Historical coverage · 2008–2025
A chronological, source-linked archive of 151 retrospective crypto briefings published from 2008 through 2025.
Security · Historical retrospective · Published Dec 29, 2025
In February 2025 Bybit reported a major theft from an Ethereum cold wallet; the FBI later attributed the operation to North Korean actors.
Read the briefing →Layer 2 · Historical retrospective · Published Dec 29, 2024
After Dencun, rollups could publish data using blobs with a dedicated fee market rather than paying only calldata prices.
Read the briefing →Security · Historical retrospective · Published Dec 26, 2024
Bridge designs range from canonical rollup contracts to external validator committees, each with different verification and recovery assumptions.
Read the briefing →Ethereum · Historical retrospective · Published Dec 30, 2024
The March 2024 Dencun upgrade introduced EIP-4844 blob-carrying transactions, creating a separate data-availability lane for rollups.
Read the briefing →Layer 2 · Historical retrospective · Published Dec 31, 2024
EIP-4844 introduced blob-carrying transactions that make rollup data available under a separate fee market and retention model.
Read the briefing →Stablecoins · Historical retrospective · Published Dec 25, 2024
The EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation introduced authorization and reserve-related requirements for issuers of asset-referenced and e-money tokens, with stablecoin rules applying before the regulation’s broader provisions.
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