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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
DEX   -   Sep 18, 2025 Curve’s Egorov Proposes a New Solution to DeFi's Pain
Michael Egorov proposes Yield Basis pool in Curve protocol

Curve Finance is launching Yield Basis with a $60M crvUSD credit line. The product aims to eliminate impermanent loss for liquidity providers, and at the same time transform CRV from a governance token into an income-generating asset with revenues shared back to holders

Alex Harutunian
Tokenization   -   Sep 09, 2025 Nasdaq Pushes for Blockchain-Based Equities
nasdaq meets blockchain

Nasdaq has filed with the U.S. SEC to bring tokenized securities onto its main market, aiming to trade blockchain-based and traditional shares side by side. If approved, the move could make Nasdaq the first U.S. exchange to integrate tokenized equities under existing protections

Alex Harutunian
Illustration of a crowd observing or pointing toward a shared goal, symbolizing the collective discovery of truth through prediction markets
Oracles   -   Oct 25, 2025 Crowd-Sourced Truth from 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
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Exchanges   -   Feb 27, 2024 BitForex Ceases Withdrawals After $56.5 Million Outflows From Hot Wallets
BitForex Ceases Withdrawals After $56.5 Million Outflows From Hot Wallets

Things are not looking good for users of the Hong Kong-based crypto exchange.

Sasha Markevich
Coins and tokens   -   Feb 27, 2024 MicroStrategy and RiskOnBlast Incidents Underscore Ongoing Crypto Risks
MicroStrategy and RiskOnBlast Incidents Underscore Ongoing Crypto Risks

With substantial losses incurred due to a recent SIM swap attack and rug-pull, the importance of adopting secure practices and conducting thorough due diligence is as relevant as ever.

Alexander Mardar
Bitcoin   -   Feb 26, 2024 Would Satoshi Nakamoto be Proud of What Bitcoin has Become?
Would Satoshi Nakamoto be Proud of What Bitcoin has Become?

The release of Satoshi Nakamoto's private emails is a frank reminder that Bitcoin has already become something very different than originally intended.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Telegram   -   Feb 26, 2024 Notcoin by Telegram: Something or Nothing?
Notcoin by Telegram

25 million players have mined trillions of yet-to-be-launched virtual 'coins' by tapping in Telegram. What comes next? "We're promising nothing," - says co-creator.

Sasha Markevich
Newsletters   -   Feb 25, 2024 Sunday Review 25/02/2024
Observers.com sunday review 25.02.2024

The world's oldest dog of all time was sensationally stripped of his title on Thursday when Guinness World of Records officials announced that they 'no longer [had] the evidence' that the animal was as old as its owners had claimed when it died in October last

Jack Martin
Blockchain   -   Feb 24, 2024 Uniswap Price Skyrockets after Proposal to Share Fees with Token Holders
Uniswap Price Skyrockets after Proposal to Share Fees with Token Holders UNI

The governance token of the Uniswap decentralized exchange gained over 70% after the Uniswap Foundation proposed a reward for those who staked and delegated their tokens.

Sasha Markevich
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Feb 24, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 24/02/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 24/02/2024

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. An overall green week for cryptocurrency was tainted by a red from the European

Alex Harutunian
Ethereum   -   Feb 24, 2024 Not Only STRK Tokenomics. StarkWare Works With Polygon to Improve Ethereum Scaling
Starknet Starkware Polygon STRK

Polygon's and Starknet's developers introduced 'Circle STARKs', which aims to revolutionize zero-knowledge rollups by significantly accelerating the proving process.

Alexander Mardar
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