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Mining   -   Sep 16, 2025 Bribing the Chain: How Qubic Shook Monero
Bribing the Chain: How Qubic Shook Monero

Monero, the leading privacy coin, suffered an 18-block reorg after Qubic consolidated large mining power. Debate rages: Qubic claims 51% control; Monero devs deny widescale damage. Exchanges raised confirmations. The episode shows PoW chains can be threatened by economic incentives

Alex Harutunian
Gaming   -   Sep 13, 2025 The Promise and Reality of Blockchain Games
blockchain gamers

After years of development, blockchain games still capture only a sliver of the gaming industry. The promise of true asset ownership, stable economies, and transferability remains unmet. Recent trends suggest blockchain was more hype feature than genuine necessity

Alex Harutunian
Tokenization   -   Sep 09, 2025 Nasdaq Pushes for Blockchain-Based Equities
nasdaq meets blockchain

Nasdaq has filed with the U.S. SEC to bring tokenized securities onto its main market, aiming to trade blockchain-based and traditional shares side by side. If approved, the move could make Nasdaq the first U.S. exchange to integrate tokenized equities under existing protections

Alex Harutunian
DEX   -   Sep 09, 2025 Hyperliquid Joins Stablecoin Race, Books USDH Ticker
Hyperliquid Joins Stablecoin Race, Books USDH Ticker

Hyperliquid is preparing to launch its own stablecoin, USDH, through a validator-led governance vote. With USDC currently dominating its ecosystem, USDH would reduce reliance on external issuers and capture reserve yield. Paxos, Frax, Ethena, and an Agora–MoonPay coalition are competing to deploy it

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Aug 18, 2025 ROSCAs and Blockchain: Why the Perfect Match Never Worked
roscas and blockchain

Blockchain promised to reinvent ROSCAs through smart contracts, but despite many pilots adoption never scaled. Instead, the most successful digital ROSCAs are centralized apps like Tanda and Chama — thriving on trust, not code

Alex Harutunian
Bribing the Chain: How Qubic Shook Monero
Mining   -   Sep 16, 2025 Bribing the Chain: How Qubic Shook Monero

Monero, the leading privacy coin, suffered an 18-block reorg after Qubic consolidated large mining power. Debate rages: Qubic claims 51% control; Monero devs deny widescale damage. Exchanges raised confirmations. The episode shows PoW chains can be threatened by economic incentives

Alex Harutunian
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Regulation   -   Mar 05, 2025 SEC v Crypto: All The Lawsuits Dropped This Year (So Far)
US SEC vs Crypto

Big changes as lawsuits and investigations are dropped one-by-one at the SEC under orders from the new U.S. Administration.

Rebecca Denton
Coins and tokens   -   Mar 04, 2025 Trump’s Crypto Reserve Plan Sparks Brief Market Surge, Then Drop
Trump’s Crypto Reserve Plan Sparks Brief Market Surge, Then Drop

The president of the United States announced a Crypto Strategic Reserve with Ripple, Solana and Cardano tokens along with Bitcoin and Ethereum. Following the announcement of a somewhat controversial list of digital assets, the market quickly cooled.

Rebecca Denton
Stablecoins   -   Mar 04, 2025 SBI VC Trade to Launch USDC Stablecoin Service in Japan
SBI VC Trade to Launch USDC Stablecoin Service in Japan

USDC becomes the first approved stablecoin in Japan as the country slowly eases stablecoin regulations after FSA approved policy changes last month.

Rebecca Denton
Regulation   -   Mar 03, 2025 Non-MiCA Compliant Stablecoins To Be Delisted on Binance
Non-MiCA Compliant Stablecoins To Be Delisted on Binance

Binance has announced the delisting of nine non-MiCA compliant stablecoins, including USDT and DAI. The exchange has advised users to convert holdings before the changes come into effect on March 31

Rebecca Denton
Adoption   -   Mar 03, 2025 Swiss National Bank Rejects Bitcoin as Reserve Asset
Swiss National Bank Rejects Bitcoin as Reserve Asset

The Swiss National Bank President Martin Schlegel dismissed Bitcoin as a "niche phenomenon," reaffirming the bank's commitment to traditional assets like gold.

Rebecca Denton
Newsletters   -   Mar 02, 2025 Sunday Review 02/03/2025
Sunday Review 02/03/2025

Happy Spring, Observers! It is all about perspective: while the prices of cryptocurrencies went downhill during the past week, on the regulatory front, the last couple of days were great. In the United States, the Court of Appeals dismissed the claims of a class action lawsuit against Uniswap that accused

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Month in Money   -   Mar 01, 2025 Month in Money 03/2025

Circle hires bank for IPO, plans to file in late April. DeFi protocol SIRDottrading hacked, losing $350K amid ongoing security risks. MARA Holdings plans $2B stock offering to expand Bitcoin holdings despite share declines. FTX to start repaying major creditors on May 30 with $11,4B in cash reserves. California

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