Dora Noda
Software Engineer
Dora Noda is a Software Engineer writing about Web3 infrastructure, blockchain networks, and self-hosting.
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Bittensor's Two-Front Governance Crisis: Latent 11 Inherits the Codebase as TAO Bleeds $900M
Bittensor handed core development to Latent 11 the same month Covenant AI walked out and TAO lost 25%. Here's what the two-front governance reset really means for decentralized AI.
PancakeSwap Moves Into Base App: The Super-App Era of DeFi Has Arrived
PancakeSwap's April 2026 launch as a native mini-app inside Coinbase's Base App validates the wallet super-app thesis for DeFi and makes the standalone dApp obsolete as a primary distribution surface.
POAP Goes Dark: What the Sunset of Web3's Favorite Identity Primitive Reveals About On-Chain Reputation
POAP entered maintenance mode in March 2026 after minting 7.2 million attendance badges. Its quiet sunset reveals why Web3 identity is splintering into specialist tools — and what comes next for on-chain reputation.
12 Banks, One Stablecoin: Inside Qivalis's MiCA Bet Against Dollar Dominance
Twelve of Europe's largest banks picked Fireblocks to build a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin through Amsterdam-based Qivalis. Inside the H2 2026 launch plan and whether it can actually dent dollar dominance in the $305B stablecoin market.
Self-Sovereign Identity Hits $7B: Why eIDAS 2.0 Is Web3's Stealth Adoption Event
The EU's eIDAS 2.0 regulation forces digital ID wallets on 450 million Europeans by late 2026, turning self-sovereign identity into a $7B market and putting Web3's credential stack at the center of the largest forced-adoption event in digital identity history.
Firedancer at 1M TPS: Solana's $100M Bet on Killing Single-Client Risk
Firedancer's full mainnet release in December 2025 marks Solana's largest engineering bet ever — but the real story is whether 1M TPS demos translate into the multi-client resilience institutional capital actually requires.
Tokenized US Treasuries Hit $14B: The 37x Surge That Made T-Bills RWA's First Real Product
Tokenized US Treasuries grew 37x in three years to $14B, becoming RWA's first true product-market fit. Here's what made T-Bills win on-chain — and which vertical breaks through next.
When AI Agents Own Assets: Inside the $479M Legal Personhood Vacuum
Virtuals Protocol's $479M Agentic GDP and Drift's $286M exploit have made one question urgent: when an autonomous AI agent loses user funds, who pays? A walk through the five competing liability frameworks.
DeFi's $606M April: Why 2026's Worst Hack Month Isn't About Smart Contracts
April 2026 saw $606M stolen from DeFi protocols in 18 days. Kelp DAO, Drift, and Resolv Labs were drained not by smart contract bugs but by configuration changes and operational seams that audits don't catch.