Stablecoins have cemented themselves as a global killer use case for crypto.
Initially a crypto experiment, stablecoins have become a major financial innovation, now attracting banks due to regulatory clarity and the GENIUS Act.
~~ Analysis by @jackinabinet ~~
Today, we're tracing the evolution of stablecoins and u...
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Stablecoins are the plumbing of DeFi—yet most of today's supply is tethered to TradFi approaches.
When a stablecoin is custodial, you inherit the issuer's worldview, legal pressures, and blacklisting risks. If it's backed by real-world assets like U.S. Treasury bills, holders don't get direct, onchain redemption righ...
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In a grim bit of irony, the very day Binance published its postmortem on the record-setting 10/10 liquidations, crypto investors were subjected to another brutal flash crash.
Last Friday, BTC dropped down deep into the 70s, ETH close to $2K, while more than $2.5B in leveraged positions were wiped out.
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The privacy trade has been a rare bright spot amid crypto market stagnation.
ZEC's September run reached a nine-year high in November, 28x above its 1y low, before tanking when the Zcash core dev team announced they were leaving over a governance dispute. XMR has since taken command of the privacy trade.
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The New York Stock Exchange, the largest equity node in the world with over $44T in market cap, just announced it's building an onchain tokenization platform.
The announcement lays the groundwork for blockchain's watershed moment: mass adoption of tokenized finance.
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Last Monday, Google announced UCP — an open standard that gives agents a shared language for commerce.
Agents like Gemini can now discover and purchase products across everyday marketplaces, with UCP making the entire shopping cycle machine-readable — letting it mix with our dear x402.
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Crypto may finally get the market structure it's craved: the bipartisan Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (DAMCA), a 278-page bill from months of Senate negotiations with industry input.
It divides oversight between SEC and CFTC, with concessions drawing mixed reactions. Paradigm's Justin Slaughter called it "a big win...
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Prediction markets are popping up everywhere, and we're starting to see more remixes of the model.
One project I've started tracking this week is Cue, an upstart referral-only onchain opinion markets platform on Solana.
~~ Analysis by @wmp.eth ~~
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Last month’s x402 V2 rollout brought us closer to the machine economy future. But agent legitimacy verification is still the big gap — ERC-8004 fixes that.
Zyfai (a leading yield agent integrating the standard) says ERC-8004 launches this Friday, bringing onchain identity + reputation for trusted agent marketplaces.
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Prediction markets got their big break in 2025, validated by the 2024 U.S. election, they exploded with regulatory clarity opening up novel markets.
Today we're turning to top prediction market events for 2026 to see what the hive mind of bettors believe will go down in the new year.
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Two weeks ago, Bittensor successfully completed its first halving. Now, as emissions adjust and the network reshapes incentives, several subnets are emerging as ones to watch.
Spotlight on Synth: the predictive intelligence subnet launched by Mode, building high-fidelity synthetic price data for forecasting.
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In a volatile year for DeFi, Coinbase’s L2 kept compounding builder momentum while other chains stalled...
Finishing #1 in L2 revenue with $82.6M earned, $4.3B in DeFi TVL, and $4.8B in stablecoins.
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Here’s a closer look at the products, programs, and upgrades that made Base's year one for...
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Back in October, I covered x402's planned rewrite and urged tempering excitement until V2 truly matured the design.
x402 V2 is now live and production-ready, resolving the original's headaches while unlocking its full potential — especially for developers who weathered the friction but saw the vision most clearly.
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David Hoffman's 100%, Infallible Predictions for 2026
It's December—that means it's my obligatory duty as a podcaster and investor to deliver my flawless, no-miss predictions for exactly what lies ahead in the next 12 months.
~~ Predictions by @trustlessstate ~~
Here’s precisely how 2026 will unfold.👇
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In crypto, liquidity dominates—shaping token prices, staking dynamics, and beyond.
Now, following DTCC's recent SEC approval for federally compliant tokenization services, institutional-scale real-world asset (RWA) distribution onchain is poised to accelerate.
~~ Analysis by @jackinabinet ~~
Where will they go? Wher...
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