The Year Blockchain Revolutionizes Traditional Asset Management with zkEVM and Institutional-Scale Liquidity Aggregation

The zkEVM, which is capable of performing smart contract transactions within a zero-proof environment, has firmly established itself in blockchain infrastructure. Now institutional investors can tap into a proven ecosystem of Ethereum-based blockchains, with its robust security guarantees, decentralization, and transactional transparency, at a far lower cost, rapid settlement times, and with potentially unlimited scaling capacity. Source

Former Fidelity Digital Assets Head Joins Advisory Board of Ethereum L2 Layer N

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Tangible’s USDR Stablecoin Charts Path to Recovery

The path from failure to redemption sheds a light on the wonky tokenomics that underpin mixed-asset stablecoins, which attempt to hold their dollar peg through collateral that isn’t always, well, a dollar. These constructions can have upside in good times but can go south in a hurry during a liquidity crunch. Source

Is the DOE Crypto Mining Data Request an Opportunity for Energy Innovation or for Political Opportunists?

As someone who’s served at the Department of Energy (DOE), I believe the orders offer some key opportunities. While most of the mining community agrees the requests are politically motivated by certain members of Congress, the EIA statute directs agencies to pursue information gathering functions in support of requests from Congress, the DOE and others. Some of the questions are standard for the data gathering process and could help promote adoption of a much-needed uniform, consistent reporting framework for our burgeoning industry. Source