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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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NFT   -   Dec 11, 2022 Reddit Collectible Avatars Have Set a New Minting Record
Reddit collectible avatars set a new minting record

Reddit’s collectible avatar minting reached a new all-time high with a record 255,000 avatars minted in a day.

Alex Harutunian
Litigation   -   Dec 10, 2022 Cancellation of Arrests of Terra Employees. The Story Continues
Cancellation of Arrests of Terra Employees. The Story Continues

A South Korean judge, Hong Jin-Pyo, has cancelled the arrest warrants for Terra employees.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Dec 09, 2022 Conversion of USDT to USDC without commission. Coinbase
Conversion of USDT to USDC without commission. Coinbase

Coinbase has made the conversion of USDT to USDC available to users without commission, encouraging everyone to switch to a reliable stablecoin from Circle.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Dec 09, 2022 Coinbase Disables Mobile NFT Transfers, Referring to Apple’s App Store Policies
Coinbase Disables Mobile NFT Transfers, Referring to Apple’s App Store Policies

Crypto exchange Coinbase has disabled non-fungible token transfers on its iOS wallet app because of a dispute with Apple over the company’s in-app purchase policy. Allegedly, Apple is demanding 30% of gas fees from NFT sales.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Dec 08, 2022 Magic Eden Enforces Creator Royalties, Follows OpenSea
Magic Eden Enforces Creator Royalties, Follows OpenSea

The leading marketplace for Solana NFTs is adopting an optional creator royalty model. The protocol lets creators of new NFT collections block marketplaces that refuse to grant royalties.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Dec 08, 2022 Crypto.com Launches FIFA NFTs with Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola teams up with Crypto.com and digital artist GMUNK to release NFTs celebrating FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The NFTs were created by the artist GMUNK in partnership with Crypto.com and Coca-Cola and are based on the heat maps FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 matches.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Dec 08, 2022 Tether Сollaborates with Justin Sun of Tron
Tether Сollaborates with Justin Sun of Tron

Tether announced the launch of Euro Tether (EURT) and Tether Gold (XAUT) on Huobi Global. As well as a stablecoin tied to the offshore Chinese yuan (CNHT) which will be available to users on the Tron blockchain, although previously it worked only on Ethereum.

Alex Harutunian
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