Dora Noda
Software Engineer
Dora Noda is a Software Engineer writing about Web3 infrastructure, blockchain networks, and self-hosting.
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The Ethereum Foundation Just Became a Staker. Can It Still Be a Neutral Steward?
The Ethereum Foundation finished staking 70,000 ETH on April 3, 2026. The yield solves a funding problem and creates a governance one: EF now profits from the very parameters its researchers debate.
Ethereum's Busiest Quarter Ever: 200 Million Transactions, and What the Price Isn't Telling You
Ethereum processed 200.4 million transactions in Q1 2026 — its busiest quarter ever — yet ETH trades at half its 2025 all-time high. The price-activity divergence isn't a contradiction; it's a signal about how institutional adoption actually works.
Ketman Project: How 100 North Korean Operatives Slipped Inside Web3
An Ethereum Foundation-backed investigation identified 100 North Korean operatives embedded across 53 crypto projects — turning Web3's hiring funnel into its most exposed attack surface.
Meme Launchpad 2.0: How Pump.fun's Rug-Pull Crisis Is Forcing the $34B Meme Token Market to Grow Up
Pump.fun minted 11.9 million tokens and earned $800M — but 98.6% were rugs. Now competitive pressure from LetsBonk.fun and a user trust collapse are forcing meme launchpads to professionalize with anti-sniper shields, time-weighted bonding curves, and on-chain creator reputation systems.
Plume Network's $645M Bet: Why a Dedicated RWA Layer-1 Is Beating Ethereum and Solana at Tokenization
Plume Network's purpose-built RWA Layer-1 has surpassed Ethereum and Solana in tokenized-asset holder count. Here's what its $645M early lead reveals about the future of on-chain real-world assets.
Aave Just Crossed $1 Trillion in Loans — And TradFi Can No Longer Pretend DeFi Is a Toy
Aave became the first DeFi protocol to cross $1 trillion in cumulative loan originations in February 2026. Here is how it ran away from Compound, Morpho, and Sky — and why SOC 2 attestation plus Horizon's institutional RWA stack now put it on bank counterparty lists.
Aethir's $344M Strategic Compute Reserve: The Moment DePIN Grew Up
Aethir's $344M Strategic Compute Reserve signals DePIN's graduation from token-incentive experiments to enterprise-grade GPU procurement rivaling AWS, Azure, and GCP.
The $50M Quarterly Tax No One Is Measuring: Why AI Agents Are the Easiest MEV Prey on Crypto
Autonomous AI agents are leaking an estimated $50M per quarter to MEV searchers because the traits that make them reliable also make them predictable. Here's how the front-running problem became structural — and what 2026's defense stack looks like.
Bitcoin Whales Just Bought 270,000 BTC in 30 Days — The Largest Monthly Accumulation Since 2013
Whale wallets quietly absorbed 270,000 BTC in 30 days — the largest monthly accumulation since 2013 — while retail panicked, exchange reserves hit a 7-year low, and BlackRock's IBIT kept buying the dip.