Research Editor — consensus, tokenomics, protocol design
Ritual wants Ethereum-grade trust for AI inference. Here is what its Infernet oracle and Ritual Chain have actually shipped, and what still…
Polymarket's new Lightning integration shows traders embracing Bitcoin's rail, while El Salvador winds down Chivo under IMF pressure. Here is where Lightning…
Lightning Labs and Coinbase both shipped AI agent payment tools in February 2026. Now AI agents and online casinos are the real…
The open-source Eliza framework powers thousands of AI agents. Its flagship project, ai16z, crashed from a multi-billion-dollar token into a class-action lawsuit…
Tether is bringing USDT to Bitcoin a second time, via the RGB protocol. Lightning capacity has cooled from its record high just…
USDT now moves over Bitcoin's Lightning Network, LND v0.21 inches toward BOLT12, and public capacity sits near 4,900 BTC. Here is the…
Autonomous AI agents drive much of the trading on Polymarket, where volume neared $24 billion a month in 2026. Here is how…
Tether's USDT now moves over Bitcoin's Lightning Network via Taproot Assets, and public capacity is rebuilding. Here is where the payment layer…
ai16z promised an AI-run venture fund that would trade its way past Silicon Valley. Eighteen months on, the token is down more…
Bitcoin's Lightning Network set a capacity record and welcomed live USDT payments in 2026, even as BTC slid to a 21-month low.…
