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I think crypto neobanks are still fintech’s most underused product. You download the app, deposit funds, then your balance just sits there earning <1% while the bank pockets the spread. That’s the whole model, and it still pays less interest than my dad’s 1990s passbook

This is wild and completely unexpected. I thought AI-driven threats were still years away. First, credit to Zooko and the team for the transparency and the fast remediation. TL;DR Zcash discovered a critical bug in its Orchard shielded pool, present since 2022, that could have

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1/1 sports cards used to be a whale-only market. To get a grail, you needed deep pockets, private deal flow, collector access, and the ability to buy the whole card. Top 1/1s can hit 6–7 figures (Ronaldo Kaboom Green 1/1 reportedly $1.35M; Wembanyama 1/1 rookie reportedly

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Spark just published one of the clearer security frameworks in scaled DeFi. Not through vague “security” claims, but through a proper loss absorption waterfall. In simple terms: It explains how losses are absorbed before they reach user deposits across Spark Savings,

➠ Spend Anywhere The Solid Visa card is now issued through Rain. Reach: U.S. states plus Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. Roughly 1.5B people newly eligible. ▸ 175M+ merchants worldwide ▸ Apple Pay + Google Pay native ▸ 3% cashback

➠ The Neobank Dilemma Stablecoin transaction volume jumped 72% YoY in 2025. Crypto card spending exploded 525% across the six biggest Visa-partnered cards. The yield gap stays glaring: ▸ TradFi savings: <1% ▸ On-chain stablecoin yields: 4–8% on top protocols 40% of

ORE vs ZINC is the same Solana casino math wearing two totally different edges. Both are gamified PoW protocols on Solana. Not “mining” like Bitcoin rigs but more like: Send $SOL → commit to a spot → let randomness resolve → winners scoop SOL from losers + token emissions

What if we were already living in a simulation, and then everyone died during a “Covid Cleanse”? And what if, after 2020, we were resurrected and relocated into a new simulation environment, without even knowing it?

Whoever had the idea to switch the copy button should be fired immediately.

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