Following the U.S. SEC's approval of a universal listing standard for spot crypto ETFs, shifting its regulatory approach from "case-by-case approval" to "standardized efficiency," the original decision deadlines for numerous applications have effectively become moot. The new rules create a "fast track" for crypto asset ETFs meeting specific criteria, primarily targeting assets with CFTC-regulated futures contracts existing for over six months. The SEC has requested that ETF applicants for XRP...

Following the U.S. SEC's approval of a universal listing standard for spot crypto ETFs, shifting its regulatory approach from "case-by-case approval" to "standardized efficiency," the original decision deadlines for numerous applications have effectively become moot. The new rules create a "fast track" for crypto asset ETFs meeting specific criteria, primarily targeting assets with CFTC-regulated futures contracts existing for over six months. The SEC has requested that ETF applicants for XRP...

First Sighting: A Job Post That Wasn’t Meant to Last On a quiet August morning in 2025, the Blockchain Association’s website briefly listed a vacancy that was pulled minutes later. The listing revealed that fintech titan Stripe and crypto-native VC Paradigm are quietly co-developing Tempo, a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for enterprise payments. Cryptopolitan preserved the details before the page vanished, confirming that Stripe is assembling its own base-layer rails for t...

First Sighting: A Job Post That Wasn’t Meant to Last On a quiet August morning in 2025, the Blockchain Association’s website briefly listed a vacancy that was pulled minutes later. The listing revealed that fintech titan Stripe and crypto-native VC Paradigm are quietly co-developing Tempo, a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for enterprise payments. Cryptopolitan preserved the details before the page vanished, confirming that Stripe is assembling its own base-layer rails for t...

Summary Multicoin Capital announced an investment in the ENA token of the Ethena protocol and elaborated on the core logic for their long-term bullish outlook. Ethena issues the synthetic dollar stablecoin USDe, which has become the third-largest digital dollar stablecoin and achieves over 10% annualized yield via a basis trade strategy. Core Thesis * Market Positioning: Ethena sits at the convergence of three major trends: stablecoins, the "perpification" of assets, and asset tokenization, e...

Summary Multicoin Capital announced an investment in the ENA token of the Ethena protocol and elaborated on the core logic for their long-term bullish outlook. Ethena issues the synthetic dollar stablecoin USDe, which has become the third-largest digital dollar stablecoin and achieves over 10% annualized yield via a basis trade strategy. Core Thesis * Market Positioning: Ethena sits at the convergence of three major trends: stablecoins, the "perpification" of assets, and asset tokenization, e...

The “Political Correctness” of Open Code In Web3, “don’t trust, verify” is gospel. A closed repo smells like centralisation, scares away users and makes investors ask hard questions. The ethos traces back to Bitcoin’s 2009 SourceForge drop: no licence, no audit firm—just raw code anyone could compile. Transparency became the price of admission.What Open-Source Gives YouInstant legitimacy – anyone can audit for back-doors.Free labour – community PRs beat paid QA.Standard-setting power – Ethere...

The “Political Correctness” of Open Code In Web3, “don’t trust, verify” is gospel. A closed repo smells like centralisation, scares away users and makes investors ask hard questions. The ethos traces back to Bitcoin’s 2009 SourceForge drop: no licence, no audit firm—just raw code anyone could compile. Transparency became the price of admission.What Open-Source Gives YouInstant legitimacy – anyone can audit for back-doors.Free labour – community PRs beat paid QA.Standard-setting power – Ethere...

I. A $14-Trillion Rocket Ship Nears the Rate Cliff Since the April low the S&P 500 has surged 32 %, adding roughly fourteen trillion dollars of market value—almost one China’s GDP strapped to the nose of a single index. Next Wednesday the Federal Reserve is expected to restart the cutting cycle with a 25-basis-point reduction and to signal another 150 bp over the next twelve months. The collision between a liquidity-drunk bull and a macro inflection point is no longer academic; it is schedule...

I. A $14-Trillion Rocket Ship Nears the Rate Cliff Since the April low the S&P 500 has surged 32 %, adding roughly fourteen trillion dollars of market value—almost one China’s GDP strapped to the nose of a single index. Next Wednesday the Federal Reserve is expected to restart the cutting cycle with a 25-basis-point reduction and to signal another 150 bp over the next twelve months. The collision between a liquidity-drunk bull and a macro inflection point is no longer academic; it is schedule...

The AI field is currently dominated by a few large tech companies, posing risks of centralization and opaque policies, while purely open-source models face sustainability challenges. The Sentient project proposes building a decentralized Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) ecosystem to address these issues through the following core components:GRID (Global Research & Intelligence Directory): An open collaborative network aggregating models, agents, and tools contributed by developers worldw...

The AI field is currently dominated by a few large tech companies, posing risks of centralization and opaque policies, while purely open-source models face sustainability challenges. The Sentient project proposes building a decentralized Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) ecosystem to address these issues through the following core components:GRID (Global Research & Intelligence Directory): An open collaborative network aggregating models, agents, and tools contributed by developers worldw...

Block 0: The “World Computer” Is Born On 30 July 2015, at 15:26 UTC, Ethereum’s Genesis block was mined. That “Frontier” moment delivered a prophecy: the World Computer. Vitalik and the founding cohort claimed they were not polishing Bitcoin, but building a planet-scale operating system for any decentralized application.Ten Years Later: The Reckoning Today, Ethereum turns ten. The World Computer never became a universal app platform. It evolved—reluctantly or wisely—into a financial-settlemen...

Block 0: The “World Computer” Is Born On 30 July 2015, at 15:26 UTC, Ethereum’s Genesis block was mined. That “Frontier” moment delivered a prophecy: the World Computer. Vitalik and the founding cohort claimed they were not polishing Bitcoin, but building a planet-scale operating system for any decentralized application.Ten Years Later: The Reckoning Today, Ethereum turns ten. The World Computer never became a universal app platform. It evolved—reluctantly or wisely—into a financial-settlemen...

Previously, everyone was competing to enhance the degree of decentralization at Stage 2, but now Vitalik directly states that fast withdrawals are more important, which is equivalent to reordering the priorities for the entire L2 track. After carefully considering Vitalik Buterin's latest statement on fast L2 withdrawals, it's quite interesting. Prioritizing 1-Hour Withdrawals Over Stage 2 In simple terms: He believes that achieving fast withdrawals within 1 hour is more important than reachi...

Previously, everyone was competing to enhance the degree of decentralization at Stage 2, but now Vitalik directly states that fast withdrawals are more important, which is equivalent to reordering the priorities for the entire L2 track. After carefully considering Vitalik Buterin's latest statement on fast L2 withdrawals, it's quite interesting. Prioritizing 1-Hour Withdrawals Over Stage 2 In simple terms: He believes that achieving fast withdrawals within 1 hour is more important than reachi...

Why Airdrops Still Matter The easy “one-shot, one-airdrop” era is over. Teams now reward sticky users, not wallet sprinters. The good news? Less noise means less dilution—and higher upside for those who farm consistently. Below are ten live protocols I’m actively using. All of them are useful products even if the token never arrives; the potential drop is simply the cherry on top.1. Based – The Hyperliquid “Turbo-Charger”What: Advanced trading UI + Visa card built on Hyperliquid (mobile, desk...

Why Airdrops Still Matter The easy “one-shot, one-airdrop” era is over. Teams now reward sticky users, not wallet sprinters. The good news? Less noise means less dilution—and higher upside for those who farm consistently. Below are ten live protocols I’m actively using. All of them are useful products even if the token never arrives; the potential drop is simply the cherry on top.1. Based – The Hyperliquid “Turbo-Charger”What: Advanced trading UI + Visa card built on Hyperliquid (mobile, desk...

The implementation of Hong Kong's Stablecoin Ordinance marks a major step toward compliance in the crypto industry, with immediate and significant impacts on local over-the-counter (OTC) trading services.New Regulations Leave No Grace PeriodHong Kong's Stablecoin Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the "Ordinance") officially took effect on August 1, 2025, imposing strict rules on the issuance and operation of stablecoins. It explicitly prohibits unlicensed offerings, promotions, and sales ...

The implementation of Hong Kong's Stablecoin Ordinance marks a major step toward compliance in the crypto industry, with immediate and significant impacts on local over-the-counter (OTC) trading services.New Regulations Leave No Grace PeriodHong Kong's Stablecoin Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the "Ordinance") officially took effect on August 1, 2025, imposing strict rules on the issuance and operation of stablecoins. It explicitly prohibits unlicensed offerings, promotions, and sales ...