DeFi Correspondent — L2s, MEV, restaking, yield
The energy-mix debate counts the watts flowing into Bitcoin mining, not the machines burning through them. This is the hardware and e-waste…
Restaking let staked ether earn a second yield by securing other services. In 2026 the yield thinned, the capital left, and ether.fi…
A listing can mint a fortune or mark the top. Here is how crypto exchange listings really work in 2026, from a…
Miners just posted their best quarter since 2017, but an October difficulty jump is already clawing it back. And there is no…
The hottest new listings on crypto exchanges in 2026 are not memecoins but tokenized Apple, Tesla and the S&P 500. Here is…
Sandwich bots and front-runners feed on ordinary swaps, and even Vitalik Buterin has been caught. Here is the 2026 playbook for keeping…
Binance will pull EPIC and QUICK on October 28 and never said why. Here is how the silent delisting became crypto's default…
The ETF staking era arrived in 2026, yet BlackRock and even the Ethereum Foundation chose centralized operators over full distributed validators. Does…
Not all MEV is equal. Some bots keep markets honest, some tax every swap, and one strategy put two brothers in federal…
For years, hardware wallet reviews graded the secure element. After a year of wrench attacks topping $100 million, the real test is…
