Digital Assets
Blockchain Makes Wind Turbine Data Tamper-Evident
In the past few decades, wind power has become one of the world’s most important renewable power generation methods, in large part driven by the passive push for solar + wind power in China. In total, wind accounted for about…
Jonathan Schramm
Hyperliquid Strategies Posts $620.6 Million Profit on HYPE Gains
Hyperliquid Strategies Inc reported $620.6 million of net income on November 5, 2026, for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, with an $803.0 million net unrealized gain on HYPE tokens supplying most of the profit. The accompanying quarterly presentation shows…
Bitcoin’s Safe-Haven Role Depends on Market Conditions
Bitcoin’s ability to hedge against crises is central to its investment thesis. As “digital gold”, Bitcoin is expected to provide some level of protection against inflation and currency debasement. However, inflation and currency devaluation are not the only financial shocks…
Jonathan Schramm
Smart Contract Risk: Code, Oracles, Governance, and Upgrade Keys
A first-principles guide to Smart Contract Risk, including its operating chain, economics, authoritative records, failure modes, and the evidence investors or operators should verify.
Hut 8 Q3 Profit Rises on Digital Asset Gains as Revenue Declines
Hut 8 reported its third-quarter results on November 4, 2026: net income for the three months ended September 30 rose to US$189.5 million from $50.6 million in the same period of 2025, while revenue fell to $71.1 million from $83.5…
Riot Signs $28 Billion Corsicana Lease With Frontier AI Lab
Riot Platforms announced on November 4, 2026, a 15-year triple-net powered land lease with an unnamed leading Frontier AI Lab for its entire Corsicana campus. The agreement covers 910 megawatts of critical IT capacity on a contiguous 332-acre parcel and…
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…
