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Can Freshly Mined Bitcoin Be "Dirty"?
Four days ago, Public Pool reported on X that a solo miner had found a Bitcoin block using a Bitaxe device that costs around $150. Today I decided to check what the miner had done with the 3.1382 BTC reward, worth roughly $200,000. Had they spent it to cover their electricity costs, or were they simply holding onto it? I...
China Is Only Now Learning to Trust the Blockchain
An article published in the official newspaper of China's Supreme People's Procuratorate signals a shift in how Chinese prosecutors are approaching the crypto industry. Most of the piece advocates an even more draconian AML stance than the one already common today. The author argues that the use of crypto mixers, privacy coins, or large transactions with no clear...
What Explains OKB's Perfect Logarithmic Chart?
Recently, I came across a thread on the Bitcointalk forum where users were examining the OKB/USD chart on a logarithmic scale and couldn't hide their amazement: seven years of history, and throughout that entire time, the price has moved almost as if it had been drawn with a ruler, staying inside the same ascending channel. Every cycle has produced a new...
Does Kraken Know What You Should Trade?
Kraken now offers traders an AI assistant that can suggest a portfolio allocation, set up a purchase schedule, recommend rebalancing, and even prepare the details of an order to buy, sell, or swap assets. This is not a fully autonomous AI agent - it cannot execute trades on its own. In fact, Kraken does not even call it an AI assistant. Instead, it describes the...
Binance's MiCA Complaint Misses the Point
Richard Teng, one of Binance's top executives, said on Reuters NEXT that MiCA is having the opposite of its intended effect. His argument is based on data collected by Binance after it stopped serving EU customers. Of all the crypto assets withdrawn from the exchange, 70% went to users' personal wallets, while only 30% were transferred to MiCA-licensed platforms. Teng...
The Tangem Vulnerability That Cannot Be Patched
A vulnerability has been found in Tangem hardware wallets. The findings were published by the research team at Ledger - a direct competitor of Tangem that also makes hardware wallets. Tangem wallets are fairly widely used. They have one feature that is unique among hardware wallets: users can move funds into a smart contract and spend them through a virtual Visa card...
Kazakhstan Offers Crypto Users a Deal
Kazakhstan's president has signed a decree on measures to encourage and develop the digital asset industry. It introduces several incentives for crypto-related businesses, but one in particular caught my eye: income earned by individuals from cryptocurrency transactions conducted through Kazakhstan-regulated infrastructure will be exempt from income tax. This looks like a pretty shrewd move in the state's push to...
Lost Keys Are Not a Reason to Print More Bitcoin
An old debate got a new twist today. Eli Ben-Sasson, CEO of StarkWare, posted on X that capping Bitcoin's supply at 21 million does not actually make sense. His main argument is that private keys get lost over time, and if you look at an infinite time horizon, every key will eventually be lost. Other arguments came up in the discussion too, but I had...
The FCA Has a Point About AI and Crypto
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has published a review titled "AI and the future of retail financial services". Among other things, it looks at the risks to the financial system that could emerge if AI agents are given autonomous control over tokenized assets. I rarely agree with financial regulators when they talk about crypto, especially when they start listing crypto's supposed flaws. In my view...
Ethereum Is Applying for Government Service. Will It Get the Job?
On July 1, 2026, the Ethereum Foundation published a blog post titled Ethereum for Governments and Institutions: Why neutral infrastructure matters now, along with a report aimed at officials and institutional investors. After a decade of Ethereum being live, the team behind the project has decided to turn its attention toward governments. It now pitches Ethereum as "credibly neutral"...
