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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
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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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Digital Identity   -   Jan 29, 2025 Biometrical Data Too Sensitive To Be Handled By Private Companies
Biometrical Data Too Sensitive To Be Handled By Private Companies

While private firms push their human and identity verification projects forward, governments are taking advantage of their positions to control and get ahead of the trend.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Digital Identity   -   Jan 29, 2025 Biometric Identity Startup Humanity Protocol Joins the Unicorn List
Biometric Identity Startup Humanity Protocol Joins the Unicorn List

Humanity Protocol, a palm vein scanning supported identity verification firm, has recently achieved a valuation exceeding $1 billion following a successful funding round.

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Exchanges   -   Jan 29, 2025 KuCoin Founders Step Down as Exchange Exits U.S.
KuCoin Founders Step Down as Exchange Exits U.S.

A $300 million dollar settlement will see KuCoin cease operations in the United States for two years.

Rebecca Denton
Exchanges   -   Jan 29, 2025 France To Investigate Binance Over Money Laundering
France To Investigate Binance Over Money Laundering

The exchange is once again under fire for compliance failures, a charge the company strenuously denies.

Rebecca Denton
Coins and tokens   -   Jan 28, 2025 War of Words Heating Up Between Justin Sun and Coinbase
justin sun coinbase ceo armstrong brian

In a snide exchange with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Sun called out the exchange for not listing TRX. Coinbase has previously questioned Sun's transparency and history of evasive behavior.

Rebecca Denton
Coins and tokens   -   Jan 28, 2025 $1T Wiped off US Stocks After Release of DeepSeek. Crypto Markets Followed
$1T Wiped off US Stocks After Release of DeepSeek. Crypto Markets Followed

Nasdaq was hit hardest, alongside Nvidia, which plummeted by around 17%. Alpha lost $100 billion, and Microsoft lost $7 billion. Crypto markets reacted similarly, even foreshadowing the effect.

Rebecca Denton
Newsletters   -   Jan 26, 2025 Sunday Review 26/01/2025
Sunday Review Observers

Taking two inhales and one long exhale slows your heart rate and leaves you feeling calmer. Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday kicked off a new era for cryptocurrencies in the United States and abroad. If this week serves at all as an example of what’s to come, neurosis

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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