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Michael Gu

Michael Gu, Creator of Boxmining, stared in the Blockchain space as a Bitcoin miner in 2012. Something he immediately noticed was that accurate information is hard to come by in this space. He started Boxmining in 2017 mainly as a passion project, to educate people on digital assets and share his experiences. Being based in Asia, Michael also found a huge discrepancy between digital asset trends and knowledge gap in the West and China.

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Trezor Safe 5 Review (2026): Best-Balanced Trezor

Trezor Safe 5 adds a touchscreen and haptics to open-source EAL6+ security for US$169. It is the best-balanced Trezor for regular USB-C use.

Trezor Safe 3 Review (2026): The Best US$79 Cold Wallet?

Trezor Safe 3 offers open-source cold storage and an EAL6+ Secure Element for US$79. Best for holders who accept a tiny screen and no iPhone support.

Ledger Stax Review (2026): Is the $399 Wallet Worth It?

Ledger Stax offers a curved E Ink screen and Qi charging for US$399, but not stronger key protection. It suits design-first buyers, not value seekers.

Ledger Flex Review (2026): Is the US$249 Wallet Worth It?

Ledger Flex offers a 2.84-inch E Ink touchscreen for US$249. It suits buyers wanting a premium Ledger without paying US$399 for Stax.

Hyperliquid Review (2026): Best Onchain Perpetual DEX?

Hyperliquid combines onchain perpetual order books, strong flagship liquidity and a polished terminal. Review its fees, leverage, bridge, safety and restrictions.

Kalshi Review (2026): Best Regulated Prediction Market?

Kalshi offers regulated event contracts with dollar funding and broad market coverage. Review its fees, liquidity, KYC, settlement rules and eligibility.

Ledger Nano Gen5 Review (2026): Best Ledger for Most?

Ledger Nano Gen5 adds an E Ink touchscreen, Bluetooth and Clear Signing for US$179. It is the practical Ledger for regular mobile crypto users.

Polymarket Review (2026): Best Crypto Prediction Market?

Polymarket combines crypto-native funding, prediction-market order books and non-custodial settlement. Review fees, liquidity, rules, safety and restrictions.

Trezor Safe 7 Review (2026): Is Wireless Worth US$249?

Trezor Safe 7 adds Bluetooth, wireless charging and a larger screen for US$249. It suits mobile users who understand the TROPIC01 disclosure.

Cold Wallets Failed the Boring Way: A 2021 RNG Bug and $130M+ in Stolen Bitcoin

Coldcard routed seed generation to a weak software PRNG for years. Attackers are sweeping wallets offline, and firmware fixes do not save old seeds.

FundedXyz Review: Crypto Prop Trading Rules and Risks

FundedXyz offers simulated crypto prop challenges through X, Y and Z modes. Compare its rules, payouts and conflicting funding claims before paying.

Morpho: Inside the $175M Bet on Open Credit

Morpho’s $175 million round unites crypto-native VCs and major institutions around open credit. Here is what the money, token and risks actually mean.

Midas: The $50M Push to Make RWAs Liquid

Midas has raised $50 million to build a faster liquidity layer for tokenized financial products. We separate the RWA story from issuer, custody and token risks.

Digital Asset: The $355M Institutional Bet on Canton

Digital Asset’s $355 million round brings venture, banks, market makers and asset managers into one institutional blockchain bet. We separate equity, network activity and Canton Coin.

Squads and Altitude: The $18M Stablecoin Finance Bet

Squads’ new funding is a bet that stablecoins become business banking infrastructure. We examine Altitude, the founders, investor network, live claims and dependencies.

Twyne: The Reported $2.5M Bet on Delegated Credit

Twyne turns unused borrowing power into a market. Its early usage is real, but its newest funding and pseudonymous team require more caution than a normal venture profile.

Velocity: The $38M Stablecoin Treasury Bet

Velocity’s $38 million Series A shows stablecoins moving into enterprise treasury software. We examine the founder transition, product evidence, investor mix and hidden dependencies.

Cycles: The $6.4M Bet on Private Clearing

Cycles wants companies to settle only the residual after obligations cancel out. The seed is credible; the hard part is building a multi-party network that works under stress.

Kite AI: The $18M Bet on Agentic Payments

Kite combines an AI-agent identity layer, app discovery and stablecoin settlement. Its mainnet and token are live, but agent commerce is still an experimental market.

River Markets: The $8.5M Prediction Trading Bet

River Markets aggregates professional execution across Kalshi and Polymarket. The product is live, but its “prime brokerage” label runs ahead of the financing and custody functions available today.

BitMEX to Close Its Exchange on September 23: What Users Need to Know

BitMEX will close its exchange on 23 September 2026. Trading data points to years of lost market share, weak spot adoption, stronger competitors and mounting regulatory costs.

Sapiom: The $35M Bet on AI Agent Infrastructure

Sapiom has expanded from agent payments into runtime and inference routing. Its funding is real and its usage claims are large, but it is AI infrastructure—not a DeFi protocol or token.

2026 Crypto Exchange Review Rating Criteria

Boxmining’s 2026 crypto exchange rating criteria cover trust, liquidity, regulation, coin access and user experience. Apply the same rubric yourself.

Claude Mythos: Anthropic’s Most Powerful AI Ever — Leaked Before Launch

Anthropic accidentally revealed its next-generation AI model, codenamed “Capybara,” through a CMS misconfiguration. Here’s everything we know about the model that sits above Opus. How the Leak Happened On March 26, 2026, Fortune magazine discovered nearly 3,000 unpublished assets — draft blog posts, images, and PDFs — left exposed in a publicly searchable data store linked to […]