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Hyperliquid Just Challenged Traditional Finance
Hyperliquid's response today to the criticism coming from CME and NYSE could become a turning point in the evolution of public blockchains. For those who missed the story, here is what happened. Traditional exchanges called on US authorities to tighten oversight of Hyperliquid, citing concerns about market manipulation and sanctions evasion. Hyperliquid's...
Tether Appears to Be Preparing Native USDT for BSC
A new blockchain has quietly appeared on Tether's USDT transparency page: BNB Smart Chain (BSC). The fields "Total Authorized", "Authorized but not issued", and "Net Circulation" are all still set to zero. In other words, USDT issuance on BSC has not started yet, but the reporting section has already been prepared. The latest official announcement from Tether related to...
AI Goes to Work for Bitcoin
Spiral, the Bitcoin-focused division of Jack Dorsey's company Block, has open-sourced its new project Loupe. The goal is to continuously audit Bitcoin software using the latest AI models. This is an extremely important and timely initiative. Not long ago, I wrote about the sharp rise in crypto hacks and how it seemed to coincide with the emergence of the mysterious closed...
What the Market Learned From the USDC Freeze Case
Circle's stock price has recovered to the level it held before March 23. Do you know what happened on that day? That was the day the market learned that virtually any law firm in the United States can freeze your stablecoins without explanation, without formal accusations, and without giving you any opportunity to defend yourself. On March 23, 2026, 16 USDC...
Notcoin's Pixel World Takes a Big Step Forward
The attention of crypto enthusiasts is currently focused on the TON ecosystem because of the ongoing changes taking place there. And naturally, the team behind Notcoin - the second most popular token in the TON ecosystem - could not ignore this opportunity. (Or maybe the third most popular? USDT is probably number one, Toncoin is number two, so yes, NOT is likely...
The Secret History of Crypto Bugs
In cryptocurrency, there is an almost sacred formula: "Don't trust, verify." Every user can run their own node, check the network's rules themselves, and depend on neither the development team nor any central authority. But this formula has a serious limitation. No matter how carefully I audit the code, I won't catch a vulnerability that takes a genuine hacker...
Arthur Hayes Is Right About Crypto
At Consensus Miami, Arthur Hayes shared a very simple yet surprisingly insightful idea. He said that 99% of cryptocurrencies are destined to disappear from the market - to "crash to zero." There is nothing unusual about that claim itself. In fact, almost anyone who has spent enough time in crypto would agree. Nearly all cryptocurrencies ever launched are now worthless, and...
Stablecoins vs Banks: The Real Battle Has Begun
Over the past few days, I have shared a couple of examples of how stablecoins are taking over the payments niche, leaving little room for traditional cryptocurrencies to establish themselves as a means of payment: * first, I pointed out that stablecoins are increasingly used for settlements between individuals and businesses; * then, that even AI agents are...
Why Kusama Refuses to Die
Among today’s top gainers, I was surprised to see KSM (Kusama) on the list. Remember that odd artifact from the early days of Polkadot? Kusama was designed as a testnet for the larger parachain ecosystem being built on Polkadot. But unlike the tokens of most test networks, Kusama’s native token actually found real demand - enough for markets to form and a price to...
If Even AI Uses Stablecoins, What’s Left for Cryptocurrencies?
Yesterday, Solana Foundation introduced Pay.sh - a payments solution for AI agents built in collaboration with Google Cloud. What stood out to me most is that even for AI agents, the payment asset is expected to be stablecoins. When it comes to human payments, that makes perfect sense. I recently wrote that people are simply more comfortable thinking...
