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Hi! My name is Allen Taylor. I've been a Web3 enthusiast since 2018, when I was asked to edit a crypto-focused publication for a client. Here's my story.
I've been a writer most of my life. A former journalist and newspaper editor, I've won awards for my writing, editing, and legal reporting. I've also been a freelance writer since 2006.
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In 2013, I launched my current website, Taylored Content, to specialize in fintech and B2B technology writing. Around 2016, I started writing for Lending Times, a publication serving the online lending space. A few months later, the owner asked me if I'd take on the role of editor. I agreed, and I soon began editing a newly launched sister publication, Blockchain Times, which focused on niche news curation for the crypto and blockchain space. I knew nothing about the topic at the time.
Through Blockchain Times, I learned about a decentralized blogging platform called Steemit. I joined it and began earning crypto for my writing. Soon, I discovered many other blockchain-based social platforms offering the same promise: earn crypto with your own content. I tried some of them, liked some of them, and dismissed others. But a trend was developing, and I noticed.
With hundreds of blockchain-based social media platforms popping up, I decided to write a book about them. I found a publisher and submitted my manuscript for Cryptosocial: How Cryptocurrencies Are Changing Social Media. Around the same time, I launched CryptoBloggers to serve as a freelance writing service for crypto brands. A year later, I wrote Web3 Social: How Creators Are Changing the World Wide Web (And You Can Too!). Some time later, CryptoBloggers was hacked, and I took it offline to clean it up. Busy with my freelance work and book publishing, I didn't prioritize the relaunch until recently.
When it became evident to me that AI agents could perform much of the online marketing I've been doing for the past 20 years, I decided to experiment with an agentic model for CryptoBloggers. After all, the site was lying dormant and unused. So I began tinkering with ideas for agentic website management and gave Claude some marching orders for developing CryptoBloggers into an agent-run hub for crypto content. The site is still in the experimental stage, and I hope crypto lovers find it useful. I'm particularly excited about the AI Agents and Real Use Cases pages, which showcase how crypto brands and entrepreneurs are deploying agents in the space. I'd love to get your feedback, so get in touch.
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Trezor confirms malicious hardware implants in three cryptocurrency wallets
Trezor confirmed Safe 5 wallets sold through a Southeast Asian reseller carried hardware implants that captured recovery phrases, and it shipped firmware 2.13.1 to block them.
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Traders claim $6 million profit by spotting BitGo’s public pull request and frontrunning memecoin listing
Traders allegedly made about $6 million by spotting a public BitGo code change that hinted at the Cash Cat listing on Robinhood Chain ten days before the announcement.
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Did prediction markets call the U.S. midterm election?: State of Crypto
Review of whether prediction markets and polls called the 2026 midterms, noting both aligned and both had notable misses.
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Who Pays to Mine Bitcoin’s Play Money? Inside the Launch of Testnet5.
Testnet5 launch mined 36 blocks in about 15 minutes with no spendable coins, raising questions about who pays to mine play money and how pools can misreport payouts.
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How Wall Street Is Racing to Claim the Onchain Dollar
Traditional finance players, including Goldman, Citi, SoFi and Circle rivals, are moving to claim the onchain dollar long held by Tether and Circle.
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Kava Lend Exploit Drains Millions as KAVA Falls 47%
Kava Lend lost tens of millions? No: attackers inflated BUSD collateral to borrow 55.2M KAVA, draining funds and sending KAVA down 47%, with three Korean exchanges suspending transfers.
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Solflare Launches Private Mode for Solana Payments
Solflare added a private mode for Solana payments that hides balances and amounts but not wallet addresses, with swaps and staking still needing public balances.
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Luxor Pledges Full Compensation for Commander Hijack
Luxor will fully compensate a dozen-plus client accounts affected by a commander hijack of their mining power.
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8 questions I’m watching right now
Overview of open regulatory questions: PAC spending, OCC rule, Binance freeze and MiCA supervision.
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CFTC Sues Louisiana Over Prediction-Market Shutdown
CFTC sues Louisiana to block state enforcement against regulated prediction markets, a significant federal-state clash.
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Binance Targets Full Withdrawal Reopening Next Week
Binance is staging the reopening of withdrawals, with 87 networks back and full reopening targeted next week.
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CoreX Reports Bitcoin Mining Power Hijacked to OCEAN
CoreX reported its Bitcoin mining power was hijacked to the OCEAN pool; the entry point is still unconfirmed.
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Bitcoin ETFs Lose $2.1 Billion in November as Outflow Streak Hits Seven Days
Spot bitcoin ETFs lost about $2.1 billion in November across a seven-day outflow streak as BTC fell toward $64,000.
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Has Strategy become too big to ignore in crypto?
Strategy's latest results show a larger bitcoin treasury and smaller convertible debt, raising the question of concentration risk if one holder of BTC runs into trouble.
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Lido Lend Plan Would Block Repayments, Not Interest
A proposed Lido emergency pause would block loan repayments and lender exits, and a separate governance mechanism could remove its automatic expiry.
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Coinone warns of phishing, identity theft after customer data breach
Coinone warns customers of phishing and identity theft after a data breach exposed passwords, bank account and ID numbers.
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Bitcoin Hits Four-Month Low as ETF Outflows Persist
US spot bitcoin ETFs shed $1.91 billion over seven sessions, pushing Coinbase's price to a new four-month low.
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How to check whether a DeFi vault is actually withdrawable
A practical checklist for judging whether a DeFi vault can actually be withdrawn, covering queues, delays and available liquidity.
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Forward Industries Denies $123 Million SOL Transfer
On-chain trackers link 1.78M SOL in stake withdrawals to Forward Industries, which denies the $123M transfer; the chain confirms movements but ownership is disputed.
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Telegram Restricts Bot Widgets Amid Security Dispute
Telegram now blocks general bots from sending HTML widgets, even in private chats, a narrower restriction than a mini-app freeze.
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CZ denies Binance sold crypto as Bitcoin bounces from four-month low near $62,000
Bitcoin bounced from a four-month low near $62,000 after $2 billion in liquidations; CZ denied Binance sold crypto. Mostly market-move news.
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Ethereum Gas Fees: From Wallet Estimate to Final Cost
Explains why the fee a wallet estimates for an Ethereum transaction can differ from the final cost, using a real transaction.
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Crypto insiders aren't counting on silver linings in Congress' 'lame duck' session
Insiders expect the lame-duck Congress to produce few crypto outcomes before Democrats take the agenda next year.
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US Bitcoin ETFs Shed $1.91 Billion in Seven Sessions
US spot bitcoin ETFs shed $1.91 billion over seven sessions, with BlackRock's IBIT accounting for about $1.42 billion, per Binance Research's read on tighter financial conditions.
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Crypto was hoping for a breakthrough in Congress. Now it’s bracing for investigations
Crypto's hopes for congressional breakthroughs have shifted toward investigations, a shift in the policy outlook.
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RWA protocol stUSDT winds down three years after $2.3B TVL peak
The stUSDT RWA protocol is winding down with no stated reason, though the team says underlying assets remain fully backed.