Jevon's Paradox is a core economic concept underlying the plan to scale Bitcoin in layers rather than increasing the throughput of the blockchain itself. However, it is a sorely misunderstood concept.
Coinbase is listed as the custodian of reserves for 9 out of the 12 pending Spot Bitcoin ETF applications. This presents a massive risk of security issues due to over exposure to a single custodian.
CommerceBlock has taken their initial Mercury statechain implementation, a second layer akin to Lightning, and massively improved the privacy for users. The operator now is incapable of learning anything about users on-chain activity.
The ongoing debate over high fees generated by Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens has created a large rift in how to respond to the fee pressure. This is a complicated and nuanced topic to analyze.
Recent regulatory clarity offered by Hong Kong financial authorities is setting the stage for Hong Kong to be the central hub of Asia's Bitcoin and crypto ecosystem.