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Adapt or Fail: Why TradFi Must Treat Stablecoins as Infrastructure, Not Competition

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Ramp Network CEO Przemek Kowalczyk argues that traditional “lock-and-mint” bridges are inherently flawed due to their large attack surfaces and reliance on centralized validator sets. He adds that the rise of artificial intelligence agent frameworks, such as Openclaw, is transitioning decentralized finance from a manual process to an automated one. The Vulnerability of the ‘Lock-and-Mint’ … Read more

The Future of DeFi: Hugo Philion on Flare, XRP, and Real-World Assets

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Hugo Philion, Co-founder of Flare and CEO of Flare Labs, shares the developments underway at the EVM-based Layer 1 blockchain. Philion, who brings a strong background from finance and machine learning, details Flare’s mission to build an end-to-end decentralized finance ecosystem around the vast, yet underutilized, XRP asset. He shares his vision that a superior … Read more

Beyond the Monolith: How Decentralized Startups Are Fighting Big Tech for the Future of AGI

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Ben Goertzel notes that for blockchains achieving the necessary scale will require overcoming technical hurdles related to decentralization, scalability and security. He also emphasizes the need for decentralized AI to compete with larger corporations dominating the field. Engineering Challenges and the Path to Level 5 Commerce In their February 2026 annual letter, co-founders of the … Read more

Is Your Stablecoin Actually Depegging? Here Is How to Tell

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In the crypto landscape, stablecoin depegging often causes alarm, but this is frequently misinterpreted. Cain O’Sullivan of Hyperdrive explains that price drops can stem from liquidity issues rather than failures in the underlying reserves. The New Money Market ‘Meta’: Redemption over Oracles In the world of decentralized finance ( DeFi)—and the broader crypto economy—reports of … Read more

Bitcoin Slips to $68,000 as Middle East Conflict and US Jobs Data Trigger Sell-Off

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Bitcoin surrendered its $70,000 support level, triggering a broader crypto market retreat that wiped out $329 million in leveraged positions. This downturn was fueled by a perfect storm of geopolitical and macroeconomic pressures. Wiping out the ‘War Gains’ Bitcoin’s midweek resilience crumbled Friday, March 6, as the cryptocurrency surrendered the psychological $70,000 stronghold. After a … Read more

Openpayd’s Lux Thiagarajah: ‘Decentralization is an Evolutionary Layer, Not a Replacement’

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Lux Thiagarajah argues that decentralized technology is not displacing banks but “re-platforming” them. According to him, regulated entities will remain essential because governments will not outsource prudential oversight to permissionless systems. From Revolution to Infrastructure For years, the promise of blockchain in finance was draped in the language of revolution. The world was repeatedly told … Read more

The Stablecoin Moment: Morph’s CEO Colin Goltra on Global Payment Settlement and the Future of Crypto

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A veteran of the global crypto industry, Colin Goltra has been an early adopter and advocate for digital assets throughout his career. Colin Goltra is the Chief Executive Officer of Morph, a blockchain platform building universal infrastructure for borderless payments and financial services. He recently joined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast to talk about the market: … Read more

25-Year Tax Veteran Answers the Crypto Tax Questions People Ask Too Late

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Mahad Mohamed is a senior crypto tax and accounting specialist with over 25 years of experience in public accounting and tax advisory. His background includes work with Big Four firms and government tax authorities, giving him deep insight into regulatory review and enforcement. Mahad Mohamed is the CEO of Block3 Finance, a firm dedicated exclusively … Read more

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