Immutable gas subsidy shifts and Illuvium economic pressure
Immutable transitions gas fee responsibilities to developers in late 2026, while Illuvium manages staking rewards through a dual-token system as it prepares for its…
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Bitcoin
Riot Platforms shifts toward nuclear power and AI data centers
Riot Platforms is pivoting toward small modular nuclear plants through a partnership with Terrestrial Energy to power AI data centers. While mining operations faced…
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
Bounties drive fund recovery and on-chain data intelligence
Arkham Intelligence uses bounties to aid fund recovery, such as a recent task to find Do Kwon wallets for a 9519 ARKM bounty. The platform competes with Nansen by…
Open finance
DeFi
Uniswap fee capture and the DeFi competitive frontier
Uniswap protocol revenue reached $28.2M between January and July 2026 as the DAO shifts toward fee capture via v4 hooks. This evolution faces competition from…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
Circle wins the regulatory race against Tether
Circle secures a competitive advantage in Europe through MiCA authorization for USDC and EURC, while Tether faces potential delistings. Circle manages reserves via a…
Tightening crypto rules in Europe
ESMA guidance requires crypto-asset service providers to block unauthorized stablecoin access by January 8, 2027. Meanwhile, Polish President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed…
Kraken vs Coinbase: The Post-Enforcement Era
Kraken and Coinbase face evolving regulatory landscapes following SEC lawsuit dismissals and MiCA competition. Kraken offers lower maker fees starting at 0.25% compared…
Common mistakes with Coinbase’s October 2026 Base L2 compliance
Coinbase faces regulatory shifts following a $150,000 settlement over SEC internal records and the dismissal of previous enforcement actions. New rulemaking efforts…
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Blockchain Tech
Security and revenue fragmentation risks for Arbitrum
Arbitrum faces significant security threats from GPT-5.2 LLM agents capable of discovering zero-day vulnerabilities in Stylus WASM architecture. This risk coincides…
Monad scaling and the 200,000 TPS benchmark
Monad achieved a 200,000 TPS benchmark during devnet testing using optimistic parallel execution and MonadBFT. The network targets 10,000 sustained transactions per…
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