Dora Noda
Software Engineer
Dora Noda is a Software Engineer writing about Web3 infrastructure, blockchain networks, and self-hosting.
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Kaito After YAPS: How X Killed Crypto's First Attention Economy — and What Rose From Its Ashes
Kaito's YAPS attention-to-earn product was sunset in January 2026 after X banned incentivized posting apps. Here is how the pivot to Kaito Studio and Polymarket attention markets reshapes the InfoFi category.
Kraken's $550M Bitnomial Bet: Buying the Only CFTC-Regulated Crypto Derivatives Stack Money Can Build
Payward's April 17, 2026 acquisition of Bitnomial gives Kraken the only crypto-native company holding all three CFTC licenses — DCM, DCO, and FCM — months before its anticipated IPO. Here is why clearing infrastructure just became the most valuable asset in US crypto derivatives.
Mind Network's FHE Consensus: The First Blockchain Where Validators Never See the Data They Validate
Mind Network's FHE validator layer reaches consensus on ciphertext — so validators never see the data or AI model weights they verify. Here is what that actually means for confidential AI, the trade-offs versus ZK and MPC, and whether FHE's 100×-1000× overhead can survive real production workloads.
Mint Blockchain Shuts Down: The L2 Graveyard Is Now a Discipline
Mint Blockchain's April 2026 shutdown signals a broader L2 reckoning: why most Ethereum rollups can't survive the revenue math, and how orderly wind-downs are becoming a discipline.
Monad vs MegaETH: The High-Performance EVM Showdown Reshaping Q2 2026
Monad's parallel L1 launched in November 2025, MegaETH's real-time L2 went live in February 2026. Two mainnets, two architectures, and the choice defining EVM scaling for the rest of the decade.
Movement Labs M2: EVM + Move Hybrid Lets Solidity Inherit Resource-Type Safety
Movement Labs' M2 chain runs Solidity bytecode inside a Move VM, promising reentrancy immunity and resource-type safety for Ethereum developers without rewrites.
Paris Blockchain Week 2026: How Europe Quietly Took the Institutional Crypto Crown
Paris Blockchain Week 2026 marked a turning point for institutional crypto in Europe — MiCA-driven distribution wins, BNP Paribas on Ethereum, the first natively tokenized IPO, and a conference scaling up to Signal Week.
USAD on Aleo: How Paxos Built the First Stablecoin That Is Both Private and Auditable
Paxos and Aleo launched USAD, a dollar-backed stablecoin that keeps wallets, amounts, and counterparties confidential while letting regulators audit every transaction. Here is why this resolves the paradox blocking institutional DeFi.
peaq Network After Mainnet: Can a Polkadot Parachain Become the Ethereum of the Machine Economy?
peaq Network has 60+ live DePINs, HashKey Capital's endorsement, and Dubai's regulatory backing — but a sub-two-cent token. Here is why 2026 decides whether it becomes the Ethereum of the machine economy.