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Taiwan ranks second in the world—behind only South Korea—in convenience store density. The sheer breadth of services they offer has led people to jokingly call convenience store clerks “the strongest species on Earth.” They not only brew coffee, boil tea eggs, and make ice cream, but also double
GM, Lately, I’ve been seeing Firstrade ads all over my social feeds, tempting me to invest in U.S. stocks (as shown below). If you make your first wire transfer deposit of more than USD 2,500, Firstrade will reimburse USD 25 of the wire transfer fee. But this
GM, AI hackers are here—and they can launch attacks autonomously. Last week, the security research team at AI company Anthropic released a critical report showing that AI agents are already capable of independently discovering vulnerabilities in smart contract code, planning attack strategies, and executing attacks. In a simulated environment,
GM, In my previous article, I mentioned Central Bank Governor Yang Chin-long’s question 1 about stablecoins: “If future stablecoin issuers and related businesses are brought under regulation—required to follow AML, CFT, KYC, cybersecurity, and consumer-protection rules—will they still be able to offer the fast, freely circulating, and
GM, Last week, Central Bank Governor Yang Chin-long delivered a keynote speech titled “Digital Innovation in Payments and the Role of the Central Bank” at the Financial Information Service Co. annual conference. His talk focused on three major topics: stablecoins, tokenization, and central bank digital currency (CBDC). This video is
GM, Ethereum has upgraded again. Around 6 a.m. Taiwan time on December 4 (today), Ethereum completed its second system upgrade of 2025, codenamed Fusaka (a blend of Fulu and Osaka). This upgrade includes 12 updates in total, but the two most important changes are: 1. Improving wallet user experience
GM, It feels great to be back at work. I spent the past two weeks traveling in Europe, and since I was traveling with my wife, I tried my best not to look at work during the trip. The only exception was keeping an eye on today’s topic. During
GM, This article concerns the public interest and is fully open — feel free to share it. As mentioned in recent Blocktrend articles, last week I discovered that two of my assets were stuck in DeFi services 1 2 3 : 1. Euler Finance (K3 USDT Earn Vault – Avalanche) 2. Silo Finance
GM, Starting next week, Blocktrend will take its year-end publishing break. Four articles will be paused, and regular publication will resume on December 2. This is a pre-planned family trip — not a getaway to recover from last week’s loss of funds 😅. But hey, it works out perfectly. Now, onto
GM, I originally planned to skip publishing this week—honestly, my mood was terrible. But after thinking it through, since I’ve already paid what feels like a million-dollar tuition fee, I should at least share my firsthand experience of falling into a DeFi pit. First, a quick reminder: if
GM, It’s currently earnings season for U.S. stocks, and last week, the American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase held its earnings call. As the meeting was coming to an end, CEO Brian Armstrong admitted he was a bit distracted, then proceeded to read out a series of keywords: “Bitcoin,” “Ethereum,
GM, According to Tuesday’s poll results, this article will once again feature human narration. I personally prefer reading my own work aloud, though it does take extra time to record — unlike AI-generated audio, which is much easier 😂. Still, I’ll keep exploring AI tools to see if there’s