Scroll’s zkEVM Future After Decentralization Delays
Scroll pivots to a permissioned privacy AI chain, abandoning its open-source zkEVM mission. With centralized provers and $84 million in stablecoin supply, it lags…
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Crypto news, live prices & market analysis
The original chain
Bitcoin
Bitcoin futures open interest shifts after CME record versus Binance retail leverage reset
CME Bitcoin futures open interest fell to $8.41 billion as institutional basis trades unwound, while Binance retail leverage hit a 0.182 peak.
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
How Berachain’s Proof-of-Liquidity Consensus Is Changing Validator Incentive Design
Berachain's Proof of Liquidity consensus decouples network security from idle capital by requiring validators to supply liquidity to ecosystem applications.
Open finance
DeFi
EigenLayer liquid restaking explained in plain terms
EigenLayer enables restaking of ETH and liquid staking tokens to secure Actively Validated Services, currently holding $5.453 billion in total value locked. The…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
People shaping Hong Kong crypto licensing amid mainland policy signals
Hong Kong's SFC regulates digital asset providers while mainland China bans crypto trading, creating a high-risk environment for operators. Political tensions…
Why the CFTC’s November 2026 prediction market guidance matters now
The CFTC's June 2026 proposal replaces discretionary reviews with a structured three-step inquiry for event contracts under Rule 40.11.
Tether Reserve Risks vs Paxos Regulatory Failures
Tether's $187.75 billion reserve includes volatile assets like gold and bitcoin, creating liquidity risks absent in Circle's USDC. Paxos faced a $26.5 million penalty…
Base sequencer revenue versus rival chain strategies
Base generated $19.48 million in Q2 revenue, a 25% quarter-on-quarter increase, while processing 241 million transactions. Despite lower TVL than Arbitrum, Base leads…
Under the hood
Blockchain Tech
Common mistakes with Optimism Superchain interop after Base and Zora migrations
Base and Zora sequencer migrations require developers to treat cross-chain calls as asynchronous operations with variable delays. Ignoring independent block schedules…
Cosmos IBC Protocol Adoption: The Neutral Foundation Shift
Anthropic donated the Agent Skills standard to the Agentic AI Foundation, placing it under neutral governance alongside MCP. With 1 million skills published and 280…
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