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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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Digital Identity   -   Mar 25, 2025 Sam Altman's World Network Eying Visa Partnership for Stablecoin Wallet
Sam Altman's World Network Eying Visa Partnership for Stablecoin Wallet

The new initiative brings stablecoins closer to everyday utility with one of the world's most trusted payment brands.

Rebecca Denton
L1   -   Mar 24, 2025 Building On Bitcoin: The State of Bitcoin DeFi
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Bitcoin DeFi has transformed from a concept into reality, emerging as a key trend in the digital asset space. With vast amounts of idle Bitcoin still untouched in wallets, its growth potential remains immense

Alexander Mardar
Newsletters   -   Mar 24, 2025 Sunday Review 23/03/2025
Sunday Review Observers

Happy Monday, Observers! Last week, tensions continued to rise over cryptocurrencies on the international political stage. Bank of France Governor François Villeroy has cautioned that Trump’s embrace of crypto might be “sowing the seeds” of a crisis. Meanwhile, fear of how dollar-pegged stablecoins could destabilize their economies, both the

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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
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