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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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Hacks, Bugs and Scams   -   Jan 23, 2025 Rug Pull Rocks Crypto Community with Cuban Memecoins
Cuban memecoins

A series of rapid-fire memecoin launches linked to the Cuban government end in a dramatic $30 million rug pull, leaving investors furious. Next day another "Cuban coin", this time related to Mark Cuban's meme coin announcement sparked meme coin investors' interest.

Rebecca Denton
Blockchain   -   Jan 22, 2025 Solana Breaks Records Amid Trump’s Memecoins Mania
Solana Jupiter and Raydium after Trump meme coin

Solana’s DEXes hit record trading volumes as the network faces challenges with transaction failures.

Alexander Mardar
Coins and tokens   -   Jan 22, 2025 Legal Woes For Musk's Government Efficiency Department
DOGE Elon Musk Department of Government Efficiency Website

Multiple lawsuits target the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, for evading federal transparency guidelines. Meanwhile Doge coin logo appeared briefly on the newly launched landing page of the antibureaucracy agency.

Rebecca Denton
Ethereum   -   Jan 21, 2025 Wen Moon? Ethereum Community Demands New Leadership
Wen Moon? Ethereum Community Demands New Leadership

The weak price performance of ETH has led Ethereum users to more closely examine the Ethereum Foundation and its leadership, raising many questions.

Alexander Mardar
Coins and tokens   -   Jan 21, 2025 Trump’s Inauguration Crypto Mayhem Recap
Trump’s Inauguration Crypto Mayhem Recap

In the days leading up to Trump’s inauguration and on the big day itself, the crypto space moved at a frenetic pace. The volatility is far from over.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Coins and tokens   -   Jan 20, 2025 Trump's World Liberty Financial Secures ENS Domain Names
Trump World Liberty Financial ENS domains

Are there yet more memecoins on the way?

Rebecca Denton
Newsletters   -   Jan 19, 2025 Sunday Review 19/01/2024
Sunday Review 19/01/2024

Happy Sunday, Observers! This was a week marked by several launches, announcements, predictions and rumours about what will happen once Donald Trump is sworn into office on Monday. A meme coin of the 45th and soon-to-be 47th president of the United States was launched on Friday night on Solana, and

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Crypto Funds and Institutional Trading   -   Jan 18, 2025 Trump's Big Plans for Crypto Industry Starting To Find Form
Trump's Big Plans for Crypto Industry Starting To Find Form

U.S. President Trump Meme coin? Possible strategic reserves, new advisory councils, parties, and partnerships; the Trump Administration is ready to move from day one.

Rebecca Denton
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