Web3 Enthusiasm
Web3 Enthusiasm

Web3 Enthusiasm

Exploring Web3 and the ideas shaping the next generation of the internet. I believe we are still at the very beginning of something much bigger


Bitcoin Briefly Hit $150,000 on Bitfinex. What Happened?

Bitcoin briefly traded above $150,000 on Bitfinex on September 20, nearly doubling in price before quickly falling back to its previous level. The spike occurred in a BTC perpetual futures contract, according to TradingView data. Bitfinex has not yet...

SovietStories 1 minute read 21 Sep 2026 0 comments $0.04

What Came Before Bitcoin? The Digital Currencies Everyone Forgot

When Bitcoin launched in 2009, it looked like a completely new idea. Most of its building blocks, however, had existed for years: private digital cash, online payments, proof-of-work, digital scarcity and attempts to create money without a central ba...

SovietStories 2 minute read 17 Sep 2026 0 comments $0.02

Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto? The Mystery Is Still Open in 2026

Satoshi Nakamoto's identity remains unknown, but 2026 has brought a new name back into the center of the debate: Adam Back, the British cryptographer behind Hashcash. A New York Times investigation published in April argued that Back is the strongest...

SovietStories 1 minute read 16 Sep 2026 1 comment $0.05

Who Holds the Most Bitcoin and Where Is It Stored?

BlackRock controls more than 890,000 BTC worth about $69 billion, making it the largest entity in Arkham's ranking by Bitcoin holdings. The figure includes assets that a company or individual can directly access and manage, including customer funds h...

SovietStories 1 minute read 15 Sep 2026 0 comments $0.01

How One Blockchain Mistake Can Cost Millions

Crypto holders can lose millions with a single transaction. A hacked wallet isn't always involved. A wrong swap route, a copied address, the wrong network or an overly broad smart-contract approval can be enough to turn a valuable position into a nea...

SovietStories 3 minute read 14 Sep 2026 0 comments $0.08

More Than 90% of Crypto Market Capital Is Now Concentrated in Seven Coins

Capital in the crypto market is piling into fewer and fewer names. The concentration of money in the largest crypto assets has reached its highest level in five years, according to data from CryptoRank. The broader altcoin market is attracting a much...

SovietStories 1 minute read 11 Sep 2026 0 comments $0.11

Why September 11 Could Be a Bad Day for Bitcoin

Three separate pressures are converging on that date, and Bitcoin sits in the middle of all of them. The US will release its August CPI report that day, the last major inflation reading before the Federal Reserve's September 15–16 meeting. The labor...

SovietStories 1 minute read 10 Sep 2026 0 comments $0.05

Ethereum Planned for Its Own Failure

Most systems are designed around success. Ethereum's quantum migration plan also spells out what happens if it doesn't work. Buried inside it is a provision most people don't know about: the Minimum Viable Post-Quantum Protection. It isn't the goal -...

SovietStories 1 minute read 9 Sep 2026 1 comment $0.11