Former CFTC chair J. Christopher “CryptoDad” Giancarlo has quit his senior role at Willkie to focus full‑time on crypto, AI and policy work, including a new book on digital money under Trump’s second term. Summary Former CFTC chair J. Christopher Giancarlo has retired from his senior role at law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher to
Warning: this post contains crazy ideas. Myself describing a crazy idea should NOT be construed as implying that (i) I am certain that the idea is correct/viable, (ii) I have an even >50% probability estimate that the idea is correct/viable, or that (iii) “Ethereum” endorses any of this in any way. One of the common
Summary Animoca‑backed Anchorpoint wins one of Hong Kong’s first stablecoin licences to issue HKDAP. HKDAP will roll out from Q2 2026 under Hong Kong’s stringent Stablecoins Ordinance. In Europe, the ECB backs shifting supervision of systemic crypto firms to ESMA in a major overhaul. Anchorpoint Financial Technology, a joint venture backed by Standard Chartered Bank
Special thanks to Andrew Miller for coming up with this attack, and to Zack Hess, Vlad Zamfir and Paul Sztorc for discussion and responses One of the more interesting surprises in cryptoeconomics in recent weeks came from an attack on SchellingCoin conceived by Andrew Miller earlier this month. Although it has always been understood that
Bitmine now owns more than 4% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 81% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 9 months Bitmine uplisted to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) from the NYSE American effective as of April 9, 2026 Bitmine has 3,334,637 staked ETH, representing
Meta Platforms is experimenting with AI to develop a new way for its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, to communicate with his staff without being physically present. Summary Meta Platforms is developing a photorealistic AI-powered 3D version of Mark Zuckerberg to enable real-time interaction with employees without physical presence. The system is being trained on Zuckerberg’s
One of the issues inherent in many kinds of consensus architectures is that although they can be made to be robust against attackers or collusions up to a certain size, if an attacker gets large enough they are still, fundamentally, exploitable. If attackers in a proof of work system have less than 25% of mining
SaucerSwap holds a central role in the Hedera ecosystem because it combines trading, liquidity provision, staking, and governance in one protocol. That combination gives the platform a stronger position than a basic swap interface and keeps it visible in decentralized exchange news as the Hedera market expands. The platform presents a clear value proposition around
Nexus Core Systems has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Moroccan authorities to develop a $1.28 billion artificial intelligence facility. Summary Nexus Core Systems signed a $1.28 billion MoU with Moroccan authorities at GITEX Africa 2026 to launch the Nexus AI Factory Platform. The project will roll out in two phases, combining an HPC
I was woken by Vitalik’s call at 5:55 this morning; pitch black outside, nighttime was still upon us. Nonetheless, it was time to leave and this week had best start on the right foot. The 25-minute walk in darkness from the Zug-based headquarters to the train station was wet. Streetlights reflecting off the puddles on
