Modern crypto promised decentralization, yet much of the industry now bends under pressure. From Tornado Cash sanctions to halted chains and curated frontends, this deep dive explores why immutable systems like PulseChain may represent the next true evolution of blockchain sovereignty.
The Central Bank of Iran now has a public transaction history. Two of its wallets on the Tron network, holding some $344 million, were not only frozen but also permanently tagged for the world to see. The public doxing came from the analytics firm Arkham Intelligence on May 11, following a US Treasu
Pavel Durov recently shared new validator distribution data for TON, highlighting the network’s 400 validators spread across six continents while arguing that Telegram becoming the largest validator actually helped reduce centralization risk by opening the door for major custodians and exchanges to
The wrench attack has a name for a reason. For one victim, it meant being forced to transfer $6.5 million in crypto to an attacker's wallet. A federal grand jury has now unsealed an indictment against three men, Elijah Armstrong, Nino Chindavanh, and Jayden Rucker, for this and other planned home in
The state’s favorite tool for controlling a crisis is the internet kill switch. When the streets fill with protestors in places like Iran or India, the first move is to black out the network. The response is a scramble for networks the state does not own. This has pushed three types of ad-hoc system
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The price of proving you are human just went up. You now need the right kind of phone.
The moment crypto threatened the system, taxation became the leash... and most men put the collar straight back on.
Modern crypto promised decentralization, yet much of the industry now bends under pressure. From Tornado Cash sanctions to halted chains and curated frontends, this deep dive explores why immutable systems like PulseChain may represent the next true evolution of blockchain sovereignty.
The handful of operators who direct the majority of Bitcoin's hashrate are taking formal steps to give some of that power away. Seven of the largest mining pools, including giants like Foundry and AntPool, have formed a working group to standardize Stratum V2. Together, these entities represent a co
A DAO is being asked to vote its way out of a legal trap, with a judge's permission. The order, from a federal court in New York, allows the Arbitrum DAO to transfer roughly $71 million in Ether to a wallet controlled by Aave LLC. These are not free and clear funds. They are the proceeds of a hack,
After watching clients walk out the door with what was left of their assets, LayerZero Labs has finally taken some responsibility for a $292 million theft. The admission follows a period of blaming the victim, liquid restaking protocol Kelp DAO, for choosing an insecure setting. With Kelp and anothe
The price of forgetting that crypto is held by people came to $101 million in the first four months of this year. That is the estimated haul from a new wave of physical coercion, the so-called wrench attack. The figure, drawn from 34 documented incidents, already doubles the total for all of last ye