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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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CBDC   -   Oct 16, 2023 China’s CBDC, the e-CNY, Continues Expansion Beyond National Borders
China’s CBDC, the e-CNY, Continues Expansion Beyond National Borders

China is making progress on expanding the use of its e-CNY beyond national borders, announcing new partnerships and R&D programs.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Newsletters   -   Oct 15, 2023 Sunday Review 15/10/2023
Observers.com Sunday review

It's go big or go home this week, with two record breaking human achievements to start your Sunday. The "world's largest offshore wind farm" generated its first electricity for the U.K. national grid... although currently only one of the planned 277 turbines is

Jack Martin
Litigation   -   Oct 15, 2023 Sam Bankman-Fried Trial - Week Two: That's What She Said
Sam Bankman-Fried Trial - Week Two: That's What She Said

Another week of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial has passed. All eyes were on star witness Caroline Ellison, who claims that there was indeed a fraud and blames Bankman-Fried for setting it all up.

Sasha Markevich
SEC   -   Oct 14, 2023 No Grayscale ETF Appeal: Is the SEC Tiring of its Crypto Crusade?
No Grayscale ETF Appeal: Is the SEC Tiring of its Crypto Crusade?

The deadline for the SEC to appeal against the court’s ruling on the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF application passed without event yesterday. Last week its appeal against the preliminary Ripple judgement was denied. Could the regulator finally be accepting defeat in its war on crypto?

Jack Martin
Trading   -   Oct 14, 2023 Staked Ether Arbitrage: Profiting in an Inefficient Crypto Market
Staked Ether Arbitrage: Profiting in an Inefficient Crypto Market

Crypto is associated with crazy price swings and multi-million dollar profits. However, when the market goes sideways, traders are looking for arbitrage opportunities, catching tiny discrepancies. Can this market evolve given blockchain gas fees and latency?

Alexander Mardar
Trading   -   Oct 13, 2023 Meme-Stocks Trigger Biggest Change To U.S. Stock Market In Years
Meme stocks T+1 T+2

Meme-stocks are at the root of the “move to T+1” reform in the U.S. securities market, forcing financial markets worldwide to readjust how they do business.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
NFT   -   Oct 12, 2023 Changes at Yuga Labs Show the NFT Market is Still Alive and Kicking
Changes at Yuga Labs Show the NFT Market is Still Alive and Kicking

As Mark Twain once quipped, “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Adoption   -   Oct 12, 2023 JPMorgan Enables Clients to Use Tokenized Assets as Collateral
JPMorgan TCN Onyx

The financial giant has announced that its Tokenized Collateral Network is now live, with the first transaction taking place between BlackRock and Barclays.

Jack Martin
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