Blockchain

Using the metaphors of a “legitimacy bank” and an “F1 pit crew,” the article clearly illustrates how a16z simultaneously shapes public narratives, influences regulation, and coordinates capital expectations.

Trust Wallet browser extension version 2.68 was compromised in a supply chain attack, where hackers inserted a backdoor to steal users' mnemonic phrases, leading to total losses of over $6 million. This article reconstructs the attack timeline, examines the technical details and movement of funds, and explores why official extensions can also present significant security vulnerabilities.

With the midterm elections approaching, can Congress pass a crypto market structure bill within the narrowing time window? This article analyzes the jurisdictional battle between the SEC and the CFTC, interest-bearing stablecoins, DeFi regulation, and political risks, assessing the legislative outlook heading into 2026.

The 2026 World Cup will serve as a system-level stress test for prediction markets. This article examines the core constraints and winner dynamics of prediction markets at scale, focusing on regulation, settlement, distribution, and liquidity.

A review of the 12 biggest winners in the crypto industry in 2025: from policy shifts and spot ETFs to stablecoins, RWAs, and prediction markets—analyzing who truly captured the structural trends.

In 2025, the crypto industry executed 133 mergers and acquisitions with a total value of $8.6 billion. Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, and Stripe are aggressively expanding their presence across trading, custody, payments, and regulatory licensing in the financial infrastructure sector.

ZEC decoupled from Bitcoin during its consolidation phase. Messari explains Zcash’s market repricing through its privacy features, regulatory shifts, and Bitcoin’s ongoing institutionalization.

As traditional upward mobility channels break down and AI acceleration erodes job security, why are young people turning to meme coins and prediction markets? This article examines the structural forces behind the rise of “long-term speculation.”

Why do top hedge funds—despite charging fees many times higher and often underperforming the broader market—continue to attract institutional capital? From the perspectives of factor neutrality, high Sharpe ratios, and portfolio efficiency, this article explains the core value hedge funds actually sell, and the scarce return characteristics that index funds cannot replace.

NIGHT is nearing $10 billion in daily trading volume, sparking renewed attention on the Cardano ecosystem. This article examines the structural drivers behind NIGHT's breakout, exploring Midnight's privacy sidechain design, dual-token system, and mass distribution approach. It also reviews Cardano's strategic plan to boost ecosystem engagement, interoperability, and capital allocation through 2026.

During a period marked by failed narratives and widespread speculation in the crypto space, this article begins with Bitcoin and reframes cryptocurrency as a faith-driven capital market. Drawing parallels among religion, secularization, and meme culture, the author contends that crypto’s fundamental value is rooted in the decentralized consolidation of consensus, not in technical efficiency. Memes, therefore, represent a contemporary manifestation of faith-based assets—not mere vehicles for speculative bubbles.

This article examines the differing priorities between institutional demand for BlackRock's BUIDL and Vitalik's privacy-first philosophy. It also warns of the dangers posed by 150ms block bot monopolies and the looming quantum hard fork crisis.

This article reveals that financial institutions such as the Federal Reserve and syndicates are concerned that STRC's scarcity engine will absorb fiat liquidity and disrupt their dominance over derivatives markets. Drawing a parallel to the monetary restructuring of 1913, the article forecasts the emergence of an era defined by sovereign Bitcoin reserves.

The article analyzes how Caroline Pham’s statements could redirect $112 billion of Bitcoin ETF capital toward direct trading, explains how clearing and margin mechanisms reduce offshore risk while facilitating hedging and leveraged oversight, and forecasts $600 million to $2 billion in daily institutional inflows.

The article highlights how the asset-neutral model presents a disruptive challenge to the XRP bridge strategy as TradFi and DeFi converge.