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If I were a detective in the crypto world, this story would definitely make it into the top 10 most interesting cases. It all started when a fictitious company, Laurore Ltd., suddenly appeared with a position of $436 million in a Bitcoin ETF from BlackRock. A Hong Kong address, a phone number, and a director named Zhang Hui—so common in China as John Smith is in the West. The crypto community immediately raised the alarm.
Naturally, questions arose right away: who are these people? Where is that kind of money coming from? Jeff Park from ProCap immediately said it smelled like capital flight f

A few months ago, Vitalik shared a very interesting idea: Ethereum actually has deeper problems than it appears at first glance. Instead of constantly patching the EVM with new pre-compiled contracts, maybe it's time to rethink the architecture itself?
And he proposed two serious changes. The first concerns the state tree — the same Merkle tree that Ethereum uses as an indexing system for all balances and verifications. The problem is that the current structure, the so-called six-way Keccak Merkle Patricia tree, is simply too bulky. Each query requires traversing through many branches.
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The era has ended when computational resources could be used freely without considering cost. Hashrate is becoming more expensive, and that changes everything.
Two years ago, we lived in a different world. Opening an API — and large models would continuously generate code, text, responses to anything. No one cared that we threw thousands of words of documents into the Prompt, making GPT-4 do trivial tasks like capitalization. Why? Because it was cheap. Investors paid. Companies subsidized. It was a period of free resource usage.
But the sleep is over. Power is becoming more expensive everywher

Honestly, we are on the verge of a major shift in how people interact with artificial intelligence. Previously, the entire process was terribly inefficient — every time you wanted AI to help with a task, you had to write detailed instructions. Want a report? Write a long prompt with all formatting specifics, data sources, structure. The result was often unpredictable — calculation errors, formatting confusion.
Now everything is changing with the appearance of Skills in Claude. This is not just another feature, but a real architectural change. Essentially, Skills are a folder containing three c

The BTC rate is currently around $77K, but it has fallen more than 1% in a day. Interestingly, this level is still higher than where we were a week ago, when Bitcoin traded below $70K after geopolitical shocks. Back then, it rebounded to $71.8K but did not hold there. Currently, the crypto market capitalization is about $2.45 trillion, and BTC dominance continues to weaken. Most altcoins are also in the red today. ETH has fallen to $2.31K, BNB is trading at $636, and XRP has lost support at $1.43. LINK, SOL, TAO, SKY, and UNI are also showing declines. But there are exceptions — the PI networ

An interesting situation is developing in the markets. While gold has exceeded $5,000 per ounce and silver jumped more than 14% in a day (the biggest since the 2008 crisis), Bitcoin is stuck around $88,400 and has been falling for the fourth week. This divergence is quite notable and warrants some reflection.
Bitcoin has lost about 4% over the past week, and Ethereum hovers around $2,940. Solana, XRP, and Dogecoin are also under pressure. Meanwhile, stocks are rising, metals are soaring, and crypto is just holding steady. It seems that cryptocurrencies are currently trading like regular risky

Tap-to-earn games on Telegram are a real phenomenon in the crypto gaming community! Over the past two years, I tried many such projects and want to share my observations about the most popular ones.
Notcoin became the first big wave — a game with a simple tap mechanic that attracted over 35 million players. The NOT token, issued in 2024, reached a market capitalization of $1.1 billion. Its price is currently fluctuating, but the project continues to evolve by introducing new features and partnerships. This has shown that crypto games on Telegram can be a serious phenomenon.
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If you thought about mining on your phone, know that it is actually possible, although not as simple as it seems. Developers have created several apps for Android and iPhone that attempt to extract some hash rate from your smartphone. Sounds interesting, but let’s figure out what actually works.
Let’s start with CryptoTab — one of the oldest players in this game. Install it, launch it, and it will start mining BTC in the background. Plus, there’s a referral system if you invite friends. StormGain also does something similar but requires restarting every 4 hours — not the most convenient for co

An interesting thought that has been occupying me lately. If Bitcoin ever stabilizes above $100,000, Satoshi Nakamoto could theoretically become the second-richest person on the planet within a few years. And if crypto reaches $200,000 — his portfolio would exceed $219 billion.
Many analysts, from Max Keiser to Standard Chartered, say that such a level is quite realistic in the medium term. Of course, the current Bitcoin price is around $68,000, but history shows that this asset is capable of serious jumps.
Satoshi Nakamoto himself remains a mystery to the entire world. But his legacy continue

Kathy Wood recently shared an interesting thought that most of the current market turbulence is driven by algorithmic trading rather than fundamental changes in the economy. She explains that machine learning simply cannot conduct deep analysis like humans do — it only mechanically adjusts risks according to preset rules.
This observation prompts reflection. When algorithms start reducing positions due to falling prices or rising volatility, it triggers a chain reaction. Price drops provoke new sell-offs, which further increase volatility — creating a vicious cycle. This is especially noticeab