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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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Newsletters   -   Jun 23, 2024 Sunday Review 23/06/2024
Observers.com Sunday Review

It has been one more week of destructive heavy rains and heatwaves, horrific war acts, alarming reports on looming financial crises, and muddy political battles threatening to destroy the social fabric of whole societies. In the face of all the chaos around them (or to not face it), people turned

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Jun 23, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 22/06/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 22/06/2024

The IMF's been warned that it might have bitten off more than it can chew as it leads the charge on CBDC policies, as McKinsey claims the tokenization market in 2030 will be worth a lot less than previous estimates. Iran, Ethiopia and South Korea in CBDC news.

Observers
Blockchain   -   Jun 22, 2024 Ethereum’s Interoperability Puzzle: Could ERC-7683 Be the Missing Piece?
Ethereum’s Interoperability Puzzle: Could ERC-7683 Be the Missing Piece?

The standard is designed to streamline cross-chain transfers and swaps across the Ethereum network.

Alexander Mardar
Exchanges   -   Jun 21, 2024 CertiK Hacks Kraken: Funds Returned, But Questions Remain
certik hacks kraken

Although CertiK claims this was a white hat operation, how the incident was reported and the vulnerability tested raises many questions about its security auditing practices.

Alexander Mardar
Web3   -   Jun 21, 2024 How Gamification Can Foster Environmentally-Friendly Consumer Behaviour
How Gamification Can Foster Environmentally-Friendly Consumer Behaviour

In crypto, gamification is often used to promote user engagement and grow projects' adoption levels. What if game elements were deployed to make consumers behave more sustainably?

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Litigation   -   Jun 20, 2024 Montenegro's PM Invested in Terra Days After It Was Founded
Montenegro's PM Invested in Terra Days After It Was Founded

There are searing questions about why Kwon, who went on the run after Terra's demise, chose to hide himself in Montenegro — but Milojko Spajić remains tight-lipped.

Observers
Trading   -   Jun 20, 2024 What Changes Does MiCA Bring for Crypto Exchanges and Major Stablecoins?
What Changes Does MiCA Bring for Crypto Exchanges and Major Stablecoins?

The major exchanges are acting cautiously prior to the partial implementation of MiCA, which might push Euro-pegged stablecoins adoption. USDT and USDC's future in the area remains unclear.

Sasha Markevich
Trading   -   Jun 19, 2024 SEC Ends Investigation on Whether ETH is a Security
Eth ethereum sec investigation

Consensys declares that the decision is a "major win" for Ethereum developers — but warns that its legal fight is far from over.

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