Digital Assets
Tether’s Q3 Attestation Shows $1.5B Profit and a Nearly $8B Buffer
Tether International, S.A. de C.V. on October 30, 2026 published its attestation for the third quarter of 2026, prepared by BDO, covering the company’s Financial Figures and Reserves Report as of September 30, 2026 and the composition of the reserves…
Polymarket Names Chainlink Official Oracle as Gold and Silver Go Live
Polymarket on October 29, 2026 named Chainlink its official oracle for high-speed up/down markets and launched 15-minute gold and silver markets on its platform, expanding its 15-minute markets beyond crypto into commodities, equities, and forex, the companies announced. The deepened…
AI Blockchain Tracking: What It Means for Bitcoin Privacy
At the core of the Bitcoin network and other cryptocurrencies is a strong tension. On the one hand, these cryptocurrencies were designed to provide the maximum individual freedom and anonymity. On the other hand, regulatory compliance, forensic auditing, and cybercrime…
Jonathan Schramm
Sky Protocol Posts $37.19M Q3 Net Revenue, Sixth Straight Positive Quarter
Sky Frontier Foundation published the Sky Ecosystem Q3 2026 Quarterly Report on October 29, 2026, reporting Net Revenue of $37.19 million for the three months ended September 30, 2026, up 11.8% from $33.28 million in Q2 2026 and up from…
Can AI Evaluate Crypto Whitepapers? A Study Tests It
From the original Bitcoin whitepaper published in 2008, a massive number of new cryptocurrencies have flourished, with some like Ethereum getting popular enough to become a serious rival to the original. But this also means that due diligence for investors…
Jonathan Schramm
Blockchain Bridges: How Cross-Chain Transfers Fail
A first-principles guide to Blockchain Bridges, including its operating chain, economics, authoritative records, failure modes, and the evidence investors or operators should verify.
Bitcoin Futures and Spot Markets Share Volatility Risk
Buying Bitcoin directly and buying Bitcoin futures can look like two different investments. One involves owning a digital asset; the other involves a contract tied to its price. Yet both can leave an investor exposed to the same market movement.…
De-Dollarization Takes More Than Currency Restrictions
Since the end of WW2, the global financial system has been built around the US dollar. The currency is widely used to settle international trade, even when neither party is American or a close American ally. This has provided a…
Jonathan Schramm
Circle and ACI Worldwide Announce Colombian USDC Settlement Pilot
ACI Worldwide and Circle Internet Group announced on October 27, 2026 a collaboration to demonstrate how stablecoin settlement can be integrated into existing banking and payment infrastructure, beginning with a Colombian pilot built around Bre-B, the country’s interoperable instant payments…
How Future Scenarios Can Guide Blockchain Investment
Blockchain Investing: What Forecasts Can Miss A blockchain can process transactions correctly and still struggle to attract users. It can make records easier to verify while creating uncomfortable questions about who can see them. And it can reduce reconciliation costs…
S&P Global Closes Acquisition of Onchain Security Firm OpenZeppelin
S&P Global announced on October 26, 2026 that it has completed its acquisition of OpenZeppelin, the onchain security firm it first agreed to acquire on September 17, 2026. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and S&P Global said…
SoFi Debuts SoFi Earn Tokenized Deposit Paying 4.40% APY
SoFi Technologies announced on October 22, 2026, the launch of SoFi Earn, an interest-bearing tokenized deposit account at SoFi Bank earning 4.40% APY that the company describes as the first and only national bank-issued tokenized deposit for consumers. The product…
Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Futures Record First Block Trade on CME
CME Group announced on October 20, 2026, that FalconX and GSR have executed the first block trade in its new Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures. Trading in both contracts is now underway, the derivatives exchange operator said. The Bitcoin Cash…
DeFi Lending: Collateral, Liquidations, and Bad Debt
A first-principles guide to DeFi Lending, including its operating chain, economics, authoritative records, failure modes, and the evidence investors or operators should verify.
Swarm Intelligence Offers a Clearer View of Crypto Markets
Can Explainable AI Improve Crypto Market Forecasting? A cryptocurrency forecasting system can produce smaller errors without reliably predicting whether prices will rise or fall. That distinction is easy to overlook, but it separates a promising research tool from a demonstrated…
