Dora Noda
Software Engineer
Dora Noda is a Software Engineer writing about Web3 infrastructure, blockchain networks, and self-hosting.
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Drift Protocol's $286M Exploit: How a Legitimate Solana Feature Became DeFi's Deadliest Weapon
Drift Protocol lost $286M in the largest DeFi hack of 2026 after attackers weaponized Solana's durable nonces feature to pre-sign admin transactions weeks before execution. Here's what happened and what every protocol must learn.
InfoFi: How Information Finance Is Turning Data, Attention, and Predictions Into Tradeable Assets
InfoFi (Information Finance) transforms data, attention, and predictions into tradeable on-chain assets. After the January 2026 X API ban crashed the sector, surviving projects like Kaito, Cookie DAO, and Polymarket pivoted toward genuine financial infrastructure — with ICE investing $2B in Polymarket as institutional data infrastructure.
NYSE Taps Securitize to Mint Blockchain-Native Stocks: The $50 Trillion Migration Begins
NYSE names Securitize as its first digital transfer agent to mint blockchain-native stocks, ETFs, and bonds on a new Digital Trading Platform. With SEC approval pending and a Q3 2026 pilot, the $50T U.S. equity market is getting on-chain settlement, 24/7 trading, and T+0 finality.
Ondo Chain: Why the Biggest RWA Protocol Is Building Its Own Blockchain — And What It Means for Tokenized Finance
Ondo Finance is building Ondo Chain, a purpose-built L1 blockchain for tokenized real-world assets. With $2.75B TVL, Franklin Templeton ETF tokenization, and Wall Street advisors shaping the design, Ondo Chain embeds compliance, oracles, and cross-chain bridging at the protocol level.
Q1 2026 Crypto Fundraising Hits $9.27B — Wall Street Is No Longer Investing in Crypto, It's Acquiring It
Q1 2026 saw $9.27B raised across 255 crypto deals — a 3.2x surge from Q4 2025. Mastercard's $1.8B BVNK acquisition, ICE's $2B Polymarket commitment, and Core Scientific's $1B debt facility signal a structural shift from VC-led funding to TradFi acquisitions.
The Q1 2026 Crypto Graveyard: 20+ Projects Died While the Industry Quietly Rebuilt
More than 20 crypto projects shut down in Q1 2026 as Bitcoin dropped 23% and the market shed $900B. From Tally's governance platform to Balancer Labs and Nifty Gateway, we analyze who died, who survived, and what the pattern reveals about crypto's maturation.
SoFi Becomes the First National Bank to Launch a Stablecoin — What SoFiUSD Means for the Future of Money
SoFi launches the first bank-issued stablecoin on a public blockchain. SoFiUSD, backed by reserves at the Federal Reserve, arrives with SoFi Big Business Banking — a 24/7 enterprise platform on Solana that could reshape how institutions interact with crypto.
Tally's Shutdown Exposes Crypto's Uncomfortable Truth: Most DAOs Were Just Regulatory Camouflage
Tally, the governance platform behind 500+ DAOs including Uniswap and Arbitrum, is shutting down after six years. CEO Dennison Bertram says easing US crypto regulation made decentralization 'optional' — exposing that many DAOs were built as regulatory camouflage, not genuine coordination tools.
Tempo: How Stripe's Payment-First L1 Blockchain Is Replacing SWIFT With Sub-Second Stablecoin Settlement
Stripe's Tempo L1 blockchain launched mainnet with $500M funding and partners like Deutsche Bank, Visa, and Klarna. Learn how its Machine Payments Protocol, TIP-20 standard, and ISO 20022 compliance are reshaping the $190T cross-border payment market.