Blog Netts
Notes from the Netts team: TRON fees, USDT transfers, APIs and the crypto industry.
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Crypto and Crowdfunding: Beyond the ICO Era
From ICO goldrush to launchpads and IDOs — what replaced the scam-riddled era, who actually wins, and what it costs investors.
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AI Agents and Crypto Wallets: Autonomous Finance
AI agents watch your wallet 24/7 and never forget. They also execute wrong transactions confidently and without hesitation.
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Crypto Custody: Who Actually Holds Your Keys?
Custodial wallets are convenient — until the exchange collapses. Non-custodial is safe — until you lose your seed phrase.
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Liquid Staking vs. Regular Staking: Why Even Bother?
Liquid staking promises yield without lock-up — but is it worth the smart contract risk, depeg danger, and Lido's fee cut?
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BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and the Quiet Tokenization of Money Market Funds
Tokenized money market funds are live — why asset managers moved to blockchains, what efficiency gains exist, and which risks actually matter.
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Mining Farms vs AI Datacenters: Battle for Energy, Real Estate and More
Electricity, land, GPUs, workers, subsidies — only so much to go around. The war between crypto miners and AI datacenters is far from settled.
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The Vitalik Doctrine: Buterin's 2025–2026 Essays as Political Theory
Buterin's 2025 essays as political theory — the worldview behind Ethereum, where it holds up, and what it reveals about power and society.
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Crypto's Carry Economy: Funding Rates, Basis Trades and the Hidden Mechanics
Borrow cheap, invest dear, pocket the spread — how carry trades work in crypto, from funding rates to basis plays, and what it actually takes.
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Crypto and Prediction Markets: Polymarket, Kalshi and Similar
From Iowa experiments to Polymarket billions — how prediction markets priced information as a tradeable asset, and why crypto made them global
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Solana Industrial Complex: Memes Making Millions
How Solana became the internet meme coin factory — from Trollface to brainlet, what drives the market, and what is actually under the hood.
