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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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CBDC   -   Mar 27, 2023 China Digital Yuan. A Lethargic Take-up or a Carefully Planned Trajectory?
e-CNY digital renminbi China CBDC

China, the first major economy to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), is experiencing stagnation in its adoption plans. Hitting the wall of the well-developed domestic mobile payments, e-CNY undergoes criticism while the government explores ways to adapt it to people's needs.

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Regulation   -   Mar 27, 2023 Upcoming HK Regulatory Change Gives Chinese State Banks Backdoor Into Crypto
Hong Kong with Crypto

Hong Kong’s recent proposals for a crypto-friendly licensing regime in the region have seen Chinese state banks offering their services to the city’s crypto companies, despite a blanket ban on the mainland.

Jack Martin
Bitcoin   -   Mar 27, 2023 Bitcoin Goes with U.S. Stock
Bitcoin Goes with U.S. Stock

Bitcoin has passed a long way from a libertarian money concept to a speculative trading asset. Can crypto technology adoption drive Bitcoin further into a reserve commodity position?

Observers
Ethereum   -   Mar 26, 2023 Ethereum Shapella Upgrade Is Coming, zkSync Era Mainnet Is Live
April Calendar, Shanghai TV tower, Ethereum logo

Ethereum's eagerly anticipated Shapella upgrade is finally on its way. Already implemented on the Goerli testnet, the upgrade is scheduled to go live on the mainnet on April 12. Meanwhile, the world's first zkEVM mainnet, the zkSync Era, is now accessible to all users.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Mar 26, 2023 Binance Continues to Get Rid of BUSD
Binance Continues to Get Rid of BUSD

Binance continues to get rid of BUSD by converting its own stablecoin into other crypto assets in the Industry Recovery Initiative and the SAFU funds.

Alex Harutunian
Regulation   -   Mar 25, 2023 SEC Charges Justin Sun for Unregistered Crypto Security Offerings
SEC Charges Justin Sun for Unregistered Crypto Security Offerings

The US SEC charges Justin Sun and his companies for unregistered offers and sales of TRX and BTT, market manipulation of TRX, and undisclosed compensation to celebrities for promoting TRX and BTT.

Observers
Banks   -   Mar 24, 2023 The Tiny Bank Laundering Seized Crypto for the German State of Hesse
Bankhouse Scheich bank Frankfurt

Frankfurt-based Bankhaus Scheich has created a profitable sideline for itself in cleaning up blacklisted cryptocurrency assets seized during law enforcement operations carried out by the local authorities.

Jack Martin
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