IBC Eureka and the competition for cross-chain messaging
IBC Eureka connects Cosmos to Ethereum using light client verification to move assets like WETH and USDT. This upgrade expands the reach of IBC, which currently moves…
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The original chain
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Core data and protocol evolution
Bitcoin Core 30 increases the OPRETURN data limit from 80 bytes to nearly 4MB to address UTXO issues. Antoine Poinsot warns that narrowing project scope and removing…
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
Institutional accumulation and the Bitcoin liquidity gap
BlackRock IBIT recorded $454 million in net inflows on September 4, 2026, pushing total US spot Bitcoin ETF assets past $102 billion. This massive institutional…
Open finance
DeFi
The economics of Morpho Blue and Spark yield dynamics
Morpho v2 DAI markets maintain utilization rates between 85% and 95% with $1.2 billion in TVL, while Aave V3 DAI yields sit at 11.64%. Comparative analysis shows how…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
Regulatory barriers and the shift to bank-led stablecoins
MiCA reserve requirements forcing 30% to 60% of assets into bank deposits favor established banks over global issuers. While Tether lost $2 billion in market cap due to…
Regulatory shifts and DeFi liquidity fluctuations
Court rulings protecting immutable smart contracts from OFAC sanctions caused the TORN token to rise 140% from $9.5 to over $23. New GENIUS Act requirements for…
Japan’s FSA regulatory shift and crypto licensing mandates
Japan's Financial Services Agency is transitioning investment-grade digital assets to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to treat them as securities. New…
Kraken SEC settlement and MiCA authorization vs Coinbase and Gemini
Kraken agreed to a $30 million SEC settlement regarding its staking services while securing MiCA authorization from the Central Bank of Ireland. Meanwhile, Coinbase…
Under the hood
Blockchain Tech
Berachain BGT redistribution and DeFi staking economics
Berachain validators redirect most BGT to reward vaults to force application competition for emissions. This shift occurs alongside market volatility where total DeFi…
Sei V2 throughput and the Giga roadmap
Sei V2 mainnet sustains 2,500 to 3,500 TPS under real dApp load while utilizing Twin Turbo consensus to reduce block times to under 400 milliseconds. The Giga upgrade…
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