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View all →Are AI agents actually working? A mid-2026 assessment
Six months ago the demos were breathtaking. Now the invoices are arriving. We benchmark the leading agent frameworks against real workflows.
Mikel Monk · 12 minWalletless Web3: Embedded wallets and the future of onboarding
Seedless login, invisible signing and the next billion users — a technical deep-dive.
Mikel Monk · 8 min
Stablecoins becoming payment infrastructure and TradFi bridges
USDC on Visa rails, PayPal's PYUSD and the unstoppable march of on-chain dollars.
Mikel Monk · 10 min
VCT 2026: Can Europe make a comeback?
After a tough 2025, EMEA teams retool and eye the Masters trophy.
Mikel Monk · 6 min
// Latest Posts
Archive →03 MAY 2026
Are open-source models now threatening APIs?
Llama 4, Mistral Large and DeepSeek-V3 land body blows on the incumbents.
Mikel Monk · 5 min01 MAY 2026
Post-halving Bitcoin: miner economics rewritten
Hash rate at all-time highs, margins squeezed thin — the machines that survive will define the next era.
Mikel Monk · 8 min28 APR 2026
Account abstraction: the revolution users don't see coming
ERC-4337 is quietly eating the crypto wallet space. We explain why that's a very good thing.
Mikel Monk · 6 min25 APR 2026
Pre-GTA VI: are we reaching the end of AAA development?
Delays, crunch and $300M budgets — is the blockbuster model still viable?
Mikel Monk · 9 min22 APR 2026
Apple Vision Pro 2: will spatial computing stick this time?
Better optics, lighter form factor and a price drop. But is the content ecosystem ready?
Mikel Monk · 7 min19 APR 2026
League of Legends Worlds 2026: new format, old rivals
Riot's tournament overhaul and why the Swiss system might finally fix group stages.
Mikel Monk · 5 min