Andrew Folkler
690 posts
Iran wants to turn the Strait of Hormuz into a $1-per-barrel Bitcoin tollbooth
Iran will charge tankers $1 per barrel in bitcoin to cross the Strait of Hormuz during a two‑week…
Uniswap price jumps on perp squeeze, but chart still screams ‘range’
Uniswap’s (UNI) price rose about 4–5% over the past 24 hours on Tuesday, clawing back ground after a…
Trump plays roulette with Iran as oil and Bitcoin hold their breath
Trump’s ‘whole civilization will die’ threat to Iran sends oil, Bitcoin and stocks on knife edge. President Donald…
Circle mints $1 billion USDC in 24 hours as institutional flows surge
Circle minted $1 billion USDC in 24 hours, extending a $4.5b year‑to‑date supply jump and signaling heavy institutional…
AI agents get a new DeFi rail with ERC-8211 ‘smart batching’
Biconomy has proposed a new Ethereum standard, ERC-8211, that introduces “smart batching” so AI agents and smart accounts…
South Korea orders real-time checks at crypto exchanges after Bithumb’s $40b error
FSC orders five‑minute balance checks, auto kill switches, and monthly audits at Korean crypto exchanges after Bithumb’s $40b…
AI job hunters show why compute needs to be on-chain
An open-source AI job hunter built on Claude Code just auto-applied to hundreds of roles and actually landed…
Chaos Labs exits Aave after risk clash and legal fears
Chaos Labs is ending its three‑year Aave mandate after a $27m oracle fiasco, deep governance infighting, and mounting…
Bitcoin futures open interest jumps 8% in a day, Coinglass shows
Binance faces renewed questions over its $4.3b post-plea cleanup as crime-monitoring staff depart and chief compliance officer Noah…
Polymarket to rebuild engine, launch native dollar stablecoin
Polymarket will rebuild its core engine, introduce a hybrid CLOB, and launch Polymarket USD, a USDC‑backed stablecoin on…