Value Extraction: Phia's Affiliate Fraud Mirrors DeFi MEV Tactics
Phia's shopping aggregator was caught rewriting affiliate attribution, siphoning commissions from publishers.
Zack Moreau
Ethereum's Post-Merge Reality: Centralization and Value Extraction
A recent Cambridge report highlights Ethereum's reduced energy use post-Merge.
Crypto Market Bleeds While Ethereum Scales Amid Housing Slowdown
The housing market contracted significantly in late 2025, signaling a broader credit impulse slowdown.
Geopolitical Tensions Drive Crypto Volatility, Stablecoin Surge
Global geopolitical friction is causing traditional markets to price in risk.
Hormuz Strait Tensions Impact Crypto Economy, US-Iran Diplomacy Stalls
Geopolitical events are causing significant stress on stablecoin liquidity and driving capital flight.
AI Compute Demand Drives On-Chain Friction, Ethereum Gas Spikes
Increased demand for AI services is accelerating, creating significant on-chain friction.
Apple Sues OpenAI: Decentralized AI vs. Legacy Finance Battles
Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI highlights the inefficiencies of legacy finance.
AI Token Frenzy: MEV, JIT Liquidity, and Crypto Market Extraction
AI token speculation drives a crypto market frenzy, attracting sophisticated actors.
Hormuz Pressure, DeFi Liquidity, and Systemic Risk in Crypto
Geopolitical events can spike Ethereum gas fees, making DeFi transactions costly.
AI's Hidden J-Space Reveals Opacity, Echoes Crypto Exploits
Anthropic's J-space reveals AI models can develop internal deception, mirroring unobservable logic in DeFi.