What Is a Blockchain? How It Works in Plain English
A blockchain is just a database that no single party controls and no single party can quietly rewrite. Strip away the buzzwords, and the whole thing comes down to that one idea.
A blockchain is just a database that no single party controls and no single party can quietly rewrite. Strip away the buzzwords, and the whole thing comes down to that one idea.
Banks have middlemen. DeFi has code. Over $130 billion is locked in smart contracts that lend, trade, and generate yield — without a single bank account, credit check, or business hour.
Governor Kay Ivey signed the DUNA Act on April 1, 2026, giving decentralized autonomous organizations full legal personality in Alabama. Over $24.5 billion in DAO treasury assets have operated without this protection. That is changing.
A token built around AI hype collapsed 70% after on-chain investigators exposed extreme supply concentration. The rest of the losers list told a more familiar story: a macro risk-off week, revenue pressure in DeFi, and a July token unlock hanging over Worldcoin like a known weight.