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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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Stablecoins   -   Jan 14, 2025 Tether Relocates Headquarters to El Salvador
Tether Relocates Headquarters to El Salvador

Tether is relocating its headquarters from the British Virgin Islands to El Salvador, having secured a digital asset service provider license. "This move to El Salvador will be the first time we're going to have a physical headquarters," CEO Paolo Ardoino told Reuters, adding that the

Rebecca Denton
Crypto Funds and Institutional Trading   -   Jan 14, 2025 Wolf Capital CEO of Pleads Guilty to Ponzi Scheme
Wolf Capital founder Travis Ford

Wolf Capital Crypto co-founder Travis Ford has pled guilty for his role in a massive $9.4 million Ponzi scheme, pleading guilty to wire fraud conspiracy. Between January and August 2023, Ford successfully defrauded 2,800 investors by promising daily returns of 1-2%, which, in theory, would amount to a

Rebecca Denton
DePIN   -   Jan 14, 2025 Auki Network: Pioneering Spatial Computing and Physical AI
Auki Network: Pioneering Spatial Computing and Physical AI

The project is building a DePIN network that lets devices share their locations with each other and work together to understand their physical surroundings.

Alexander Mardar
Newsletters   -   Jan 12, 2025 Sunday Review 12/01/2025
Sunday Review 12/01/2025

Happy Sunday, Observers! All eyes were on California this week, where brush fires swept through entire neighborhoods, killing people and destroying billions in property. The forced stop to normal life in the region, which is home to some of the highest-paid tech talent and to some of the most vibrant

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Exchanges   -   Jan 11, 2025 Bybit Temporarily Restricts Services in India
bybit india

Bybit, a crypto exchange with the largest user base from Russia, has temporarily suspended operations in India due to ongoing regulatory challenges. While promising to honor withdrawals, other services like trading and new accounts are restricted.

Rebecca Denton
Month in Money   -   Jan 11, 2025 Month in Money 01/2025

LayerZero settles with FTX estate, buys out FTX’s equity stake. Stablecoin market cap surpasses $200B, up $40B since November. ECB President says Bitcoin won’t be part of EU central bank reserves. SEC approves Bitwise Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Pump Fun faces class action lawsuit over alleged securities violations.

Observers
AI   -   Jan 10, 2025 How AI Agents Becoming the Next Big Trend in Crypto
How AI Agents Becoming the Next Big Trend in Crypto

The AI agents industry has grown rapidly, starting from scratch just six months ago and now valued at over $16 billion.

Alexander Mardar
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