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A few quick takeaways after Consensus HK. • Tons of crypto cards and even more B2B payment solutions. Maybe it’s just my bubble, but I heard “stablecoin payment rails” from every other person. • Pleasantly surprised to spot a few DePIN projects among the boring payments infra

Hard fork again?

2/ Put simply, under the upcoming changes $SSV will turn into an ETH accrual token — an asset that compounds value through real yield in $ETH. The more validators/clusters use the protocol, the more fees it collects — and the more rewards SSV stakers receive. In other words, the

3/ What I really like is that they’re not changing $SSV’s economics just for the sake of change, or as an attempt to pump the price. This upgrade is needed for the protocol to work efficiently in a post-Pectra environment, where validators’ effective balances were expanded to

6/ It’s important that these changes will roll out gradually: • this is a phased launch — first testnet, then mainnet (early May) with limited parameters • for a while, both legacy SSV clusters and the new ETH clusters will coexist in parallel • over time, the protocol will

5/ Roughly speaking, the process will look like this: • a user deposits SSV into a dedicated contract • in return, they receive $cSSV — a liquid ERC-20 token representing their position • while the SSV is staked, ETH rewards accrue to the cSSV holder • those rewards can

4/ The oracle system they’re introducing becomes the most critical part of the model, because any issues there will inevitably break the logic of the entire protocol. That’s why it needs an “accountability mechanism” that can: • select and oversee those oracles • tie their

9/ If you really simplify it, $SSV’s price will come down to three variables: • how much ETH in fees the protocol collects • what share of those fees goes to stakers (set by DAO parameters) • how much SSV is staked in total (the more total stake, the thinner the flow gets per

8/ If the market buys into the protocol’s new narrative, $SSV will start getting priced like a yield asset — and that’s why I’m bullish. That can happen because the new model delivers clear value capture in ETH, makes it possible to collect full fees on large validators, and

What’s with this weird Nintendo-style move from Anthropic?

2/ AI has almost completely removed the technical barriers to building applications. Product thinking now takes center stage. You need to be able to: • identify inefficiencies • understand where and why they emerge • properly articulate a value hypothesis • understand what

1/ For the past few weeks, there's been a ton of vibe coding on CT. Most likely, there were plenty of similar posts before as well --- they just somehow flew under my radar. The hype around this programming approach is easy to understand, especially against the backdrop of a bear

Finally

From January 1, 2026, the DAC8 rules came into force in the EU. Crypto assets have officially been included in the system of automatic exchange of tax information. Service providers are now required to collect client data and transmit it to tax authorities. Oversight extends not

After the stagnation observed in the second half of 2025, at times even a contraction, the total amount of ETH staked has resumed growth, reaching a new ATH. This is extremely bullish for ecosystem projects that support and service relevant operations for institutional players.

At the end of December, we spoke with several industry representatives to get their views on the outgoing year and their forecasts for 2026. I also asked what kind of product they would start building right now. Among the answers were: • a prediction markets aggregator and

It's important to remember that prediction markets are also consumer products, and ones that are well suited for onboarding new users into the industry. These platforms have very strong PMF. They appeal to a broad spectrum of users: on one end are people who come to @Polymarket

The "spray and pray" era is over. In 2025, smart money made its biggest moves yet. Despite fewer deals overall, total funding hit $22.2B, signaling a major shift toward high-quality infrastructure and sustainable DeFi models. From Bitcoin hitting $124k+ to the explosion of