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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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Cryptocurrency   -   Feb 13, 2024 Spanish City Bets on Crypto to Boost Economy and Attract Investment
Spanish City Bets on Crypto to Boost Economy and Attract Investment

The city of Torrevieja in the province of Alicante is betting on cryptocurrency to boost the local economy, preserve natural spaces and create new jobs.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
crypto advertising   -   Feb 13, 2024 Crypto Makes Long Pass On Super Bowl Ads, but Who’s Calling the Play?
Crypto Pass On Ads at Super Bowl

Crypto companies were notable for their absence during the Super Bowl ad breaks for a second year. But what is driving this continuing trend?

Sasha Markevich
Newsletters   -   Feb 11, 2024 Sunday Review 11/02/2024
Sunday Review 11/02/2024 Observers.com

This weekend millions of people around the world have been celebrating the Lunar New Year as we enter the Chinese Year of the the Dragon. Traditions include decorating both yourself and your house with red items and lighting firecrackers to scare off the mythical underwater beast Nian. But who has

Jack Martin
Ethereum   -   Feb 11, 2024 ETH Rallies Backed by Strong Economic Indicators of the Ethereum Network
ETH Rallies Backed by Strong Economic Indicators of the Ethereum Network

The consistent increase in staked volumes and other measures for reducing the circulating supply, combined with an intensive technical improvement roadmap, are pushing ETH in greens. Rumors about potential Ethereum Spot ETF add more to the optimism

Alexander Mardar
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Feb 10, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 10/02/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 10/02/2024

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. Fresh from launching a crypto custody platform in November, Germany's DZ Bank now

Jack Martin
NFT   -   Feb 09, 2024 Pandora's Box Opens Unleashing ERC-404 Token Frenzy
Pandora's Box Opens Unleashing ERC-404 Token Frenzy

The experimental ERC-404 standard combines fungible and NFT tokens and has sparked significant interest. Among its first applications, the Pandora project has rapidly achieved a $250 million market cap, underscoring the potential of this new standard.

Alexander Mardar
Regulation   -   Feb 09, 2024 Dealer or No Dealer? Definition Expansion Could Harm Both TradFi and DeFi
Dealer or No Dealer? Definition Expansion Could Harm Both TradFi and DeFi

The SEC's update of the 'dealer rule' puts an unknown number of companies, including from the DeFi sector, under the regulator’s control.

Sasha Markevich
DoKwon   -   Feb 09, 2024 Do Kwon Extradition Process Hits Restart After Significant Violations
Do Kwon Extradition Process Hits Restart After Significant Violations

The former CEO of Terraform Labs (Luna/UST stablecoin project) will have another chance to fight extradition proceedings after the Montenegrin justice system admits to having bungled his legal process.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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