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Bitcoin Miners Enter a New Contest for Scarce Grid Capacity
Bitcoin miners are competing for scarce grid capacity as utilities weigh flexible demand, infrastructure costs, reliability and rising competition from factories, data centers and artificial intelligence workloads.
The Coldcard Hack Changed the Meaning of Cold Storage: Bitcoin Security Starts With Entropy
The 2026 Coldcard hack exposed how weak seed entropy can defeat offline security, allowing attackers to reconstruct wallets and steal bitcoin, revealing why randomness, not just hardware isolation, is the foundation of self-custody.
Coldcard Theft Put Seed Entropy, Not Cold Storage, at the Center of Security
The Coldcard theft exposed a seed entropy failure, not a cold-storage breach, allowing attackers to enumerate predictable wallets and sweep Bitcoin without device or PIN access.
Sui’s Quantum-Safe Wallet Plan Puts Migration and Costs to the Test
Sui’s proposed post-quantum wallet upgrade could protect existing assets without address transfers, but larger signatures, wallet compatibility, migration risks and validator readiness remain key tests.
In-Kind Crypto ETF Settlement Could Rewire Institutional Liquidity
In-kind settlement could reshape Bitcoin ETFs by reducing forced sales, trading costs and tax friction, while testing custodial controls, broker-dealer capital, market-maker capacity and weekend liquidity across digital asset markets.
Wall Street Builds the Rails for 24/7 Securities Trading
Wall Street is building infrastructure for 24/7 securities trading, but tokenization, settlement, liquidity, surveillance and regulation must evolve before always-on markets can deliver safer, fairer access.
BIP-110 Fork Puts Bitcoin’s Miner Power and Node Governance to the Test
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork exposed tensions between miner power, node validation and economic consensus after a minority chain quickly lost hash rate and stalled at two blocks.
Stablecoins Move From Crypto Plumbing Toward the Checkout Counter
Stablecoins are moving beyond crypto trading into everyday payments, but refunds, fraud protection, regulation and wallet complexity will determine whether digital dollars can truly compete at checkout.
Ethereum’s Glamsterdam Upgrade Tests the Future of Builder Power
Ethereum’s proposed Glamsterdam upgrade could enshrine proposer-builder separation, reshape MEV markets, reduce relay dependence and test whether protocol-level rules can limit builder concentration without sacrificing decentralization.