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Coins and tokens   -   Nov 25, 2025 The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls
The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls

Triggered by a routine macro shock, crypto once again unraveled faster than any other market. Not because of sentiment alone, but because CEX risk engines, DEX liquidation incentives, and always-on leverage turn small moves into cascading stress.

Alex Harutunian
Oracles   -   Oct 25, 2025 Crowd-Sourced Truth from Prediction Markets
Illustration of a crowd observing or pointing toward a shared goal, symbolizing the collective discovery of truth through prediction markets

From Polymarket’s stripped-down design to Kalshi’s regulatory breakthrough, prediction markets are turning collective opinion into a financial asset class — and a new battleground over who defines truth

Alex Harutunian
Layer1   -   Oct 16, 2025 Conflux: Blockchain Development Behind the Wall — and Beyond
Conflux: China’s State-Backed Bridge to the Blockchain World

While crypto remains banned, China’s state-backed blockchain ecosystem — led by Conflux — is expanding across Asia and into global finance. Conflux Network bridges China’s academic research, state strategy, and open blockchain innovation.

Alex Harutunian
Lending and Borrowing   -   Oct 03, 2025 DeFi’s Role in Future Banking: Root System or Branch Office?
DeFi’s Role in Future Banking: Root System or Branch Office

DeFi is moving from standalone apps into the backend of exchanges, with Coinbase and Crypto.com leading by embedding Morpho’s lending vaults. This “embedded DeFi” model raises a key question: are exchanges becoming banks, or just UIs? The answer will define DeFi’s role in future banking.

Alex Harutunian
Gaming   -   Sep 13, 2025 The Promise and Reality of Blockchain Games
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After years of development, blockchain games still capture only a sliver of the gaming industry. The promise of true asset ownership, stable economies, and transferability remains unmet. Recent trends suggest blockchain was more hype feature than genuine necessity

Alex Harutunian
The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls
Coins and tokens   -   Nov 25, 2025 The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls

Triggered by a routine macro shock, crypto once again unraveled faster than any other market. Not because of sentiment alone, but because CEX risk engines, DEX liquidation incentives, and always-on leverage turn small moves into cascading stress.

Alex Harutunian
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Stacks   -   Mar 25, 2024 Nakamoto Testnet Today, Stacks Hints at sBTC Arrival
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Bitcoin Layer 2 developer Stacks launches its upgraded "Nakomoto" testnet today. The full rollout will start in April with code deployment, followed by signer testing before full activation in May.

Mathilde Adam
Newsletters   -   Mar 24, 2024 Sunday Review 24/03/2024
Observers.com Sunday Review 24/03/2024

One of the great "mysteries" of the past several weeks was finally solved this Friday when, in a heartfelt video, Kate, the Princess Of Wales, revealed the upsetting reason she has been out of the public eye since last Christmas. Jokes, memes, and theories about the whereabouts of

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Stablecoins   -   Mar 23, 2024 Cardano Gets First Fiat-Backed Stablecoin with USDM
Cardano Gets First Fiat-Backed Stablecoin with USDM

Mehen Finance launched USDM, Cardano's first fiat-backed stablecoin, offering price stability compared to existing algorithmic options. USDM aims to attract new users with a 1:1 USD peg & transparency via on-chain reserves. Public rollout for retail users is expected in April 2024.

Mathilde Adam
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Mar 23, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 23/03/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 23/03/2024

From warnings about offline payments to concerns about scammers, here are this week's biggest developments in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) from around the world.

Observers
CBDC   -   Mar 23, 2024 Hong Kong in Phase 2 of e-HKD Digital Dollar Pilot
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The HKMA is taking its exploration of a digital Hong Kong dollar (e-HKD) to the next level. Phase 2 of the e-HKD Pilot Programme is now open for applications, inviting businesses to propose creative ways to utilize this digital currency.

Mathilde Adam
Worldwide   -   Mar 22, 2024 Indonesia Projects Crypto Boom, Moves the Oversight to Financial Services Authority
Indonesia Projects Crypto Boom, Moves the Oversight to Financial Services Authority

In the first two months of 2024, the volume of crypto transactions significantly rose. The Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency meanwhile is preparing to transfer crypto oversight to the Financial Services Authority.

Sasha Markevich
Tokenization   -   Mar 21, 2024 BlackRock Steps Into Asset Tokenization With Its First Fund On A Public Blockchain
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The asset management firm is partnering with Securitize and Coinbase to offer a new tokenized fund on Ethereum. Crypto users have shown their enthusiasm by sending meme coins and NFTs to the fund’s address on Ethereum.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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