Yield compression and oracle vulnerabilities in synthetic dollars
sUSDe yield compression reached high single digits in Q2 2026, leaving a reserve fund coverage ratio of only 1.1% against a $5.6 billion supply. Market stability faces…
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The original chain
Bitcoin
Marathon Digital expansion risks face Hut 8 AI shifts and Core Scientific debt
Marathon Digital pursues a 50 EH/s hash rate goal while managing a 1.24 debt-to-equity ratio. Hut 8 faces a 253.1 million dollar net loss during its AI infrastructure…
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
Failed Solana sniper strategies in late 2026
Solana traders face high failure rates due to misconfigured Jito bundle tips and Raydium V4 slippage settings. During US prime hours, Jito tips must reach 0.006 to…
Open finance
DeFi
Ether.fi versus Renzo: The restaking pivot
Ether.fi is transitioning away from the EigenLayer ecosystem after reaching $10 billion in total value locked. The protocol aims to offset potential EigenLayer reward…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
South Korea shifts digital asset oversight and expands CBDC testing
The Financial Services Commission now oversees stablecoin issuance with a reduced capital requirement of 500 million won. Meanwhile, the Bank of Korea expanded Project…
Kraken vs Coinbase: regulatory gaps and licensing truths
Kraken utilizes a specialized dual-entity structure in Ireland for MiCA compliance, whereas Coinbase faces FDIC scrutiny regarding its banking partnerships. Kraken…
Tokenization growth through new crowdfunding rules
Brazil's asset tokenization is predicted to exceed $740 million this year as new crowdfunding rules allow issuers to raise up to $2.78 million. Institutional crypto…
UK regulatory shifts and the struggle for European crypto dominance
The FCA authorization gateway for cryptoasset activities opens on 30 September 2026, following new rules for stablecoin issuers and trading platforms. While Revolut…
Under the hood
Blockchain Tech
Midnight deployment and Cardano infrastructure friction
Cardano reallocated 70 million ADA to fund the Midnight privacy network using the Kachina protocol. While Cardano reached a single-block TPS of 436 in October 2026…
Solana validator evolution: Firedancer and the Alpenglow transition
Jump Crypto engineers developed the Firedancer validator client to target 1 million transactions per second. The upcoming Alpenglow upgrade aims to reduce Solana…
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