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Ravencoin is facing a serious crisis tonight. Two mining pools controlling the majority of the network's computing power are now rebuilding a replacement blockchain from before Friday's critical flaw. Anyone who made deposits, withdrawals, or payments in the last four days could see those transactions simply disappear.
That instability in crypto infrastructure stands in sharp contrast to what Coinbase is building overseas. The exchange has secured regulatory approval in Abu Dhabi to offer tokenized securities, planting its flag in the Gulf as the emirate positions itself as a global hub for onchain finance. It's a significant bet that regulated digital assets have a future outside American jurisdiction.
And on a completely different frontier, researchers are working on a way to keep drones airborne longer by charging them mid-flight using lasers. The technology aims to beam power directly to a drone's receiver while it's still in the air, potentially eliminating the downtime that currently limits commercial and emergency applications. The trade-offs around safety and efficiency are still very much an open question.
Those are the stories driving the conversation today. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
