Ryan Foster

Zcash (ZEC), launched in 2016, uses zk-SNARKs to enable shielded transactions that hide sender, recipient, and amount without sacrificing verification.

DeFi is a layered system of DEXs, AMMs, lending markets, oracles, and DAOs. Composability drives efficiency — and amplifies systemic risk.

Chainalysis confirmed a customer data breach via AI-assisted attack methods, while separately tracking a multibillion-dollar Binance hack routed through Tron to evade stablecoin freezes.

Mizuho warns Circle faces 10-20% reserve revenue risk as AI agents route USDC holders toward higher-yielding fiat instruments, cutting its price target for the stablecoin issuer.

Ethereum's state machine, gas pricing, and smart contract standards directly shape network costs, token behavior, and competing L1 trade-offs.

The NFL filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear New Jersey's case, arguing Kalshi's sports contracts are gambling, not CFTC-regulated swaps.

Hyperliquid's policy group wants perps under MiFID II. Circle is pushing to remove MiCA's bank deposit floor. Both filed with the European Commission's MiCA review.

CryptoQuant flags bitcoin short-term traders' unrealized profit margin at a 21-month high, a level historically linked to near-term price corrections.

A man faces federal charges for allegedly defrauding a victim of $16 million in cryptocurrency through a pig butchering scam.

X sued two UK users for allegedly manipulating crypto accounts to extract $277,000 from its creator revenue-sharing program.