Aisha, a young Syrian refugee I chatted with last year, represents everything that crypto was supposed to be. She relied on Bitcoin to receive remittances from family members living overseas, escaping the predatory banking sector that had let her people down. Crypto, for her, wasn’t an investment; it was a...
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is increasing its enforcement actions against illicit cryptocurrency activities. From late 2024 into early 2025, they’ll institute a first wave of draconian measures to chill their grip. They are concluding designations of high-risk custodial wallet providers and asset seizures associated with darknet markets....
Take for example Sarah, a single mother with two jobs, just barely scraping by. Her refuge? The colourful world of online video games. What if that respite could turn into a stream of revenue? Perhaps it will open the door to greater opportunities for her and her baby’s long-term wellbeing!...
Alright, let's cut to the chase. Reaper Actual just pulled off a $30.5 million Series A funding round. Big deal, right? Everybody’s freaking out about blockchain gaming being the future, paradigm shift, the beginning of a new world order! Hold your horses. I’m not trying to paint this as insignificant...
This American economy sure is mixed signals, huh? On the one hand, we see the services sector continuing to hum along, while manufacturing has kind of sputtered. June 2025 PMI numbers paint a clear picture: Services are expanding (50.8%), while manufacturing is contracting (49.0%). This isn’t just a blip on...
The alternative is a return to the dark days of a fractious economy. You see the headlines: services booming while manufacturing sputters. As highlighted in the June 2025 PMI data, that story is a tale of two economies dragging one another in different directions. Amidst this divergence an asymmetric opportunity...
Arbitrum’s Timeboost, generating more than $2 million since its launch in April 2025, seems like a win-win, isn’t it? Faster finality, MEV mitigated, and money returning to the ArbitrumDAO’s coffers. But before we uncork the champagne, let's ask a tough question: Are we sacrificing decentralization on the altar of efficiency?The...
Arbitrum, one of Ethereum’s most popular Layer-2 scaling solutions, recently made waves with its innovative Timeboost transaction ordering policy. Since its launch in April 2025, it has produced more than $2 million in revenue. To date, Timeboost has already handled hundreds of thousands of transactions. This achievement represents an important...
We’ve witnessed the mania, the busts, the frauds. Underneath those loud conversations, a quieter but more deliberate evolution is taking place. Arbitrum’s Timeboost, with its “express lane” for transactions, seems like a small step, but could have massive implications. Think of it like this: remember the early days of the...
The presale's done, dust has settled, and Codename:Pepe, or $AGNT, is prepping for launch. Everyone’s talking about 1000x gains as if this were some kind of prayer. Now it’s the mantra of everyone who believes in the wonders of AI and meme coins. Is this truly the future of finance,...