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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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Bitcoin   -   Mar 18, 2023 Fortune Can Be With Solo Miners Too
Fortune Can Be With Solo Miners Too

A solo miner added a block to the Bitcoin blockchain and received a reward of 6.25 BTC.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Mar 18, 2023 UPD: The National Bank of Australia Made an Intrabank Cross-border Transaction Using a Stablecoin.
Logo NAB on blockchain background.

On March 14, the completion of the first pilot transaction using a stablecoin issued by the bank was announced on the official website of The National Australia Bank (not to be confused with the Reserve Bank of Australia).

Alex Harutunian
Centralized stablecoins   -   Mar 17, 2023 USDC Depegs and Pegs Back, Exchanges and Users React
USDC Depegs and Pegs Back, Exchanges and Users React

USDC depeged from USD after US Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. Exchanges paused their conversion as users rushed into other assets. Now the stablecoin has got back to 1:1 ration, but what’s done is done…

Sasha Markevich
Regulation   -   Mar 17, 2023 US Banking Consortium Urges Congress to Ease Restrictions on Use of Blockchain Technology
USDF consortium member banks

At a Subcommittee hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services last week, the USDF Consortium asked for a reduction in regulation on blockchain use by federally-insured banks, arguing that the technology should not be unfairly conflated with cryptocurrency.

Jack Martin
Update   -   Mar 17, 2023 UPD: First Starbucks Paid NFTs Sell out within 20 Minutes
UPD: First Starbucks Paid NFTs Sell out within 20 Minutes

Starbucks Odyssey Web3 loyalty program released its first collection of 2,000 limited-edition NFTs, each priced at $100. They sold out in 18 minutes.

Alex Harutunian
Web3   -   Mar 16, 2023 The Pokémon Company Is Hiring a Web3 Expert
The Pokémon Company Is Hiring a Web3 Expert

The Pokémon Company posted a listing for a Corporate Development Principal, a role that would advise the company’s leadership on strategy and explore new innovations, including Web3.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Mar 16, 2023 Smart Accounts Through Account Abstraction. The Missing Piece For Mass Adoption Of Crypto?
ERC 4337

Ethereum community announces a revolutionary method to combine the security of self-custody wallets with the convenience of custodian ones. The "account abstraction", or simply put, smart contract in the wallets account promises a breakthrough in adoption.

Alex Harutunian
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