Research Editor — consensus, tokenomics, protocol design
The token fight on Bitcoin split into two roads by 2026: Runes for on-chain memecoins, and Taproot Assets for stablecoins like USDt…
The 2026 shakeout thinned the herd, but Bitcoin Ordinals did not die. The money that stayed flowed into a handful of blue-chip…
Ora's opML can verify AI on-chain, and now it wants to turn models into revenue-sharing assets through Initial Model Offerings. The technology…
OrdinalsBot, Bitcoin's first inscription service, is winding down, and Magic Eden already quit. Yet with more than 107 million inscriptions etched, the…
Crypto GPU networks now route billions of AI tokens a day and undercut the cloud on price. But the verified traffic is…
One fair-launched dog memecoin, DOG•GO•TO•THE•MOON, is now about 80% of the entire Bitcoin Runes market. Here is how it got there and…
Autonomous AI agents now place a large share of the bets on Polymarket and Kalshi, and machines increasingly decide who won. Inside…
Bitcoin's mining difficulty has slid all year, the classic setup for a capitulation buy signal. But in 2026 miners are leaving by…
Bittensor's TAO has climbed in 2026, but a governance revolt, mid-game emission rule changes, and a pending US spot ETF are testing…
Taproot made Bitcoin more private by publishing public keys on-chain, which is exactly what a quantum computer would need. Inside BIP-360, BIP-361…