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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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Stablecoins   -   Mar 31, 2023 Tether Stablecoins Linked to the Euro and Gold are Available on Bit2Me
Bit2Me logo and Tether logo with gold and Euro.

Users of the platform Bit2Me can make transactions with Tether Gold (XAUT) and Euro Tether (EURT).

Alex Harutunian
Research   -   Mar 31, 2023 How Does Mining Help Cure Cancer?
How Does Mining Help Cure Cancer?

The Mapping Cancer Markers project, with the help of the World Community Grid research project, calculated 26 new genes associated with lung cancer.

Alex Harutunian
Mar 30, 2023 Our 10 Most Popular Articles About Crypto World on Medium
Our 10 Most Popular Articles About Crypto World on Medium

Our first article on Medium “Helium receives $200M funding in Series D” was published on April 11, 2022. Since then our team of Observers have written over 600 stories about crypto, Web3 and moneytech. Here are the Top-10 of our most viewed articles.

Sasha Markevich
NFT   -   Mar 30, 2023 Magic Eden Launches Bitcoin Ordinals for NFT Traders
Magic Eden Launches Bitcoin Ordinals for NFT Traders

Magic Eden, the largest Solana-based NFT marketplace, has launched its “audited” Bitcoin Ordinals for NFT traders.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption Tools   -   Mar 30, 2023 General Bytes Users' Hot Wallets are Compromised Through It's Video Upload Service
General Bytes Users' Hot Wallets are Compromised Through It's Video Upload Service

General Bytes, a Czech based cryptocurrency ATMs manufacturer, lost $1.5 million worth of clients’ crypto in hot wallet hack that used its cloud service. The company has closed the cloud service and promised to reimburse the losses to the victims.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Mar 29, 2023 Hayes Explains Problems With Stablecoins, Proposes a New Type
Hayes Explains Problems With Stablecoins, Proposes a New Type

Arthur Hayes, the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange BitMEX, criticized both custodian and decentralized stablecoins and proposed a new stablecoin called the Satoshi Nakamoto Dollar, or NakaDollar (NUSD). Unlike existing stablecoins, NUSD would be supported only by Bitcoin.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Mar 29, 2023 Technology Alliance to Enable Smooth Mutual Transfer and Exchange of a Wide Variety of Stablecoins in Japan
Technology Alliance to Enable Smooth Mutual Transfer and Exchange of a Wide Variety of Stablecoins in Japan

Datachain, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, and Soramitsu announced a technology alliance to enable smooth transfer and exchange of stablecoins to be issued in Japan.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Mar 29, 2023 Doodles Is No Longer an NFT Project, Says Co-Founder
Doodles Is No Longer an NFT Project, Says Co-Founder

Doodles is no longer an NFT project as it shifts focus from NFTs to long-term media brand goals.

Alex Harutunian
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