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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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Web3   -   Mar 10, 2023 Snoop Dogg Co-Founds a New Web3-Powered Live-streaming App Shiller
Snoop Dogg Co-Founds a New Web3-Powered Live-streaming App Shiller

Shiller is a live broadcast platform designed with Web3 creators in mind. The announcement was made by its co-founder Snoop Dogg.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Mar 09, 2023 Japanese Banks Join Compliant Stablecoin Experiment on Japan Open Chain
Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial Group, Minna no Bank and The Shikoku Bank

In collaboration with three Japanese banks, GU Technologies has initiated a proof-of-concept to develop a stablecoin-issuing system for financial institutions. The project will be deployed on the Japan Open Chain, an Ethereum-compatible public blockchain which is fully compliant with Japanese law.

Jack Martin
Adoption   -   Mar 09, 2023 What on Earth has Happened to the US Crypto Banking Sector Post FTX?
Silvergate Bank HQ

Of the two biggest US crypto banks prior to last November’s meltdown at FTX, Silvergate is reportedly now negotiating a route with the FDIC to avoid imminent closure, while rival Signature has made moves to significantly cut back on its crypto exposure. What exactly has gone wrong?

Jack Martin
Adoption   -   Mar 08, 2023 Bybit’s Mastercard
Bybit's Mastercard-powered debit card

Bybit is launching a Mastercard-powered debit card, allowing users to pay with their crypto assets.

Sasha Markevich
Decentralized stablecoins   -   Mar 07, 2023 Frax Abandons the Algorithmic Part of Its Stablecoin
Frax Finance logo and voting results

The Frax Finance community voted to cancel the algorithmic component of the FRAX stablecoin. Gradually, the stablecoin will be fully collateralized.

Alex Harutunian
CBDC   -   Mar 07, 2023 UPD: Australia CBDC Use Cases Published
Australia CBDC with RBA and DFCRC

On March 2 the Reserve Bank of Australia published the list of chosen use cases for its CBDC research project. A list of 14 use cases includes payment, tax automation, corporate bond settlement with ABE, and Web3 commerce with Mastercard.

Alex Harutunian
Celsius   -   Mar 06, 2023 A Withdrawal Was Opened to Clients of Celsius Custody
Celsius holds out a wad of money

Bankrupt Celsius has started withdrawing funds for clients holding deposit accounts for the first time since June last year. But there are a number of restrictions.

Alex Harutunian
Blockchain   -   Mar 05, 2023 Coinbase’s L2 Network “Base” and Its Role in “Superchain”
Coinbase, Ethereum and OP logos

Coinbase has unveiled Base, its own Ethereum layer-2 network. The company sees Base as a key component of its “secret master plan”. The testnet of Base was started on Thursday. In the future the network is supposed to be a part of “Superchain”.

Sasha Markevich
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