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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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Trading   -   May 20, 2024 Advice From Crypto Influencers Is A Pathway For Financial Ruin, Study Finds
Advice From Crypto Influencers Is A Pathway For Financial Ruin, Study Finds

New research shows that following investment tips from social media crypto experts leads to significant negative returns in the long term.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Blockchain   -   May 20, 2024 Building the World Computer: ICP Unveils Ambitious Roadmap for AI and Blockchain Integration
Building the World Computer: ICP Unveils Ambitious Roadmap for AI and Blockchain Integration

ICP's roadmap outlines its ambitious goals to become a leader in DeAI and blockchain interoperability. With milestones targeting on-chain AI and integration with various blockchains, the roadmap actively seeks community contributions to build a powerful and inclusive developer platform.

Mathilde Adam
Trading   -   May 20, 2024 Pump Tokens, Win, and Nuke Countries in World PvP
Pump Tokens, Win, and Nuke Countries in World PvP

Since its launch, “World PvP” has attracted over 7,000 players and generated $30 million in trading volume. Players pump their country's tokens to achieve the highest market cap and win the chance to nuke opponents.

Alexander Mardar
Newsletters   -   May 19, 2024 Sunday Review 19/05/2024
Observers Sunday Review 19/05/2024

It was a big week for artificial intelligence, with Google and OpenAI both announcing updates regarding their language models. At its annual conference, Google revealed that in the coming months, most of its apps and services will be updated to include AI features. On the company's search engine,

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Trading   -   May 19, 2024 Nigeria Sticks to Guns Against Binance: Gambaryan Bail Denied
Gambaryan Nigeria Binance

Tigran Gambaryan's application for bail is rejected, while the Binance CEO reveals details of the conflict's origins.

Sasha Markevich
Coins and tokens   -   May 18, 2024 Ex-Employee Manipulates Bonding Curves to Hack Pump.fun for $1.9M
Pump fun hack

The attacker used service accounts to drain the project’s bonding curve contracts. The platform quickly restored its services and promised to reimburse affected users.

Alexander Mardar
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   May 18, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 18/05/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup Observers.com

Ghana collaborates with the Monetary Authority of Singapore in moneytech. Digital yuan expands to Hong Kong while workers in the mainland convert their e-CNY salaries into cash. Also several bullish developments in the race to tokenize real-world assets.

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