Block Insider

Crypto news that has accountability. Breaking stories, deep dives & Proof of Progress: where protocols & founders are measured by numbers, not promises or hype.

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"Proof of Progress Edition 2: @animocabrands co-founder @ysiu.

""An AI agent only becomes truly powerful and autonomous when it actually has autonomous access to money."

Why AI agents will bank on-chain: https://t.co/ona0zpcR2Y

#AIagents #Web3 #ProofOfProgress

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"SWIFT moves about $5T a day. USDC moves about $150B.

WasabiCard [check handle] CEO Ray Yang on why stablecoins fix settlement, not the card scheme.

https://t.co/VjW2AvbJGo

#Stablecoins #Payments

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"Is the Bitcoin miner exit old news now that hash rate is reviving?

https://t.co/RPR8AB4XCj

#Bitcoin #Mining #Hashrate

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"This week in RWA: Strategy outperforms itself.

Our weekly take: https://t.co/mMF3Kg28zO

#RWA #Tokenization

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Proof of Progress Edition 4: @QuaiNetwork co-founder Alan Orwick
Target: merge-mine its first Bitcoin block by end-2026.

"I want the Bitcoin maxis' heads to explode when they see another layer-one mining on top of Bitcoin."
https://t.co/3wIDY6lfNs

#ProofOfWork #ProofOfProgress

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""By and large, proof of stake has won.""

@tezos co-founder @ArthurB , grading his own 2014 white paper.

https://t.co/LWiYkwoBot

#Tezos #ProofOfProgress

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"Bitcoin whale inflows to exchanges fell 28% as retail flooded @binance .

What that says about who is selling: https://t.co/ZXnOSsUi8t

#Bitcoin #OnChain

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"Tokenized stocks hit a $3.8B all-time high.

Three chains hold 74% of it.

https://t.co/aR4B4tgExr

#Tokenization #RWA

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"Proof of Progress Edition 3: Mansa CEO @Mansa_mlk

About $540M in stablecoin cross-border payments across 40+ corridors in roughly 22 months.

On prefunding: ""It's essentially a tax on growth.""

https://t.co/HGUtLGvNnL

#Stablecoins #Payments #ProofOfProgress

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First time buying ETH?

A step-by-step guide for beginners: https://t.co/zLIKixkzLF

#Ethereum #ETH #Learn

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This 0.02% Bitcoin cohort did better than 742M crypto holders.

Who they are: https://t.co/LWRRsqUFIh

#Bitcoin #OnChain

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Why tokenization could outlast every crypto hype cycle.

The case: https://t.co/iQyY8RWfgI

#Tokenization #RWA

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"Proof of Progress Edition 5: @HashKeyGroup Group COO Rachel Qiu.

Institutional volume up 57% to HK$431.0B. Retail down 79%.

"This is a good time for us to build our muscles."

https://t.co/jdc4apfLGT

#ProofOfProgress #HongKong #RWA"

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"Any fool can digitize an asset."

Adrian Wall of the @DiscoverDSA on what a token actually needs: an underlying asset, liquidity, demand and settlement.

https://t.co/VQg7dr9P77

#Tokenization #RWA

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"Zcash leads a rare group of altcoins that are actually beating Bitcoin.

Who else is on the list: https://t.co/9nR2d2EH0C

#Zcash #ZEC #Altcoins

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"The memecoin casino is emptying.

Is capped-downside yield the new meta?

https://t.co/Q7kKKuR95x

#MemeCoins #DeFi

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Out now: @QuantusNetwork founder Christopher Smith on Block Insider.

His view: Bitcoin was late to quantum, and "$3 trillion" could leave crypto.

https://t.co/52L2Rw0JqW

#PostQuantum #Bitcoin #TOKEN2049

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What happens to your crypto when you're gone?

How to pass it on safely: https://t.co/bbBAiKjnod

#CryptoInheritance #Learn

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Citrini Research says AI agents are crypto's next real use case.

Here's the argument: https://t.co/dNzAkYXS4r

#AIagents #Crypto

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$NEAR rallied to $4.69.

Against Bitcoin, its peak is still about 9x away.

https://t.co/dGc1i9lFcI

@NEARProtocol #NEAR #Crypto