Ethereum’s All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-8 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. If you enjoy reading core development updates, you may also be keen to learn that Forkcast now publishes call…
This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. “I don’t see it as a bad thing, this process that they call ‘dollarization’… Thank god it exists.” — Nicolás Maduro The New York Times recently reported that Venezuela had become “the first nation to manage a large share of its finances…
This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Strategy has stepped back in as a visible treasury bid for BTC, but with a very different financing backdrop compared to 2024-2025 At the end of December, Strategy raised cash but barely deployed it into BTC. On Dec. 29-31, it sold 1,255,911…
This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Ranger’s ICO begins today and will run through Jan. 10. For context, Ranger is a full-stack trading terminal with three core products. First is Ranger Perps, a perps aggregator for Solana-based venues like Jupiter Perps, Drift, and Flash Trade, with Hyperliquid support…
This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Markets opened the year with subtle but important shifts. BTC outperformed both equities and gold, higher beta crypto narratives reawakened, and derivatives positioning pointed to a careful rebuild of risk rather than excess. In today’s note, we break down index performance, what…
This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. “Despite what we hear on the news… the great story of our era is that we are witnessing the greatest improvement in global living standards ever to take place.” — John Norberg As years go, 2025 was a pretty good one, I…
This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. It was a mixed week for crypto, with BTC ending higher but sharp divergence across sectors. DePIN and Gaming led a surprising rebound after a rough year, while L2s, RWAs and the treasury trade continued to grind lower as flows stayed choppy….
This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. As we step into the new year, mindshare across crypto has rotated meaningfully. Prediction markets, stablecoins and RWAs have emerged as the clear winners, while AI, modularity and memecoins have fallen out of favor. One protocol that stood out this week touches…
This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. “Technology is everything that doesn’t work yet.” — Danny Hillis The world’s first webcam was an inadvertent hit. Computer scientists at a University of Cambridge lab, to avoid the disappointment of walking to the kitchen only to find their communal coffee pot…
This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. “You have to enjoy failure.” — James Dyson In a 2003 research paper, Google engineers shared their new approach of building “reliable computing infrastructure from clusters of unreliable commodity PCs.” This was a radical change. Instead of paying up for super high-end…