Long-form features by the Kagari editorial team — original analysis, deep dives, and retrospectives on the Movement ecosystem.
11 articles
After a year of rampant Bridge hacks from 2022–2023, cross-chain technology by 2026 has clearly bifurcated: heavy ZK bridges versus lightweight but riskier Optimistic bridges. Using each appropriately has become the pragmatic solution.
Following the crypto winter of 2022, DeFi has emerged in a new form by 2026. Total TVL has reached new peaks, but its composition is fundamentally different from the past.
By 2026, Ethereum's PBS infrastructure and Builder Market had matured substantially, shifting MEV discourse from elimination to visibility and fair distribution.
The three-way competition in Data Availability layers has crystallized into clear market segmentation by 2026. Price, trust assumptions, and developer experience — each chain's choice of DA reveals its priorities.
By 2026, the NFT market had contracted to one-tenth of its 2021 peak. But calling it "dead" would be imprecise. After speculative fervor subsided, fragmented markets organized around genuine use cases took hold.
By 2026, ENS names, EAS Attestations, and Soulbound Tokens combined to form a de facto standard layer for contextualizing wallet addresses — transforming how crypto participants establish trust and identity.
ZK rollups have graduated from being the "future protagonist" through 2025 to become a major L2 layer operating in production by 2026. The catalyst: dramatic acceleration in Prover speed.
ETH deposited in Restaking protocols has surpassed 24 million, reaching 40% of Ethereum's total staking volume. As middleware services (AVS) stack on top, economic bifurcation and correlation slashing risks have come into sharp focus. This piece maps the current state of the verification economy.
Between 2025 and 2026, the center of gravity in RWA shifted decisively from real estate and private debt to tokenized U.S. Treasuries. Leading products like BlackRock's BUIDL have surpassed $80 billion in total value, fundamentally reshaping DeFi's collateral structure. This piece maps the regulatory, institutional, and technical forces driving that transition.
Three years after ERC-4337 standardization, Account Abstraction has become the norm in retail crypto. New wallets are now over 70% AA-based. We examine the technical and product drivers behind this shift and the emerging challenges ahead.