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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...
A $9,999 Computer That Reprices WLFI
A Hong Kong company called WorldClaw Limited is taking pre-orders for a computer it plans to ship in Q3 2026. The price: $9,999, or 2.5 million WLFI tokens. That alone tells you how the company values WLFI. This is the same outfit that, alongside its products and services, sells chances to win access to a private event with Donald Trump Jr., while claiming it is...
The End of the Illusion: Telegram Owns TON
Pavel Durov has announced that Telegram will take over governance of the TON blockchain from the TON Foundation. At first glance, this may look like a step away from decentralization - but in reality, it’s hard to call it that. First, if the blockchain already had something like a control panel or command center, then what...
How Crypto Exchanges Distorted the Meaning of Leverage
In my previous article, I described a crypto portfolio management strategy called CPPI — Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance. To recap: you set a minimum portfolio value below which you will never fall, and you put the entire amount above that floor to work with leverage. I showed how to use this strategy with rabbit.io. That probably looked suspicious: how do...
PACT: Ownership Before the Quantum Era
Yesterday, Paradigm published another proposal on how to address the potential impact of quantum computing on Bitcoin’s cryptography. It’s called PACT (Provable Address-Control Timestamp). The idea is fairly straightforward: today, while quantum attacks are still impractical, the owner of a vulnerable address - especially someone who doesn’t want to move their coins or draw attention to themselves...
