analytics platform @chainspect_app, the $ICP network logged its lowest-ever weekly average transaction fee on October 7, coming in at just $0.0000828. The figure underscores a structural advantage that the protocol has quietly built: near-zero cost per transaction at meaningful throughput.

The timing is notable. While broader crypto markets remain volatile, ICP's fee data points to a network that continues to function as designed, processing transactions cheaply and at speed regardless of external conditions.

Speed and Cost: ICP's Dual AdvantageThe fee milestone does not exist in isolation.

This architecture is a key reason end-user transaction costs remain so low: the fee burden falls on developers rather than users at the point of transaction.

That activity base gives context to the fee data: $0.0000828 as a weekly average is not a statistical outlier from minimal usage but rather a reading from a network handling genuine scale.

For developers and users evaluating chain economics, the combination of high throughput and fractional fees continues to set $ICP apart from older layer-1 networks where congestion routinely drives costs higher.

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Record Revenue, Near-Zero Fees What makes the milestone striking is the context. While fees for individual users sit at near-invisible levels, the network simultaneously generated more than $96,000 in on-chain cash flow in the same seven-day period. That follows a reported $85,089 in weekly protocol fees just days earlier, on September 29, 2026, as tracked by CoinMarketCap. The trend points to growing network usage rather than a one-off spike.

The apparent contradiction, rock-bottom user costs alongside rising network revenue, comes down to how the Internet Computer is designed. Developers pre-pay computation costs by converting $ICP into "cycles," which are then burned to power applications. The revenue is generated when developers convert ICP into cycles to pay for resources, and those ICP are subsequently burned. Users transacting on the network benefit from the resulting low fees, while the underlying token supply is gradually reduced.

A Network Built for Scale ICP is capable of up to 11,500 transactions per second with a 1-second finality, making it notably faster than Bitcoin and Ethereum. That throughput, combined with its ultra-low fees, is central to the network's pitch as a decentralized cloud platform. The Internet Computer blockchain processed 1 billion transactions in Q1 2026 across 47 subnets with 1.2 million active wallets.

On the tokenomics side, DFINITY's ongoing "Mission 70" initiative is designed to reduce annual token inflation significantly, tightening supply as demand from developers grows. A burn mechanism was introduced where a portion of cloud engine fees buys and permanently destroys ICP. Rising on-chain cash flow, if sustained, could accelerate that burn rate and have longer-term implications for token supply.

For now, the headline number remains the fee itself: $0.0000828 per transaction. For a network processing billions of transactions and generating meaningful revenue, it is a data point that is hard to ignore.

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CoinMarketCap: Internet Computer Latest Updates
Crypto News Navigator: ICP One Billion Transactions
Bybit: Internet Computer Price and Network Data

Revenue Climbs to New High as Network Activity GrowsThe Internet Computer Protocol, developed by @dfinity, recorded a new all-time high in monthly onchain revenue on October 4, 2026, with figures surpassing $360,000. Live data at the time showed a consistent 1.10% daily increase, pointing to sustained and growing demand for the network's computational resources.

The milestone is closely tied to rising consumption of "cycles," the fuel that powers smart contract execution on the Internet Computer. Cycles act as the computational resource used to execute actions on the network, with canister smart contracts consuming resources in the form of CPU cycles for execution, bandwidth for routing messages, and memory for persisted data. ICP tokens are converted into cycles, which are then used by developers to pay for installing smart contracts and for the resources those contracts consume, including storage, CPU, and bandwidth.

The revenue uptick follows a broader period of network growth. In the week ending September 29, 2026, the network generated over $85,000 in protocol revenue, a metric tied directly to computation and storage consumed by applications. The jump to more than $360,000 in monthly revenue suggests that pace accelerated materially through early October.

How the Cycles Model Drives RevenueUnlike most blockchains, where end users pay gas fees directly, the Internet Computer uses a reverse gas model in which developers pre-pay costs by loading canisters with computation cycles, meaning users can interact with a decentralized application without needing tokens or dealing with seed phrases. The ICP token is the only token that can be used to purchase cycles and fuel smart contracts for computation. When ICP is used to purchase cycles, it is burned and removed from circulating supply, creating a deflationary mechanism for the token.

The network has been building momentum across multiple metrics in 2026. The network reached one billion transactions in Q1 2026 and supports roughly 980,000 deployed canister smart contracts with 1.24 million active wallets. A record onchain revenue figure adds a key financial dimension to that broader activity picture, signalling that usage is not just growing in volume but also translating into real economic output for the protocol.

For $ICP holders and ecosystem participants, the revenue record reinforces the network's argument that onchain computation at scale is a viable and expanding business, even as the token itself continues to trade well below its 2021 all-time high.

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DFINITY Support: What are cycles on the Internet Computer?
Internet Computer: Tokenomics and the Cycles Model
Crypto News Navigator: Internet Computer Hits 1 Billion Transactions in Q1 2026

On the Internet Computer, developers have a formal path to hand full control of their applications to their users. The mechanism at the centre of this is the Service Nervous System, or SNS, a governance framework built by @dfinity that converts a centrally managed app into a community-run decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO).

What Is an SNS and How Does It Get Approved? Each SNS comes with its own token, which holders use to vote on upgrades, treasury decisions, and other changes to the app.

Before any SNS goes live, it must clear a hurdle at the network level. The NNS, or Network Nervous System, is the on-chain governance system that oversees the Internet Computer protocol itself.

How the Decentralization Swap Works Once the NNS approves an SNS launch, a public decentralization swap opens. Participants send ICP in exchange for SNS tokens, which are issued as locked voting stakes called neurons that unlock in stages over time. All ICP collected flows directly into the new DAO's treasury.

The swap distributes a fixed number of tokens proportionally based on how much ICP each participant contributes. Because the total token allocation is set in advance, the more ICP that flows in overall, the fewer tokens each unit of ICP receives. The final token price is only known once the swap closes.

If the swap falls short of its minimum thresholds, whether for total ICP raised or number of participants, the process unwinds automatically. Everyone is refunded their ICP and control of the app reverts to the original developers.

The SNS model represents one of the more structured approaches to app-level decentralization available in crypto today, offering a standardised, NNS-vetted path that removes the need for developers to build a governance system from scratch.

Sources:
Internet Computer Docs: SNS Framework
Internet Computer Learn: Service Nervous System
Internet Computer Docs: Launching an SNS

Internet Computer [ICP] is on a strong upside run, defying the market trend. After falling to $2.90 and breaching the $3 support, the altcoin bounced back, defended the price level, and climbed to a four-month high of $3.40.

At press time, Internet Computer was trading around $3.30, up 12.5% on the daily charts. With the uptick, ICP flipped its short-term moving averages. 

Over the same period, the altcoin’s volume rose 61%, reflecting higher market activity. Equally, the daily turnover also made an upswing, rising to $45 million for the first time since June.

This implied that the market was driven by intense buying pressure. 

Why’s Internet Computer surging now? ICP saw renewed bullish momentum amid intense debate on freezing stolen funds.

After Bitget attackers drained over $387.5 million, CEO Gracy Chen called on THORChain to refuse service to addresses linked to attackers. 

However, THORChain refused, saying its network mechanism is designed to protect the protocol as a whole and not to selectively freeze specific addresses.

After THORchain refused to freeze stolen funds, Dominic, founder of DFINITY, responded. He stated that he would support ICP’s Network Nervous System (NNS) governance proposal to freeze stolen funds.

In this aspect, he signaled support for interchain collaboration to deter theft.  After rising support for the security measure, the market responded positively with demand for Internet Computer recovering.

Speculators move with the news Amid the raging debate, demand for ICP surged, especially on the derivatives side. The altcoin’s Open Interest jumped 18% to $121 million while the volume rose 66% to $189 million.

Source: CoinGlass The rising OI alongside volume implied higher participation as traders opened new positions. Meanwhile, the Long/Short Ratio on Binance rose to 1.8, with Binance Top Traders’ ratios hitting 3.5 and 2.4. 

Profit-takers join the party With Internet Computer jumping to May levels, holders returned to cash out these gains.

The altcoin’s netflow jumped to $1.3 million, marking a reversal from -$448k the previous day. It suggested that more holders sold on exchanges as the market rebounded.

Source: Coinglass Often, when the market sees rising sell-side activity during an activity, the trend tends to collapse.

What’s next? Currently, market momentum leads bullishly. The price hike saw ICP flip the 21-day moving averages, reflecting strong pressure to the upside.

Likewise, the +DI rose to 27 while the ADX climbed to 30, confirming a strong upward momentum. 

Source: Tradingview These indicators suggest that the market conditions are ideal for the trend continuation. If positive sentiment holds, Internet Computer will extend the rally, reclaim $3.7, and eye to flip $4.

However, the risk of a pullback also remains, especially due to higher profit realization. If these sellers overwhelm the market, with buyers failing to absorb the pressure, ICP will revisit $2.9.

Final Summary Internet Computer bounced back from a $2.9 slip, surging 12% to a four-month high of $3.4.  ICP surged after Dominic, the founder of DFINITY and ICP, signaled support for chain collaboration to freeze stolen assets. 

Internet Computer (ICP) Soars 35% Monthly as Analysts Eye a Pump Above $10: Details

A different approach to app upgradesMost software keeps its data in a separate database, meaning every code update carries the risk of losing or corrupting that data. @dfinity's Internet Computer takes a different path for apps built in Motoko, its purpose-built programming language.

Rather than shuttling data in and out of a separate store on every update, The key innovation is straightforward:

This approach is formally called orthogonal persistence.

Before an upgrade goes live, the system checks whether the new code can actually read the existing stored data. If that compatibility check fails, the upgrade is rolled back and nothing is lost.

A harder road for Rust developersThe contrast with other languages is sharp.

For Rust developers on the Internet Computer, DFINITY does maintain a library of upgrade-safe data structures. However, the responsibility for managing that process still falls on the developer rather than the language runtime itself.

The capability gap matters most as applications grow.

Sources:
DFINITY: A Journey into Stellarator, Part 2 (Enhanced Orthogonal Persistence)
Internet Computer Docs: Stable Variables and Upgrade Methods
Internet Computer Docs: Canister Upgrades, Storage, and Persistence

A new approach to onchain privacyBlockchains are transparent by design, which is ideal for auditability but creates a real problem for applications that require confidentiality. @dfinity has been working on that tradeoff for years, and its answer is now live in production: a feature called vetKeys, short for Verifiable Encrypted Threshold Keys.

The mechanism works at the subnet level. When a canister requests a key, no single node handles the job alone. A quorum of those encrypted shares is then combined, so neither the nodes nor the canister ever holds the raw key in the clear. Users can also verify that the key came out of the protocol correctly and was not tampered with.

Crucially, the key is never stored anywhere. It is rebuilt on demand from the same inputs every time, which means a user who signs in on a new device will receive the same key back without having to remember a password or carry a seed phrase.

Live on mainnet since July 2025 Access control is handled entirely in application logic, not at the cryptographic layer. The app decides who may request a key through its own code, and each key request costs the canister a small fee in cycles.

Sources
DFINITY: The Internet Computer's Privacy Era, vetKeys Unlocked
DFINITY vetKeys GitHub Repository
DFINITY Foundation Launches Niobium Milestone

Internet Computer [ICP] rose 14% at press time, as the cryptocurrency market remains in a recovery phase and demand continues to build.

Several reasons supported the price growth, especially when considering the on-chain activities in the market. However, off-chain, there’s a different scenario quietly playing out, hinting that a market decline could be around the corner.

On-chain linked growth One of the clearest signals that has influenced the price significantly has been the flow of capital into the stablecoin market.

DeFiLlama reported that during the past day, stablecoin liquidity surged significantly, with a gain of roughly 10% in the last seven days, bringing it towards $3.98 million as of writing.

Source: DeFiLlama The surge in stablecoins indicates that more capital is flowing into the chain, which ultimately increases utility for its native token, ICP.

At the same time, blockchain fees have grown, reaching a high of $9,210. While that remains broadly minimal in comparison to other chains, this remains one of the highest levels it has traded at in months.

Off-chain, traders are selling On-chain growth matters as much, but what traders and investors are doing could have more effect on price, and right now, sellers are gradually stepping in.

The presence is confirmed through the Open Interest-Weighted Funding Rate, which measures capital in the perpetual market in relation to long or short positions.

Source: CoinGlass In situations where longs are dominant, the Open Interest-Weighted Funding Rate remains positive, and when they aren’t, there’s a flip and the metric turns negative.

At the time of writing, the Open Interest-Weighted Funding Rate has flipped negative on the chart, with a reading of -0.0086% at the time of this writing.

This comes at a time when there has been a surge in capital inflow into the perpetual market, with CoinGlass reporting Open Interest surging 12% to roughly $103.46 million.

A surge in capital inflow at a time when short positions remain dominant could mean short traders are fueling their positions in the market, which could weigh on price notably.

Sellers’ volume remains a factor There’s been growth in sellers’ volume in the market, with the Taker Buy/Sell Ratio, otherwise known as the Long/Short Ratio, plummeting to roughly 0.87 on the chart as of writing.

When the ratio is below 1, it suggests that there’s been growing selling pressure in the market. When there’s a further decline, as is the case here, it implies that investors may consider the asset overvalued and are placing bids for a decline.

Source: CoinGlass For now, unless the Funding Rate turns positive and volume returns to support buyers, there’s a high chance that this could weigh on ICP’s performance, potentially forcing the asset lower.

Final Summary ICP has gained 14% as stablecoin liquidity and blockchain fees show signs of improving on-chain activity.

A negative Funding Rate and a 0.87 Taker Buy/Sell Ratio point to rising selling pressure.

Stakers on the Internet Computer Protocol face a straightforward but easy-to-overlook rule: neurons that go dormant long enough lose all influence over on-chain governance. Understanding how neurons work, and what keeps them active, matters for anyone holding $ICP in the Network Nervous System (NNS).

What is an ICP Neuron? However, a two-week dissolve delay only clears the basic eligibility bar.

The Six-Month Confirmation Rule Holding a neuron is not enough on its own. Per @dfinity documentation, a neuron must do at least one of three things every six months: vote directly on proposals, set its following, or confirm its existing following configuration.

This affects both rewards and the neuron's real weight in governance decisions.

Importantly, the confirmation step does not require the controller's private key. This means the controller key can stay in cold storage while a software wallet handles routine confirmations.

On proposal thresholds, Proposals that do not reach that threshold by the deadline fail.

For stakers, the practical takeaway is simple: set a calendar reminder every six months and confirm your neuron's following settings. Missing the window costs you both voting rewards and your seat at the governance table.

Sources:
Internet Computer Developer Docs: Governance
Internet Computer Learn: Neurons
DFINITY: Onchain Governance Improvement, Periodic Confirmation of Following

Two of the crypto market's more technically distinct projects, Kaspa and Internet Computer, are leading a broad altcoin rally on September 7, 2026, with several other assets also posting sharp 24-hour gains.

KAS and ICP Lead the Pack According to CoinMarketCap data cited by @BSCNews, $KAS has surged over 20% in the past 24 hours, placing it among the day's top performers. @kaspaunchained's native token has been building technical momentum over recent weeks. Per CaptainAltcoin,

@dfinity's Internet Computer token is not far behind KAS in terms of 24-hour performance, adding to a broader wave of altcoin strength that has swept through the market today.

Broader Market Rally Pulls In Other Assets The rally is not limited to KAS and ICP. $INJ, $FIL, and ethereum:0x163f8c2467924be0ae7b5347228cabf260318753 have all recorded meaningful price gains in the same period. The move in $INJ aligns with recent positive developments around the Injective protocol.

The broader market context also plays a role. That wave of short liquidations has helped fuel upward price pressure across the market.

As always, sharp single-day moves in altcoins carry elevated risk, and traders should exercise caution before reading too deeply into short-term percentage gains.

Sources:
CoinMarketCap: Crypto Market News Today
CaptainAltcoin: Kaspa Price Pumps on Institutional Connection
BitcoinHaber: Crypto Market Rally Driven by Monetary and Regulatory Events

@LiquidiumFi recorded its busiest period to date over the weekend, posting all-time highs across key lending metrics on the @dfinity Internet Computer network. The figures mark a notable step forward for decentralized lending activity on ICP.

Record Numbers Across the Board The protocol processed 91 successful deposit and borrow actions over the two-day period, bringing total supplied liquidity to $6.20M. Outstanding borrows on the platform climbed simultaneously to a record $1.73M, underlining growing user confidence in the protocol. On-chain data also confirms the deposit of 53.1K ICP into the ecosystem since Saturday.

The weekend results reflect a broader growth story for Liquidium. The protocol has processed over 119,000 loans and more than $400 million in borrowing volume since its inception, building a track record that underpins its expansion onto the Internet Computer.

How Liquidium Uses ICP Liquidium.fi is a non-custodial cross-chain lending platform that leverages Chain Fusion technology developed by the Internet Computer to enable users to supply and borrow native assets, including Bitcoin and USDT on Ethereum, without the security risks of centralized bridges or the need to manage wrapped tokens.

The protocol operates using the Internet Computer Protocol in the backend, where smart contracts manage lending logic, collateral, and liquidation processes. It leverages ICP's direct Bitcoin integration, enabling on-chain smart contracts to control native BTC via ckBTC. When users deposit BTC or USDT, the platform converts them into ckBTC or ckUSDT on ICP.

All loans are over-collateralized to manage risk, meaning borrowers deposit more value than they borrow. The platform uses Pyth's price oracle for asset pricing, aggregating data from major exchanges to support real-time collateral valuation and automated liquidations when thresholds are breached, alongside a dynamic interest rate model that automatically adjusts based on supply and demand.

The weekend performance adds further weight to the case that ICP is becoming a meaningful home for cross-chain DeFi activity, with Liquidium emerging as one of the ecosystem's most active protocols.

Sources:
Liquidium: Cross-Chain Lending Protocol Launch (Liquidium Official Blog)
Liquidium Debuts Cross-Chain Lending (CryptoSlate)

Building Apps by Talking to AICaffeine is an AI-powered platform built by the DFINITY Foundation (@dfinity) that lets people create full-stack web applications simply by describing what they want in plain language. There is no need to write code, configure servers, manage databases, or handle deployments manually.

Because the application runs inside a canister rather than on a conventional server,

As of 2026, Caffeine is on its third major version, V3, having moved well past its original 2025 alpha into full public availability, with hundreds of thousands of unique builders using the platform every month.

How Caffeine V3 WorksThe workflow inside Caffeine is chat-driven. Users describe an app, request features, or ask for changes through a conversation interface. In V3, a team of specialist AI agents handles the build rather than a single model: a "Composer" agent breaks the request down and coordinates the process, building the backend first in Motoko, then the frontend once the API is ready, followed by validation and deployment.

Several features are designed to protect users from common pitfalls of AI-generated software. Before any update is applied, the system checks whether the change could destroy existing data. If the update is deemed unsafe, it is rejected and the AI is prompted to try again. There is no traditional operating system underneath the application for an attacker to compromise.

V3 also introduced version history, so every draft build is tracked and users can revert to an earlier state if needed. Two build modes are available: "Instant" builds that execute immediately, and "Guided" builds where the AI asks clarifying questions before proceeding. Users can also experiment with changes in a draft version before pushing them live.

Caffeine is not free for new projects. Building from scratch requires a paid subscription at the Host or Studio tier. The Free tier is limited to exploring the platform and remixing existing apps from the App Market using a small number of starter credits.

If that model works at scale, Caffeine could become a central part of $ICP's strategy to bring AI and blockchain infrastructure together, shifting app development from "learn to code first" toward "describe what you need."

Sources:
VentureBeat: Dfinity launches Caffeine, an AI platform that builds production apps from natural language prompts
HostAdvice: Caffeine AI Review 2026
Internet Computer Docs: Canister smart contracts

The Reverse Gas Model: Contracts Foot the BillMost blockchains put the cost of every interaction on the user. @dfinity's Internet Computer takes the opposite approach.

Smart contracts on the Internet Computer are known as canisters.

What Happens When Cycles Run OutKeeping a canister funded is the developer's ongoing responsibility, and the protocol has clear rules for what happens when they fall short. The default freezing threshold is set at the equivalent of 30 days of estimated runway, giving developers time to top up before any data is lost.

At that point, the code and all stored data are deleted, and only the canister's unique identifier is retained, per ICP documentation.

The model has broader implications for how decentralised applications are built and sustained. For developers, it means treating cycle balances as an operational cost to monitor and manage, much like a cloud computing bill.

Sources
Internet Computer: Fee Breakdown and Gas Cost Documentation
Internet Computer: Managing Canisters and Freezing Thresholds
Internet Computer: Tokenomics Overview

One Key, Any ResponseOn most blockchains, confirming that a response is genuine requires running a light client: software that continuously tracks the chain's block headers to validate state. The Internet Computer takes a different approach entirely.

This is the core promise of what @dfinity calls chain-key cryptography, and it has significant practical consequences for how clients interact with the network.

A Root Key Fixed Since Genesis That means any application or device with the library can immediately authenticate any response it receives from the network, with no ongoing chain tracking required.

The design also has broader implications:

The result is a verification model that is both simpler for end users and structurally more resilient than traditional approaches.

Sources
ICP Developer Docs: Chain-Key Cryptography
ICP Developer Docs: Certified Data
DFINITY Support: What is Chain-Key Cryptography?

Network Holds Firm Against Coordinated Wasm AttackThe Internet Computer (@dfinity) has successfully defended itself against a coordinated, AI-powered cyberattack, according to founder @dominic_w. The attack involved several hundred canisters deploying malformed WebAssembly (Wasm) modules in an attempt to disrupt the network. "Last night, the Internet Computer network withstood a widespread, AI-enabled attack, which involved hundreds of canisters using malformed Wasm modules," Williams wrote on X.

The use of malformed Wasm modules as an attack vector targeted this core layer of ICP's infrastructure directly.

The attack did not occur in isolation. Williams said it was accompanied by an extensive, automated disinformation campaign on social media, apparently designed to undermine confidence in the network at a sensitive moment. DFINITY has since announced it is offering cash bonuses to anyone who can provide information identifying the organizers behind what it described as criminal activity.

Timing Tied to Cloud Engines and Intelligence Gateway LaunchThe timing of the attack is notable. Both products appear to be the specific targets the disinformation campaign sought to disrupt.

The product has attracted significant attention, with

That the network absorbed the attack without reported disruption to service will likely be read as a positive signal by developers and enterprise customers evaluating ICP's resilience ahead of the Cloud Engines rollout. DFINITY's decision to pursue those responsible publicly, including offering financial incentives for tip-offs, signals the foundation views the incident as serious enough to warrant an aggressive response.

Sources:
CryptoNews: ICP Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary, Cloud Engines Unveiled
CoinMarketCap: Internet Computer Latest Updates and Roadmap
Tech.eu: DFINITY's Vision for Sovereign Computing