This map, showing the right-of-way widths of Toronto's major streets, is one of my favorite maps. It tells you so much about the scale of the city. Even if you were entirely unfamiliar with Toronto, you could look at this map and gather from the width and spacing of its major arteries that the orange streets (20 meters) represent the oldest parts of Toronto and that the red streets (36 meters) represent the newer and more suburban parts of the city. It's also interesting to think about this m...

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The ENB x MintClub staking collaboration kicked off with an exciting APY of over 300%, and as expected, the community showed up fast. With 128 stakers already in Pool 1, the APY has now stabilized around 46.3%, and that’s still a strong return for a short staking window. Why?, Because this staking event isn’t about unrealistic, temporary yields. It’s about sustainable rewards powered by real participation, real demand, and two active ecosystems working together. Here’s what the earning potent...

I didn't learn much in business school. For me, it was a way to move from being an engineer to an investor. And as such, it was super valuable. As an education, not so much. It did lead to MBA Mondays, which was a ton of fun to write. But I digress. There are a few occasions in business school that were "aha moments" for me. One was in a class called "Speculative Markets." The professor explained that speculating and hedging were two sides of a trade. And that there would not be hedging witho...

BASE and SOLANA are now connected through a CCIP-secured bridge. Native assets and unified liquidity unlocked.🚀 👨‍🚀

GM friends! Top Stories 👩‍💻Our highlighted updates from everything related to Giveth.🌊 Giveth is back for Superfluid Season 4! 1.226M SUP is being streamed to any donor sets a $20+/mo recurring donation to aGIVbacks-eligible projects - that’s over $28,000 in donor rewards! And this season we’re adding even more Superfluid-aligned public goods. If your project is part of the Superfluid ecosystem, apply here for priority GIVbacks review. 🚀 GIVbacks Round 103 is live! Donate $5 or more to ve...

Launched on December 4, 2025, the Base-Solana Bridge is a critical step toward a unified onchain economy, directly linking the Coinbase-backed EVM ecosystem with the high-throughput Solana network. This breakthrough is secured by Chainlink's CCIP and Coinbase's joint validation, shattering the traditional barriers between their architectures. The integration enables Base developers to natively support Solana assets ( SOL) in their applications, unifies liquidity across both massive ecosystems...

🚨 Base has launched its Solana bridge on mainnet - secured by Chainlink CCIP and Coinbase - unlocking seamless cross-chain asset trading and liquidity flow between the two networks.

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Today’s WatchTower Space gave us a chance to introduce the broader community to what we’re building, and it ended up being one of the clearest conversations yet. The hosts recently joined the orbit, but they’ve already shown genuine interest — asking strong questions, wanting to understand the architecture, and opening their platform so we could walk through the bigger picture. That curiosity matters. It’s how ecosystems grow. During the conversation, I distilled the three core pillars that d...

Digital media has spent the last two decades trying to reinvent the economics of writing, and yet the industry remains stuck in a strange paradox: more people read news than ever before, but fewer are willing or able to pay for it. Out of this dilemma has emerged a new idea known as “writer coins.” The concept borrows from cryptocurrency logic and turns readership interest into a tradeable token that can support journalists directly. I recently experimented with this by launching a MAZ coin f...

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DAC8 is transforming the landscape of cryptocurrency, with #DeFi positioned centrally within this evolution. The DAC8 directive seeks to address reporting deficiencies, facilitate the collection of tax data, and dispel the notion that decentralized platforms operate beyond governmental oversight. The reality of the situation is more complex, and in many instances, the regulatory framework is more stringent than users typically anticipate.Will #DeFi be Affected by DAC8?Indeed, the applicabilit...