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Kaspa at the Edge of Crescendo: Steady, Tightening, and Poised for a Breakout

Kaspa has finally shaken off five months of downtrend. With a big network upgrade only days away, Kaspa is tip-toeing out of bear territory and eyeing its next growth spurt.

Riding the Waves: Kaspa’s Volatile Journey and the Crescendo of Market Momentum

This market review delves into the recent price trends, technical indicators, and market sentiments that define Kaspa's current position. It evaluates short-term momentum shifts, the potential impact of the realized price, and broader market conditions to forecast Kaspa's trajectory in the context of its upcoming Crescendo upgrade and general cryptocurrency trends.

On-Chain Signals and Long-Term Holder Conviction Fuel Recovery Prospects

Kaspa has recently settled around $0.08 following a swift rebound from its long-term holder (LTH) realized price near $0.06. This quick bounce suggests strong underlying demand, especially from those who view Kaspa’s current level as a potential value zone.

Kaspa Market Review: Glimmers of a Bottom on the Horizon?

Kaspa Market Review: Signs of Accumulation Amid Short-Term Weakness

Kaspa's market performance has been a mixed bag, with significant bearish trends in price but encouraging long-term holding behavior. While short-term volatility continues and the price remains strongly undervalued, the underlying fundamentals suggest that the network is gradually entering an accumulation phase, setting the stage for a potential rebound.

Kaspa Shows Resilience: Support Levels Reclaimed as Market Stabilizes

Kaspa has shown resilience by reclaiming key long-term support levels, but short-term indicators remain weak. The dominance of long-term holders and historically low valuation metrics suggest that downside risk is decreasing, but sustained capital inflows are needed to confirm a broader uptrend.

Kaspa Price Dropped Below Key Averages: Sentiment, Valuation, and Market Dynamics Point to Potential Recovery

Kaspa's market has seen persistent price declines over the past month, with its price remaining below key short- and mid-term moving averages. While sentiment and valuation indicators suggest some level of recovery, short-term holders (STH) continue to exert selling pressure, and capital inflows remain limited.

Kaspa Market Review: Undervalued, But Is a Reversal Near?

Despite a sluggish price trend, the underlying fundamentals hint at potential accumulation rather than outright capitulation. The key question now: Is the market preparing for a recovery, or will weakness persist?

Kaspa Market Outlook: Undervalued Long-Term with Short-Term Challenges

The cryptocurrency market remains a battlefield of diverging perspectives, with long-term holders (LTH) standing resolute despite challenging price conditions, while short-term holders (STH) show signs of retreat

Navigating Market Crossroads: Resilience, Undervaluation, and Cautious Optimism

The cryptocurrency market is currently navigating a pivotal phase characterized by a unique blend of resilience among long-term participants and short-term bearish trends. While signs of undervaluation dominate, the market's trajectory remains complex, shaped by contrasting signals across various dimensions.

How Kaspa Stands Strong Against Market Manipulation

Kaspa has successfully fought against market manipulation. As the market matures, Kaspa’s model of decentralized power, coupled with transparent and sustainable growth, offers a promising blueprint for the future of cryptocurrency ecosystems

Bullish Signals Ahead: Capital Inflows and Macroeconomic Trends Ignite a New Round of Accumulation for Kaspa

Kaspa enters a bullish accumulation phase as capital inflows rise and macro trends align. Discover key metrics supporting future price appreciation in our latest review.

Capital Inflow and Resilience: Kaspa's Response to the Federal Reserve's Rate Cut

Following the Federal Reserve's 50 basis point rate cut, Kaspa showcases resilience with strong post-crash recovery and renewed investor interest, positioning itself for future growth amid market volatility.

Kaspa Market Outshining Bitcoin with Resilience and Growth Potential Amid Market Turbulence

Kaspa is currently demonstrating remarkable resilience and growth potential in the volatile cryptocurrency market, particularly when compared to Bitcoin. Despite Bitcoin struggling below its Short-Term Holder (STH) Realized Price for much of the past month, Kaspa has managed to stay above this critical support level, reflecting its relative strength and stability.

Riding the Wave of Renewed Investor Interest and Global Liquidity Surge

Kaspa's recent trading volume tripled following its Binance Live debut, indicating strong and sustained market interest. This persistent volume suggests ongoing market engagement, attracting more participants and signaling potential future price action. Currently, Kaspa's price is below the Short-Term Holders (STH) Realized Price, offering a strategic buying opportunity for value-seeking investors.

Kaspa Network Sees Volume Surge and Stability After Binance Live Success

Kaspa Network has shown significant boost in market activity following the success of its first Binance Live episode, which garnered 82,000 views. This event catalyzed a nearly fourfold increase in daily trading volumes, from 300 million UTXO to 1.2 billion UTXO, reflecting growing market interest.

A Resilient Outlook Amidst Distribution Dynamics

The Kaspa market has exhibited strong resilience, rebounding robustly after a recent global market dip. Trading between $0.16 and $0.17, Kaspa maintains crucial support above the 200-day moving average (200DMA), fostering a bullish sentiment. Overall, Kaspa is well-positioned for potential future gains, making it a cryptocurrency to watch closely.

Accelerating Investor Growth Amid Price Dip

In the recent global market turbulence, Kaspa has demonstrated less market setback than Bitcoin. This is reflected in the accelerating growth of investors, as evidenced by the increase in the number of addresses holding at least 1,000 KAS. This indicates that investors perceive the dip as a buying opportunity.

Recorded All-Time High and Metrics Confirm Bull Cycle Has More Room

The Kaspa Network has experienced a notable transition in recent weeks. Following a month-long period of consolidation, where the price fluctuated within a narrow range between 16 to 18 cents, the market saw a significant breakout yesterday, culminating in an all-time high of 20.7 cents.

Potential Breakout with Optimistic Investor Sentiment and Strong Fundamentals

This week, investor sentiment has started to shift towards a more optimistic outlook, signaling a potential trend change in the market. After four weeks, the Realized HODL Ratio has entered bull-neutral territory, reflecting an evolving equilibrium between long-term holders (LTH) and short-term holders (STH).

Persistent Bullish Trends with Nuanced Market Dynamics

Building upon the momentum from last week's landmark developments, Kaspa continues to exhibit a cautiously optimistic market tone. The bullish sentiment spurred by Marathon Holding's mining announcement and the KRC20 BETA launch has evolved into a more nuanced market landscape.

Evaluating Bullish Momentum Amidst Cautious Optimism

In our market review published last week, we highlighted positive momentum in Kaspa and noted both on-chain and price signals suggesting the potential onset of a bullish reversal. This anticipated change indeed materialized over the past week.

Kaspa On-Chain Metrics Showing Signs of Bullish Reversal

Resilient Long-Term Holders Amid Tightening Financial Conditions Indicate Mid-Cycle Consolidation

Announcing the Launch of Kaspa Market Dashboard: Your Comprehensive Guide to Kaspa Market Analysis

Eliott Méa: The Oracle Problem and The Kaspa Solution

Today, we sit down with Eliott Méa, a rising researcher in the blockDAG space. We break down the interview into four parts: centralized exchanges and their order-book mechanics; the current state of DeFi oracle systems, high-frequency trading systems and how they relate to Kaspa; and a closing section on Méa’s research future. 

An Interview with Chad Ballantyne: Kaspa Commons and its New Voice for a Growing Ecosystem

Led by Chad Ballantyne—the creative mind behind the official Kaspa logo and brand identity—Kaspa Commons is more than just a new social account; it's a new Kaspa community.

An Interview with CryptoPumpz: A True Heavyweight in the Kaspa Community

We’re excited to share this interview with Ger, better known as CryptoPumpz—a passionate voice in the Kaspa community whose enthusiasm shines through in every livestream and upload.

Interviewing the Kings of Kaspian Point-of-Sale: Kasway

Kasway aims to create the best crypto-native PoS system, which not only complements fiat but eventually plans to replace it with KAS. We caught up with the Kasway team to hear how it all came together—the rebuild, the roadblocks, and their mission to make KAS more than just an asset but a currency people can actually use.

A KaspaCom Interview with Sione, Founder and CEO

In this new interview, we spoke with Sione Milhem, Founder and CEO of KaspaCom, to discuss the platform’s transformation—from its origins as a simple DEX to its vision as a full-spectrum hub for DeFi, education, and media within the Kaspa ecosystem.

An Interview with Kaspa Core: Ori Newman

In this piece, we interview Ori Newman. As a core contributor to Kaspa, Ori plays a central role in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in decentralized networks. His blend of technical rigor and forward-thinking vision has made him one of the most respected voices in the blockchain space.

An Igra Labs Interview: A Bright Kaspa Future and a Dark Bitcoin Past

KASmedia recently sat down with the team behind Igra Labs, primarily Pavel and Dennis. We wanted this interview to cover the overall future of L2 scaling, not just for Kaspa but for proof-of-work in general, particularly Bitcoin.

Sin City and the Boys: An Interview

As part of our ongoing series highlighting prominent crypto media channels that regularly spotlight Kaspa, we turn the spotlight to Sin City Crypto. This platform has published over 1,500 videos and boasts roughly 89,000 subscribers on its public YouTube channel. Based in Las Vegas, NV, Sin City Crypto is renowned for its entertaining yet educational content.

An Interview with Plan K (@MikoGenno)

In this article, we cover the hard hitting questions concerning Kaspa economics; such as Gresham's Law, the future of hard money and its fiat counterpart, low-entropy forms of money, Austrian economics, wealth inequality, and the future economic security models of both Bitcoin and Kaspa. 

Kaspa's Main Influencer Series: An Interview with Rock the Kaspa

Hosted by brothers Chris and Tom, Rock the Kaspa is a news outlet that provides monthly video recaps of all things Kaspa to over 1,000 subscribers. We’re thrilled to share this exclusive interview with Chris and Tom, introducing you to their incredible show and their contributions to the Kaspa community.

An Interview with Kaspa Silver: A Series on Kaspa's Top Influencers

See our interview with Kaspa Silver. He has posted tutorials, news, and commentary videos on YouTube and keeps us up-to-date on Kaspa happenings on X.com (Twitter). His videos are a great start for users just learning about Kaspa, as they are informative and thorough. 

Introducing KaspaCom: An Interview with the Team

See our interview with KaspaCom co-founder Sione Melhem, in which he shares his insights on the company's founding, the innovative features driving the platform, and the vision behind its growth. Sione also offers a deeper look into the technologies shaping KaspaCom's future and its role in revolutionizing the decentralized finance space.

A KASmedia Interview

KASmedia had the pleasure of interviewing Luke, the Kaspa Global Ambassador, Kaspa archival node operator, and crypto miner, known on X.com (Twitter) as @elldeeone. We caught up with him after his travels on the Kaspa World Tour to discuss the events and the Kaspa Ambassador program.

Kaspa Miner Series: An Interview with Goldshell

On September 9, 2023, KASmedia was fortunate to interview members of the Goldshell team as part of our mining interview series. Founded in 2017, Goldshell is a crypto miner manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, with additional offices in Hangzhou, Hong Kong, and Singapore. According to their website, Goldshell is available in 130+ countries, with over fifty global partners, and over 40,000 registered users.

Kaspa Miner Series: Interview with ICERIVER

As part of the continuing miner interview series, KASmedia interviewed the team behind ICERIVER. ICERIVER specializes in Kaspa ASICS and affordable at-home miners. We spoke to Ray, ICERiVER's head of marketing and KAS Mining Manufacturer Representative, about their role in the Kaspa community and in global crypto mining in general.

An Interview with Tangem: Revolutionizing Cold Storage for Kaspa

Recently, we caught up with Nikita Rybachuk, Manager of Business Development (BD) and Partnerships at Tangem, to learn more about their wallet technology, wearables, and collaborations with Kaspa. See the full interview here.

Kaspa Mining Series: Interview with Christian Ludwig

On July 7, 2024, we had the privilege of sending interview questions to Christian Ludwig, an influential member of the cryptocurrency community and one of the largest holders of Kaspa—at one point, the largest holder. He is an Inc. 500 Entrepreneur and runs the Kaspa mining company c#rate. Additionally, he is Kaspa's US East Coast business development volunteer representative.

Rusty Kaspa FAQs

We spoke with Michael Sutton and CoderofStuff to clarify some of our questions about the recent RustyKaspa rewrite. The rewrite upgrade went live on May 13, 2024, achieving 10 blocks per second on affordable hardware and supporting up to 32 blocks per second on commodity hardware. Moreover, Rusty Kaspa enhanced security and simplified development.

Understanding MEV Through Simulation and Kaspa Solutions

We have a guest article from Vyte, an important Kaspa community member, especially in the X world. In this article, Vyte breaks down Maximal Extractable Value (otherwise known as MEV) problems, potential attacks, and how Kaspa serves as a potential solution via block parallelism, kickbacks, fair ordering, and auctions.

A Clean Kaspian Future: Desert Energy, Clean Energy Trading and Kaspa Kii

Due to Kaspa's unforgeable costliness from mining, we believe mining energy securing Kaspa must be abundantly available, climate neutral, and as cheap as possible. In this piece, we cover the history and theory of clean energy, MENA's energy infrastructure, the development of Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) , and the future of Kaspa Kii.

The Three Woes of Bitcoin’s Fee Market (and How blockDAGs Can Fix Them)

Security of BlockDAGs (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1D, post 4)

Honesty Vs. Rationality (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1D, post 3)

HeavyHash is not "broken"

The BlockDAG Paradigm (Understanding GHOSTDAG, Chapter 1D, Post 2)

Understanding GHOSTDAG, Exercises for Chapter 1D

Understanding GHOSTDAG, Exercises for Chapter 1C

Understanding GHOSTDAG, Exercises for Chapter 1B

Understanding GHOSTDAG, Exercises for Chapter 1A

DAGs and Topological Sorting (Understanding GHOSTDAG, Chapter 1D, Post 1)

Understanding GHOSTDAG Preface and Introduction

Sketch of Bitcoin Security Proof* (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1C, Post 5)

Selfish Mining* (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1C, Post 6)

Confirmation Times (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1C, Post 4)

Liveness (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1C, Post 3)

Safety (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1C, Post 2)

Mathematical Background for Consensus (Understanding GHOSTDAG, appendix)

What Is Security? (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1C, Post 1)

The Heaviest Chain rule and GHOST (Understanding GHOSTDAG Part 1B, Post 3)

Chain Selection Rules (Understanding GHOSTDAG Part 1B, Post 2)

BFT Vs. PoW (Understanding GHOSTDAG Part 1A, post 2)

Proof-Of-Work (Understanding GHOSTDAG Part 1A, post 2)

Background for the BlockChain Paradigm (Understanding GHOSTDAG, Chapter 1B, Post 1)

A Path to Digital Silver as a Stateless World Reserve Currency: A History and Philosophy of The Money Trilemma  -  Part One

Not only does Kaspa solve the Blockchain Trilemma, but it also solves another trilemma: the Money Trilemma. The Money Trilemma claims that a form of money can only provide and maintain two of the three properties at any given time: a store of value (or salability across time), a medium of exchange (or salability across space), and a unit of account (or salability across scale). No form of money has solved this trilemma until now, with Kaspa creating the world's first perfect form of money.

Byzantine Fault Tolerance (Understanding GHOSTDAG Part 1A, post 1)

Understanding GHOSTDAG: Table of Contents

The Master of Time: How DAGKNIGHT Solves an Impossibility Result Unachievable by Bitcoin, Ethereum and Classical BFT Models

The Masters are coming! They are Mastering Time! A famous impossibility result in distributed systems theory formally proved that a protocol cannot achieve a partially synchronous communication model with a fault tolerance bound of ½. However, Kaspa’s future consensus model, DAGKNIGHT, solves this problem, a feat unachievable by any other protocol, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Classical BFT models. Solving such a result entails a strong form of correctness while modeling the real world (i.e., internet latency), — and thereby creating a master of time.

The Weekly Knight: Toccatta Forks and Pie

The Kaspa ecosystem is advancing toward its Toccata hard fork, enabling Layer-1 covenants and ZK infrastructure, while parallel developments in tooling, Layer-2 expansion, and ecosystem adoption are still on fire.

Moog Synthesizers and Zero-Knowledge Proofs on Kaspa

Kaspa researcher Hans Moog completed a major milestone by integrating zero-knowledge proving into the vProgs framework. Additionally, we still maintain incredible adoption from many dapp updates.

The Weekly Knight: One Billion Transactions for One Billion Kaspians

Kaspa continues to scale rapidly, surpassing one billion transactions, while advancing core protocol upgrades, expanding AI and DeFi infrastructure, and benefiting from the U.S. Clarity Act. One day, these one billion transactions will be one billion users, as this is the first time in history that hard money can build an entire financial system.

The Weekly Knight: BLAKE3 Hashing and Oxford Memories

Kaspa is accelerating on all fronts—from Oxford Union recognition to a major May hard fork 2026 protocol upgrade. What we are especially excited about is Kaspian's move to the BLAKE3 hashing algorithm, which increases speed while maintaining a future with oPoW.

The Future of AI is Kaspa

Kaspa’s ecosystem continues to expand with the release of Rusty Kaspa v1.1.0, while developers advance covenant tooling ahead of the upcoming hard fork. At the same time, new Layer-2 infrastructure, stablecoins, oracle systems, and experimental applications—from messaging platforms to AI assistants—emerge.

The Kaspian Knight: Covenants, DAGKNIGHT Testing, and Real-Time Bitcoin

Kaspa development, across core and third-party ecosystem applications, is in full force - at the likes of which we've never seen before. DAGKNIGHT developmentment is finally in testing, covenant and zk R&D is expanding, and a wave of new apps are finally coming to fruition as we all march towards Kaspa’s Real-Time Decentralization vision.

What Real Money Was Meant to Be: Real Time Bitcoin

This week, we gain foresight and a vision of what real money and Bitcoin was meant to be: real-time, decentralized, unforgeable costliness, i.e., “Real-Time Decentralization." Moreover, we cover how Kaspa is targeting two aggressive 2026 hard forks. Lastly, the Covenants++ timeline is targerted in May to finalize covenant-based state machines, zk verification, and canonical rollup bridging.

Kaspians, Oh Kaspians. Hail The Silverscript!

In this edition, we cover how Kaspa is accelerating toward its 2026 covenant-centric hardfork as Silverscript (its first high-level L1 smart contract language) launches on Testnet-12 This is huge! Moreover, KIP-20 is announced enabling scalable stateful covenants and vProgs node reliability advances. Finally, THE Kaspa ecosystem momentum is building rapidly as we past 600M transactions with expanding DeFi, messaging, gaming, and hackathon activity.

The Kaspian Dark Knight: Hard Forking and Vitalk Copying Kaspa

Kaspa is advancing a May covenant-focused hard fork introducing native assets and new programmability features—merged on-chain zero-knowledge verification and upgraded testnet capabilities. Moreover, the ecosystem is growing massively!

Kaspian Knight: It's Only Up From Here

It’s only up from here. Let’s take a look at new insights into vProgs programmability, covenants, fee-market design, and DagKnight’s dynamic-DAG testing, alongside expanded execution-layer and cross-chain infrastructure. Moreover, we saw new on-chain apps, analytics tools, and community initiatives — from messaging and AI-agent payments to retro games and global events. Are you ready for the up only?

The Kaspian Knight: vProgs and More Roadmaps Ahead

Kaspa’s ecosystem saw major momentum this week as vProgs opened to the public with a clear execution roadmap toward covenants++ and zk-anchored L1 scalability.

Kaspa News: ZK-Knowledge Updates and Covenant++ Resources

Check out recent ZK Knowledge updates and Covenant ++ resources. At the same time, real apps in gaming, education, markets, and commerce are launching, alongside steadily growing developer participation.

The Kaspian News: Major Updatess with DAN, Warpcore, and Covenant++

The Kaspa ecosystem is advancing! Spanning core protocol direction (Covenant++ toward zk execution and vProgs), major performance optimizations, new oracle research grounded in no-arbitrage price discovery, and early institutional settlement infrastructure via ISO 20022 bridging.

The Kaspa Knight: 2026 Will Be the Year of Kaspa

Kaspa’s 2026 introduced Testnet 12, which introduced KIP-17 covenants to expand base-layer programmability without sacrificing PoW decentralization, while core contributors outlined a long-term ZK vision centered on Cairo’s provable safety. Alongside renewed debate with Ethereum over the blockchain trilemma, growing external coverage, and Igra Labs’ mainnet preparations, these signals point to rising visibility and ecosystem maturity heading into 2026.

A Kaspian New Year: Twelve Months In Review

The Kaspian 2025 was defined by the Crescendo hard fork, which increased throughput to 10 blocks per second, and the release of the vProgs white paper to ensure shared liquidity across Kaspa L2s. With the base layer stabilized, the ecosystem shifted toward Layer 2s, applications, KRC20 tokens, NFTs, and expanded developer infrastructure.

The Weekly Knight: A DAGKNIGHT Sneak Peak and vProg Development

Kaspa’s recent updates show real momentum, with an early DAGKnight prototype already running core consensus logic. Alongside this, we have a clearer direction on vProgs and an upcoming covenant hard fork. Moreover, early DeFi, oracle, and media applications are on their way!

The Weekly Knight: From London to Bye-Nance, Kaspians Lead the Charge

This week, we cover Yonatan showcasing Kaspa’s vision at TOKENIZE: LDN. Binance’s snub of Kaspa leaders sparked a “Bye-Nance” wave even as Kaspa gained media coverage, new projects, and expanding community tools. Moreover, major technical breakthroughs and growing global momentum are accelerating Kaspa’s ecosystem.

The Parallel Finance Review: Institutional Crypto Support Has Never Been Stronger

Institutional support for crypto is accelerating, with major players like JP Morgan launching a stablecoin, Cash App enabling stablecoin payments, and Franklin Templeton backing stablecoins and RWAs. Companies are integrating digital assets into their economies, and even Harvard tripled its Bitcoin holdings, signaling growing institutional confidence.

The Weekly Knight: vProgs, Shielding, and Tokenized Energy Markets

Kaspa developers describe vProgs as tiny sovereign rollup-like structures, and argue that true sovereignty comes from Dapp-level privacy rather than Layer-2 rollups. Moreover, Kaspa Kii showed real energy pilots demonstrating Kaspa’s real-world industrial potential

The Weekly Knight: Binance? More like Bye-nance!

In the news this week: Kaspa’s 4th Birthday; an update to the 1,000 node challenge; Yonatan delivered a mic drop moment after winning the Binance Blockchain Innovation Award; Igra Labs released its litepaper for their based rollup L2 built on Kapsa; and Kaspa at the Dii Desert Energy sparks new interest for Kaspa in the clean energy space.

Parallel Finance Weekly: Canadian Crypto Legislation, Stablecoins in Africa, and Trumpster

Welcome to the new weekly series covering traditional finance on-chain DeFi news beyond Kaspa (but with a Kaspa twist). Last week, Trump was featured again at the American Business Forum and on CBS 60 Minutes. Balancer exploit drained over $128M from V2 Composable Stable Pools, a new crypto legislation is advancing in the UK, Canada, and Malaysia, and Africa is paving the way for a continental stablecoin network.

The Weekly Knight: Traditional Finance Needs Kaspa to Survive

This week we discuss ecosystem updates, research upgrades, and traditional finance tokenizing the world via Kaspian settlement.

The Weekly Knight: Kaspa as The Future Digital Maritime Silk Road

As Kaspa approaches its fourth birthday, the network is celebrating with in-person events in Dubai, London, Nigeria, and New York, alongside the 1,000 Node Initiative and a Flux x Nacho Kat NFT giveaway. Kaspa developer Ori Newman appeared on the XXIM Podcast to discuss oracles and his journey with Kaspa, while Kaspa Silver shared a thoughtful warning about Kaspa L2s.

The Weekly Knight: Kaspa Onboarding A Billion AI Crypto Users

Over the past two weeks, while the crypto market faced the largest liquidation event in history, wiping out 19.5 billion USD in leveraged positions and liquidating 1.6 million traders, Kaspa projects continued to build and break records. The network processed 158 million transactions in a single day, setting a new world record for the fastest proof-of-work blockchain and underscoring its unmatched scalability and resilience.

The Weekly Knight: L2s and Fast PoW

It's been an exciting week of growth and progress across the ecosystem. Kaspa core developer Ori Newman launched a new community Q&A platform, and Michael Sutton shared fresh insights on fast proof-of-work. Kaspa now has nodes on nearly every continent, and the Kaspa Education Series held another event in Nigeria. KasUnder appeared on the XXIM podcast to discuss their Bubble Maps and support for native KAS transactions

Celebrating Kasplex : A Cypherpunk History of Smart Contracts

As the Kasplex team expressed: “Kasplex zkEVM is not just our achievement, it is the result of collective dedication, collaboration, and belief in what Kaspa can become.” To understand why this launch matters, it’s helpful to trace the history and logic of smart contracts, from theory to today.

The Weekly Knight: Szabo, Szabo, Szabo, Szabo

What a week for Kaspa!  From the long-awaited Kasplex L2 launch, which brings smart contracts to life, to Nick Szabo himself weighing in on Kaspa discussions, the spotlight has never been brighter. We also saw the debut of a DEX aggregator, fresh progress on KRC20 bridges, and Kaspa making waves all the way to Singapore.

The Weekly Knight: Kaspa is the Most Active PoW Network

What a week for Kaspa and the crypto world! From Kurncy Wallet’s new Kaspa Innovation Standard for Redemption (KISR) to exchange competitions, world-record ambitions, and big moves from regulators and financial authorities, there’s no shortage of action. Let’s jump into the week’s top highlights.

The Weekly Knight: Introducing vProgs and a Rundown of the Inaugural Kaspa Experience

This week in the Kaspa ecosystem has been packed with excitement and milestones. Michael Sutton released the draft v0.01 of the vProgs Yellow Paper, giving developers a deep look into modular, composable smart contracts on Kaspa. The Kaspa Alliance for Transparency hosted the inaugural Kaspa Experience in Berlin, bringing the community together to explore real-world applications of the protocol.

The Weekly Knight: We are Taking Over

There were exciting developments this week as innovation and adoption continue to accelerate for the Kaspa community. The Kasplex L2 launch is now officially on track for this month, bringing new opportunities for scaling and growth across the network. At the same time, projects like Vivoor, the first Kaspa powered streaming platform, showcases the creativity and energy thriving within the ecosystem.

The Weekly Knight: Smart Contracts?

This week, there were several important updates and exciting developments across the Kaspa ecosystem. The Kasplex L2 (layer 2) launch has been delayed, with the team taking extra time to ensure a flawless rollout. Meanwhile, Zealous Swap, Kasplex, and the Kaspa Alliance for Transparency (KAT) announced a collaboration to build a secure bridge between the Kaspa layer 1 (L1) and Kasplex layer 2 (L2) for KRC20 tokens.

The Weekly Knight: Bitcoin and Turtles All the Way Down

It’s been a packed week for Kaspa, with exciting developments across the ecosystem. Dr. Yonatan Sompolinsky sat down for a marathon seven-and-a-half-hour interview, diving deep into Kaspa, while a new KIP proposal explored strengthening Kaspa’s quantum resiliency.

The Weekly Knight: Quantum Computation and KEF Research

In this Weekly Knight, we discuss the potential harm of, or lack thereof, quantum computation to the crypto and blockchain sphere. Also, read about the new KEF research regarding stablecoin theory and Kaspa ecosystem updates across the board.

The Weekly Knight: Fulfilling the Cypherpunk Vision

Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.

The Weekly Knight: Kaspa is More Relevant Than Bitcoin

We are relevant and we are inevitable. See the latest news in all things Kaspa, with the latest L2 updates and media headlines.

What the White House Crypto Report Means for Kaspa

The following article highlights key insights from the 166-page White House Crypto Report, focusing on the most relevant points for the Kaspa community. Rather than covering every detail, we’ll spotlight the sections with the greatest potential impact for all Kaspians and KAS holders.

The Weekly Knight: Kasplex Reigns Supreme, Smart Contracts are Coming!

The launch of smart contracts on Kaspa through Kasplex marks a major milestone for the ecosystem. Kaspa is known for its high-speed, scalable BlockDAG architecture; however, it has lacked native smart contract functionality until now. With Kasplex bringing EVM compatibility to Kaspa, developers can now build decentralized applications directly on one of the fastest and most secure proof-of-work networks. This opens the door for DeFi, NFTs, gaming, and other on-chain innovations to thrive on Kaspa, combining the programmability of Ethereum with the performance and security of Kaspa's unique infrastructure.

Crypto, Finally Legal! Major Crypto Bills Pass: What Does This Mean For Kaspa?

This past week brought crypto to center stage as the U.S. government hosted Crypto Week (July 14–18, 2025), a historic moment that marked a sincere push toward establishing clear digital asset regulations. While Kaspa remains a decentralized and international project with no known headquarters, these developments signal growing global momentum toward broader crypto adoption. 

Proof-of-Work: The Most Useful Of Them All

Proof-of-work is the most useful technology ever created, from creating the hardest form of money to securing the future of cyberspace and international Space Force Systems. Learn why, along with other Kaspa updates, in the new Weekly Knight.

Let Freedom Ring: Kaspian Freedom Updates

Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Kaspa is Freedom! Read about the latest updates on Kaspa and how the community is upholding the fundamental principles behind the cypherpunk movement.

The Deets: Why Binance is Taking So Long, and Who is Behind Wallet #2?

Welcome to the new addition of the Weekly Knight, where we dive into the latest ecosystem updates and exciting developments. Why is Binance taking so long to list KAS? And who is the second largest holder of KAS? We cover this and other news of the previous week.

Move Over: Kaspa Will be a Top Five Coin

Kaspa will one day be a top five coin by market capitalization and the news from the past week points to how and why. See our most recent article on Kaspa news and its future.

Launches, Test Networks, and Audits Galore

Last week, we saw a significant number of new Kaspa ecosystem updates, including protocol audit reports and the launch of new test networks. In this report, we examine the technological impact that these new launches will have on Kaspa and its community. This is a testament to Kaspa's potential to become the ultimate world sequencer for all L1s and L2s one day.

The Weekly Knight: Highlighting Kaspa's Youtube Community

Check out the news for all things Kaspa this week! In addition to our weekly updates, we are celebrating a YouTube appreciation week, where we highlight Kaspa Youtube Channels you might not already be familiar with: from the XXIM Podcast, to Scape Invest, to Kaspa Wojak, to Kat Daddy Krypto, to The Money and I Channel, and so on.

The Weekly Knight: So Many Testnets! We are Inevitable!

So many incredible testnets are launching, from Kasplex to Igra Labs to Kaspa Finance to Zealous Swaps. Eventually, we won't be able to keep up with Kaspa's ecosystem launches. Read all about them here!

The Weekly Knight: SEC News, ZET-EX, and Igra Presents

A new Weekly Knight! This week, we cover the new and approved Kaspa Ecosystem Foundation (KEF) website, a talk given by Igra Labs at ETHDam III, SEC Chair Paul Atkins' request for digital asset clarity, ZET-EX by Kaspa Kim, and more layer-one speed testing.

The Weekly Knight: The Fastest Layer One in the World?

This week in the news, we find out who holds the title of the fastest layer one in the world. The results aren't surprising! Moreover, we cover new institutional partners and media events. It's never a dull week in the world of Kaspa!

A Knight for Glory: Quantum Resistance, ETH Denver, and Crescendo Responses

Another Kaspa week! In this series, we cover followup responses to Kaspa's Crescendo upgrade, new institutional partnerships, Igra Labs at ETH Denver, and new Kaspa-related podcast episodes.

The Crescendo, Kaspian Litras, and Faceless Faces

Another week of the Weekly Knight! This week we discuss the long-awaited release of the Crescendo hard fork upgrade, Yonatan's most recent articles, the possibility of faceless faces, renaming KAS' smallest unit to Litras, and more!

Bitcoin Vegas 2025: We Hope to See You There!

Fellow Kaspians, we will be heading to Bitcoin Vegas 2025. Join us and say hello! The even will take place between May 27–29, 2025, featuring groundbreaking keynotes, panels, and fireside chats with the boldest voices shaping the future of money, freedom, and digital innovation.

The Weekly Knight: The Deepive, DaVinci, Crypto Spaces and the Crescendo

Another week of the Weekly Knight! This week we mostly saw updates within the social media realm of Kaspa, from Shai's Deepdrive to Kaspa Silver. Most importantly, we are all gearing up for the largely anticipated Crescendo upgrade.

Moral Relativism, Solving the L2 Blockchain Trilemma, and Institutional Updates

This week we cover additional Kaspa talks from the Hong Kong Web3 festival, including Junny's talk on moral relativism in crypto, and Michael Sutton's talk on the technical features of the crescendo upgrade and L2 integration for based roll-ups. Also, we provide this week’s news on the most recent institutional updates and media coverage.

The Weekly Knight: A Hong Kong Wrap-up, New Faces, and Institutional Updates

This week in the news, we cover more events from the Hong Kong Web3 Festival, including talks from Michael Sutton and Hans Moog - a new face of the Kaspa Family, focusing on ZK roll-up research. Moreover, KAS received new exchange listings and media coverage.

The Weekly Knight: Kaspa must Bitcoinize and Internet Chaos Resistance

A new article series of The Weekly Knight. "Kaspa must Bitcoinize!" Also, how Internet Chaos Resistance makes Kaspa the most secure form of money.

This Week in the News: Dworks, Boxing, Nodes, The SEC, and Meetups

A new weekly news article for the week of March 24th. This Week in the News: A new unit of account for Kaspa: Dworks, KEF sponsoring Boxing and a Hong Kong event, a new Kaspa nodes analytics platform, and the SEC's framework for proof-of-work assets.

MADE IN AMERICA: Why Kaspa Deserves the American Stamp of Approval

As the fastest proof-of-work network, Kaspa upholds the movement's foundational principles and ensures that decentralized finance can scale to global adoption and implementation. This fulfills the original vision of an open and permissionless monetary system—one that echoes the American spirit of freedom and technical innovation.

Chainge Finance Offering Fiat-Onramps for Kaspa

The number of wallet providers and applications supporting Kaspa continues to grow and expand daily, with even more providers adding Kaspa to their shortlists. Unified non-custodial wallet and online DeFi (decentralized finance) application, Change, now offers KAS purchases via fiat on-ramp.

Kaspa's Third Anniversary: What it Means for the Cypherpunks Movement

Today marks the third anniversary of Kaspa, and while three years marks a significant achievement - the desire to create something like Kaspa has been a pursuit for decades (and perhaps a century). Let's look at what Kaspa has accomplished thus far.

Unveiling the “Crescendo” Hard-Fork roadmap — 10BPS and more

In this post, an outline of the tentative roadmap for the upcoming hard-fork, hereby named the Crescendo Hard-Fork, is explained: what it will likely include, and the process of deploying it.

KASmedia's Wallet Guide for Hot and Cold KAS Storage

In the rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrency, finding the right wallet to store your assets securely is crucial. As the popularity of Kaspa continues to grow, understanding the various types of crypto wallets available for this unique cryptocurrency becomes essential.

Kaspa Token Projects Part One

It's a thrilling phase in the Kaspa universe, marked by the Rust migration and the birth of Kasplex; it is the time in its life cycle when project teams are looking to build their projects on Kasplex. Projects range from more serious projects, like mental health applications, to meme coin projects and everything in between. This article series will highlight these projects being built on Kasplex.

Introducing Kasplex and its Launch: Series One

Dr. Sompolinsky's Talk - "It is Possible"

The official Kaspa YouTube channel recently posted Part Three of the February 22, 2024, Israel Kaspa meetup, where founder Dr. Yonatan Sompolinsky discussed subjects such as anti-parallelism, MEV, and oracles in decentralized finance (DeFi). The talk was given in Hebrew and translated by Eyal Yablonka and Arnon Lauden. The video was produced and edited by KASMedia’s own Rhubarbian.

Kaspa at Next Block Expo 2024

The Next Block Expo (NBX), the Blockchain Festival of Europe, took place in Warsaw, Poland, May 15-16, 2024, and hosted over 2,000 participants for a weekend of networking and learning with Web3 founders, developers, and enthusiasts from all over the world.

Yonatan Sompolinsky's Interview with Dr. Martin Heisboeck

Earlier this month on May 9, 2024, Head of Institutional Research at Uphold, Dr. Martin Heisboeck interviewed Kaspa founder Dr. Yonatan Sompolinsky in the Uphold Institutional x Kaspa webinar. This discussion occurred ahead of the Rusty Kaspa upgrade that went live on May 13, 2024.

The Silver Standard: Rusty Kaspa Ushers in a New Era of Innovation

Kaspa is pushing new boundaries of innovation, both as a saleable form of money (as a new digital silver standard) and as an exceptional layer-one blockdag. This article discusses the launch of Rusty Kaspa, its features, and what it means for Kaspa moving forward.

The GHOSTDAG Protocol (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1E, post 2)

The PHANTOM Protocol (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1E, post 1)

Some Examples of BlockDAGs (Understanding GHOSTDAG Chapter 1D, post 5)