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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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Mining   -   Apr 02, 2025 Trump-Backed Crypto Mining Venture Wants To Go Public
Trump-Backed Crypto Mining Venture Wants To Go Public

Eric Trump is teaming up with Hut 8 to launch American Bitcoin Corp, a venture intended to scale quickly and mine Bitcoin cheaply.

Rebecca Denton
Tokenization   -   Apr 02, 2025 Blockchain Proposed as a Solution for Gold Tracking in Ghana
Blockchain Proposed as a Solution for Gold Tracking in Ghana

Gold smuggling costs Ghana $2 billion in lost revenue. The head of the national company announced an initiative to put the tracking on an immutable ledger. The move aims to recapture that loss, stabilize the national currency, and ensure fair pricing.

Rebecca Denton
Month in Money   -   Apr 01, 2025 Month in Money 04/2025

Worldcoin launches in US with WLD rewards, Visa card plans and Tinder verification pilot. FIFA migrates from Algorand to new EVM-compatible blockchain for NFTs. SoFi to launch crypto trading for 10 million customers. SEC drops investigation into PayPal’s stablecoin PYUSD. Cboe Futures Exchange launches cash-settled Bitcoin Index Futures for

Observers
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Mar 31, 2025 Banking and CBDC Roundup: 31/03/2025
Banking and CBDC Roundup: 31/03/2025

Special Report covering the Digital Euro Conference 2025

Leo Chao
Newsletters   -   Mar 30, 2025 Sunday Review 30/03/2025
Sunday Review Observers

Happy Sunday, Observers! This week, the crude reality of how challenging it is to build on-chain came to the fore as Hyperliquid faced its major crisis so far. The decentralized exchange which had been gaining market share at a much faster pace than its centralized counterparts witnessed a major whale

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Crypto Funds and Institutional Trading   -   Mar 28, 2025 The Next Crypto ETF
Spot Crypto ETF approvals

Trump administration sparked a surge in crypto ETF filings. Asset managers have rushed to file ETF applications for various altcoins. Analysts expect that many of these applications will be approved in 2025.

Alexander Mardar
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