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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 20, 2024 U.S. Prosecutors Recommend Court to Accept Binance Plea Deal
U.S. Prosecutors Recommend Court to Accept Binance Plea Deal

The prosecutors claimed that the huge penalty was appropriate given the severity and intentional nature of the crime.

Sasha Markevich
Newsletters   -   Feb 18, 2024 Sunday Review 18/02/2024
Sunday Review 18/02/2024

The whole world is clearly going to hell in a handbasket, and at this stage there is precious little that you or we can do to stop it. However, we don't like to dwell on negative news in the Sunday Review, so after some deep digging, we discovered

Jack Martin
AI   -   Feb 18, 2024 Sam Altman's Worldcoin Gains After OpenAI's Sora Launch
World ID robots AI Orbs OpenAI SORA

Worldcoin's digital 'humanity passport' is trending again, after OpenAI Sora threatens to blur the line between virtual and real in video content.

Sasha Markevich
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Feb 17, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 17/02/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 17/02/2024

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. This week, the governor of the Philippines Central Bank (BSP), Eli M. Remolona Jr. made

Alex Harutunian
Exchanges   -   Feb 17, 2024 Backpack Skyrockets After Launching Reward Scheme… says Co-Founder
Backpack Skyrockets After Launching Reward Scheme… says Co-Founder

The Backpack exchange has reportedly reached over $600 million in daily trading volume within the first few days of its “preseason” launch. However, some have concerns that the majority of these trades appear to come from a single user.

Sasha Markevich
Tornado Cash   -   Feb 17, 2024 Not Free to Code Nor Crowdfund: GoFundMe Cancels Tornado Cash Campaign
No Freedom To Code Nor Freedom To Crowdfund: Tornado Cash's Funding Campaign Cancelled By GoFundMe

Without offering any clear explanation, GoFundMe has canceled the campaign to fund the legal defence of Tornado Cash founders Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev. However, users can still donate through the Web3 Juice Box platform.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Adoption Tools   -   Feb 17, 2024 Chainlink Partners with Telefónica to Detect SIM Swap Attacks With Smart Contracts
Chainlink Partners with Telefónica to Detect SIM Swap Attacks With Smart Contracts API

The collaboration between Chainlink and Telefónica introduces a feature where smart contracts can halt transactions if a recent SIM swap is detected. While this security measure holds promise, its real-world application in existing smart contracts remains to be seen.

Alexander Mardar
Adoption Tools   -   Feb 16, 2024 Legal Framework for Ethical Hackers Enables Faster Intervention
Legal Framework for Ethical Hackers Enables Faster Intervention

Samczsun, a prominent white hat hacker, has developed a framework that safeguards fellow white hats against legal issues. Samczsun's Security Alliance platform also provides a 24/7 emergency hotline for users affected by hacks.

Sasha Markevich
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