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Commentary & Review
Does the US Still Care About Crypto?
Infrastructure & Technology
Visa: One of Us?
Commentary & Review
DTCC and the Paradox of Permissioned Crypto Systems
Infrastructure & Technology
Are Blockchain Companies Building for a World Without Humans?
Midnight City imagines a blockchain economy populated by autonomous AI agents—raising a bigger question about who tomorrow’s networks are actually being built to serve.
X Turns Cashtags Into a Trading Gateway
X has turned Cashtags into a trading gateway, linking market discovery and conversation on the platform to participating brokerages and crypto exchanges.
Telegram Begins Rolling Out a Crypto Wallet Across Its 1B+ User Base
Telegram has begun rolling out its native, non-custodial Gram Wallet, with plans to make it available across an app used by more than one billion people each month. Its unusual shared-contract architecture could bring self-custody to a mainstream audience without requiring a separate crypto app.
Can Ethereum Have Too Much Staking? The Debate Behind EIP-8363
Ethereum is debating whether staking can grow beyond the point where additional participation provides meaningful security benefits—and whether continued validator rewards create unnecessary dilution and concentration.
Explainer
Do Quantum Computers Threaten Blockchain Security?
What quantum computers actually threaten in blockchain cryptography, what a practical attack would require, and how networks like Kaspa might migrate — drawing on a discussion with Dr. Shai Wyborski.
MEV
Understanding MEV: Attacks, Trade-offs, and BlockDAG Approaches
We have a guest article from Vyte, an important Kaspa community member, especially in the X world. In this article, Vyte breaks down Maximal Extractable Value (otherwise known as MEV) problems, potential attacks, and how Kaspa serves as a potential solution via block parallelism, kickbacks, fair ordering, and auctions.
Markets & Data
S&P Goes Crypto
S&P Global is extending its benchmark and risk-assessment business into digital assets through a new Kaiko index suite, a strategic investment in the crypto-data company, and an agreement to acquire smart-contract security firm OpenZeppelin.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Price Surges More Than 20% For Best Week In Two Years
Bitcoin recorded its strongest weekly gain since 2024, rising 22% and nearly reaching $80,000. Was the breakout primarily a short squeeze, or an early sign that liquidity, ETF demand and regulatory momentum are returning?
Institutional News
Institutional Crypto Support Has Never Been Stronger
Institutional support for crypto is accelerating, with major players like JP Morgan launching a stablecoin, Cash App enabling stablecoin payments, and Franklin Templeton backing stablecoins and RWAs. Companies are integrating digital assets into their economies, and even Harvard tripled its Bitcoin holdings, signaling growing institutional confidence.
Explainer
Are Stablecoins Money? Understanding M0, M1, M2, M3 and M4
Are stablecoins money — and where do they sit in the M0–M4 framework? A breakdown of the Kaspa Ecosystem Foundation’s economic analysis of stablecoin classification.
Policy & Regulation
Can Cryptocurrency Be Used to Bypass International Sanctions?
Crypto flows to sanctioned entities surged in 2025, but A7A5 shows both the reach and limits of blockchain-based sanctions evasion: transactions may continue onchain even as exchanges, stablecoin issuers and fiat gateways become decisive chokepoints.
Grid Wars: Who Controls the Power?
NERC’s proposed reliability standards would bring large Bitcoin mines and AI data centers under new grid-coordination requirements. The debate exposes a harder question: how should regulators protect shared infrastructure without overriding the operational autonomy of businesses that built under earlier rules?
FinCEN Withdraws Proposed Rules on Self-Hosted Wallets and Crypto Mixing
FinCEN has withdrawn two long-pending proposals targeting self-hosted wallets and cryptocurrency mixing, ending rules that would have expanded recordkeeping and reporting requirements for financial institutions.
South Korea Goes Minority Report on Crypto Markets
South Korea’s financial regulator is using AI to detect signs of wash trading, front-running and abnormal price activity in crypto markets. The initiative could strengthen market oversight—but it also raises a broader question: can the same technology creating new financial risks become one of the tools used to contain them?
The White House Goes Full Crypto at Crypto Summit
President Trump’s meeting with regulators and financial-industry leaders offered a closer look at how the U.S. is approaching the CLARITY Act, tokenized markets, and the convergence of crypto and traditional finance.
SEC Proposal Could Make It Easier for Crypto Startups to Raise Capital
The SEC’s proposed Regulation Crypto Assets would give qualifying crypto startups new pathways to raise capital and distribute tokens while developing their networks—but the rules have not yet taken effect.
Commentary & Review
Commentary
Washington Just Rewrote the Rules for Stablecoins. Banks Feel the Impact.
Crypto promised to replace traditional finance. Washington has other plans. The OCC's new stablecoin regulations prioritize financial stability over speculation, while the unresolved rewards debate could reshape bank deposits and lending.
Are Stablecoins a Threat to Traditional Banking?
On October 21, 2026, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) became the first federal banking regulator to finalize regulations implementing the GENIUS Act for payment stablecoin issuers under its jurisdiction. Scheduled to take effect on January 18, 2027, the regulations cover stablecoin issuance, reserve assets, redemption, custody, risk management, regulatory reporting, and supervision.
Commentary
Europe's Historic USDC Decision Reveals the Future of Crypto
USDC is the first stablecoin to receive the EU's highest regulatory classification and will be denominated in U.S. dollars rather than euros, further underscoring the dollar's dominance worldwide.
From Wall Street to the World Wide Web and Beyond?
Finance is moving beyond banks and trading floors. From embedded payments to DeFi and AI agents, financial infrastructure is being rebuilt across everyday digital platforms.
What Crypto's Conference Season Revealed About the Industry's Priorities
Korea Blockchain Week and TOKEN2049 Singapore pointed to three priorities shaping crypto’s next phase: tokenization, AI agents and stablecoin infrastructure.
Commentary
The CFTC Is Bringing Crypto Into Wall Street. Let DeFi Stay Wild.
On October 5th, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced plans to establish a federal regulatory framework for crypto exchanges offering leveraged and margined trading. With the CLARITY Act failing to pass, the agency is moving ahead under its own rule rather than waiting for Congress.
Weekly Filter
Chainalysis Breach, Zcash’s NU7 Upgrade and a $16 Billion Treasury Crackdown
This week’s Weekly Filter examines a breach that exposed Chainalysis customer credentials, Zcash’s NU7 mainnet upgrade and the U.S. Treasury’s move to cut MEXC off from the financial system over alleged illicit flows. Plus, KASmedia originals on DTCC’s permissioned crypto model, Visa’s place in digital finance and what the midterms reveal about crypto’s political relevance.
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