The focus is how Ethereum works under the hood: how it tracks and updates state, how transactions flow through the network, how computation is priced through gas, how smart contracts and token standards make Ethereum programmable, and how other Layer 1 blockchains approach the same problems in different ways.
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The new social smart contract gives the core team authority to update conduct rules, with humans and AI already reviewing posts.
Robinhood’s offshore tokens do not convey shareholder rights, while the SEC’s new US trading framework gives issuers a limited right to object.
Circle breaks down its USDC revenue: about $1.4 billion in H1 2026, $819 million to partners and transaction costs, $473 million reinvested.
OpenAI's research agent questioned its own ethics after stealing testnet ETH from a wallet using publicly obtainable recovery phrases. The post OpenAI agent questions its own ethics...
OpenAI's research model used another wallet's testnet ETH without permission to complete a coding task in June.
Visa Direct has brought USDC prefunding into commercial production with Inyo Global as its first commercial enabler.
