US market shows clear concentration in hashrate following winter storm
Bitcoin network hashrate dropped 38.8% from its peak following a US winter storm, leaving Foundry USA with a 25.05% market share. Mining companies are increasingly…
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Bitcoin
IBIT maintains dominance amid fee competition
BlackRock's IBIT holds $67.82 billion in assets under management despite growing pressure from low-cost alternatives like Morgan Stanley's MSBT. While Fidelity's FBTC…
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
The economics of Ethena’s USDe yield and ENA buyback schedule
Ethena Labs Research proposes a new ENA buyback schedule triggered when USDe supply reaches $7.5 billion. The plan uses a percentage levy on protocol revenue to fund…
Open finance
DeFi
The people shaping dYdX’s v4 chain after October 2026
The dYdX v4 network relies on a top 60 validator set and community governance to manage 194 markets. Following Proposal #313, the protocol uses 75% of net fees for DYDX…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
South Korea’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act explained
The provided text discusses the etymology of the word south, the characteristics of the Global South, and the historical development of South America and the Southern…
DBS fund pilot and Singapore’s tokenization rules
DBS Bank has launched tokenized structured notes on Ethereum for institutional investors, following a period where clients executed over $1 billion in trades. The…
Steps for USDC issuers following Circle’s MiCA authorization
Following Circle's licensing in France, e-money token issuers must meet strict MiCA requirements, including 100 percent reserve backing and specific white paper…
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Blockchain Tech
The people steering Wormhole’s cross-chain messaging
Google Cloud joins the Wormhole Guardian Network to provide verification redundancy and minimize downtime. The protocol has processed over 40 billion dollars through 1…
Arbitrum Stylus vs the Base B20 Rust Surge
Base's B20 standard introduces Rust precompiles for institutional assets, while Arbitrum Stylus offers 90% less gas usage via WASM. Arbitrum maintains a $17 billion TVL…
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