When I started evangelizing bitcoin and blockchain tech back in 2012 my Dad was a hard sell. There was the common skepticism and typical counters of “what’s backing it?”, “what can be done with it?” and “what the heck is cryptography?” Back then my pitch wasn’t refined and the learning tools had just not quite
Artificial intelligence and web3 coming together in a major paradigm shift sounds like something from a futuristic vision or concept. The early phases of the blockchain landscape were all about decentralized finance and digital ownership. However, the introduction of AI agents in web3 will add a programmable and self-sovereign intelligence layer to the blockchain ecosystem.
New York has sued Kalshi, seeking to block its prediction markets and recover at least $36 billion in penalties and restitution over alleged violations of the state’s gambling laws. Summary New York has sued Kalshi, seeking to block its prediction markets and recover at least $36 billion in penalties and restitution. State officials alleged Kalshi
Our view on bitcoin is cautious heading into Thursday’s, May 29, Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report for April. Spot price has stabilised within a tight $74,000-$80,000 channel following the $766 million liquidation on Saturday, May 23 and the underlying market structure looks to have deteriorated rather than achieved a healthy reset. Since 15 May, futures open
One of the important issues that has been brought up over the course of the Olympic stress-net release is the large amount of data that clients are required to store; over little more than three months of operation, and particularly during the last month, the amount of data in each Ethereum client’s blockchain folder has
Crypto’s next altseason may produce fewer winners as institutional investors direct more capital toward a limited group of tokens, according to Wintermute’s July 30 over-the-counter flow report. Summary 72% of Wintermute’s spot OTC flow came from institutions during the first half of 2026. Institutional token coverage rose 24%, while retail clients expanded their traded universe
Special thanks to Gavin Wood, Vlad Zamfir, our security auditors and others for some of the thoughts that led to the conclusions described in this post One of Ethereum’s goals from the start, and arguably its entire raison d’être, is the high degree of abstraction that the platform offers. Rather than limiting users to a
In XRP news today, Coinbase Wrapped XRP (cbXRP) just became significantly more useful. Doppler Finance, an institutional-grade yield infrastructure protocol, has expanded to Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 chain, with cbXRP as its first supported asset. XRP holders who have been sitting on the sidelines of EVM-compatible DeFi now have a regulated, exchange-backed route into lending,
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced the Anti-Corruption Bureau Creation Act on July 30, proposing a federal agency with authority to investigate and pursue executive-branch corruption. Summary Seven Senate-confirmed members would lead the proposed bureau, with subpoena, enforcement and reporting powers nationwide. Trump’s certified disclosure entries totaled over $1.4 billion across crypto-related ventures during
As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in the London office and pondering how to give you a good overview about the work we’ve been doing to secure Ethereum’s protocols, clients and p2p-network. As you might remember, I joined the Ethereum team at the end of last year to manage the security audit. As spring has
