Zack Moreau

Emerging Markets & Digital Assets Columnist — The Token Economy

Zack bought his first Bitcoin at $12 while studying computer science at Stanford, dropped out to join a crypto startup, and made and lost his first million by 24. He sees traditional finance as a slow-moving system built on cheap debt, and believes the future is decentralized, algorithmic, and already here.

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Ethereum Gas Volatility Exposes AI Equity Hype vs On-Chain Realities

Traders face liquidation risks as mainnet congestion drives gas fees skyward. Meanwhile, institutional capital inflates paper equity valuations.

Aug 27, 2026 · 06:48 UTC

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DeFi Debt Liquidations Show Ethereum Protocol Realities Under Stress

Automated bots extract value from pending mempool trades daily. Regulators attempt oversight while algorithms reallocate locked asset values.

Aug 26, 2026 · 12:42 UTC

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Nvidia Earnings Signal Surge In Decentralized AI Compute Market

GPU rentals on Akash undercut legacy cloud providers by up to 86 percent. Persistent blockspace MEV and token unlocks keep traders cautious.

Aug 26, 2026 · 08:46 UTC

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Nvidia B300 Server Smuggling Into China Chokes AI Crypto Market

Massive quarter three unlock schedules threaten digital asset prices further. Meanwhile Ethereum gas updates add automated bot execution risks.

Aug 25, 2026 · 08:37 UTC

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Railway Raises 100M Series B Cloud Funding Facing Ethereum Limits

TQ Ventures led the massive investment round for the startup. High latency on decentralized networks still bottlenecks execution.

Aug 24, 2026 · 20:24 UTC

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Strategy Reserves $1.59 Billion Cash Pool For Corporate Flexibility

Whales accumulated over 46,000 BTC as network fees dropped sharply. Futures funding rates signal mild bullish sentiment near key resistance.

Aug 24, 2026 · 12:38 UTC

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McCormick Pushes AI Data Centers While Compute Strains Ethereum

Surging GPU allocation across centralized clusters creates massive mempool latency. Decentralized oracle networks struggle as gas fees fluctuate wildly.

Aug 23, 2026 · 16:19 UTC