Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies’ latest plunge further underscores the highly volatile nature of this pseudo-asset class; one only hopes that policymakers will wake up to the risks before it’s too late. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/10/world/coming-crypto-apocalypse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #cryptocurrencies #donaldtrump #bitcoin #stablecoins #banking #blockchains #monetarypolicy
Over the last few days, I updated the current entries on this wikipage about blockchain-related social media projects;
https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Blockchain_Social_Media_Apps
About 1/3 of the projects in the list are still active in some form. None of them seem to have achieved a critical mass of use outside the bubble universe of crypto. Only one has now implemented ActivityPub (and previously Matrix for their in-house chat), and that one never pitched itself as decentralised.
The U.S. dollar's dominance is threatened as digital currencies' security and data integrity become key factors in the global monetary system, challenging America's economic privilege. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/20/world/currencies-in-the-digital-age/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #usdollar #currencies #crytocurrencies #bitcoin #stablecoin #blockchains