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Gaming   -   Sep 13, 2025 The Promise and Reality of Blockchain Games
blockchain gamers

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
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
DEX   -   Sep 09, 2025 Hyperliquid Joins Stablecoin Race, Books USDH Ticker
Hyperliquid Joins Stablecoin Race, Books USDH Ticker

Hyperliquid is preparing to launch its own stablecoin, USDH, through a validator-led governance vote. With USDC currently dominating its ecosystem, USDH would reduce reliance on external issuers and capture reserve yield. Paxos, Frax, Ethena, and an Agora–MoonPay coalition are competing to deploy it

Alex Harutunian
Crypto Funds and Institutional Trading   -   Sep 03, 2025 Ether Machine Turns Ethereum Into Wall Street Stock
Ether Machine Turns Ethereum Into Wall Street Stock

The Ether Machine is bringing Ethereum to Wall Street through a SPAC merger and $2.1B in committed assets. Backed by ConsenSys veterans, it mirrors MicroStrategy’s playbook with convertible financing and promotion, while adding staking and restaking strategies that ETFs and Bitcoin wrappers cannot

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Aug 13, 2025 USDC’s Circle Showcases Post-IPO Strength, Building Its Own Blockchain and Payment Networks
USDC’s Circle Showcases Post-IPO Strength, Building Its Own Blockchain and Payment Networks

Circle’s first post-IPO results show USDC supply nearly doubled YoY to $61.3B, market share up to 26%, and revenue +53% to $658M. The $1.2B IPO boosted equity to $2.37B, funding new plays like the Circle Payments Network and Arc blockchain in a bid to challenge Tether’s dominance

Alex Harutunian
blockchain gamers
Gaming   -   Sep 13, 2025 The Promise and Reality of Blockchain Games

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
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Stablecoins   -   Mar 21, 2025 The State of Stablecoins 2025
The state of stablecoins 2025

Stablecoins remain one of the top use cases in crypto, with the market showing tremendous growth year over year. USDC market share climbs to 25% taking 4% from USDT. The velocity measure for USDT of Tron and USDC is almost equal, while USDT on Ethereum moves two times slower.

Alexander Mardar
Prediction Markets   -   Mar 20, 2025 Robinhood to Launch Prediction Market Hub
Robinhood prediction markets

Robinhood, a popular mobile stock and crypto trading platform, is partnering with a prediction market platform to offer event outcome betting within its app. The craze for prediction markets continues to grow after Polymarket's huge success.

Rebecca Denton
Bridge   -   Mar 20, 2025 Kyber Network Founder Launches Optimex: A New DeFi Layer for Bitcoin
Kyber Network Founder Launches Optimex: A New DeFi Layer for Bitcoin

Loi Luu, who realized one of the earliest token swaps, announced Optimex. The new project aims to bring native DeFi to Bitcoin and enhance its long-term security.

Alexander Mardar
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Mar 19, 2025 Banking and CBDC Roundup: 19/03/2025
Banking and CBDC roundup Observers Vol. 56

In this issue: Europe Accelerates Digital Euro, China's e-CNY in the State Financial Guidelines, and other CBDC news from around the world. In the tokenization segment, ONDO and Mastercard partnership, and a new token standard from Taurus

Leo Chao
L1   -   Mar 19, 2025 EOS Rebrands to Vaulta, Price Surges on Web3 Banking Change-Up
EOS Rebrands to Vaulta, Price Surges on Web3 Banking Change-Up

EOS has rebranded to Vaulta, marking a shift toward Web3 banking. The transition, set for late May, will include a token swap and the formation of an advisory group of Web3 banking experts.

Rebecca Denton
Hacks, Bugs and Scams   -   Mar 18, 2025 North Korea Becomes Third-Largest Government Bitcoin Holder After Bybit Hack
north korea holds bitcoin

North Korea is now the third-largest government Bitcoin holder, thanks to a $1.5 billion Bybit hack by its Lazarus Group. With 13,562 BTC, it surpasses Bhutan and El Salvador. Meanwhile, the U.S. and China still dominate bitcoin holdings also without any purchases made

Rebecca Denton
Regulation   -   Mar 17, 2025 Trump’s Crypto Gamble "Risks Global Financial Turmoil"
François Villeroy de Galhau

French Central Bank Chief made the stark warning in a recent interview, calling the recent embrace of the crypto industry "sinning through negligence"

Rebecca Denton
L1   -   Mar 17, 2025 Binance’s BNB Chain Dominates Meme Trades
BNB Chain is driven by meme coin activity

A significant boost from meme coin traders has driven the surge of Binance blockchain activity, allowing it to overtake Solana in daily DEX trading volume for the first time. With endorsements from Binance founder CZ BNB Chain is emerging as a major hub for meme tokens

Rebecca Denton
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