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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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Adoption   -   Sep 02, 2023 Google Cloud to Open Office in El Salvador After Bitcoin Strategy Success
Google Cloud to Open Office in El Salvador After Bitcoin Strategy Success

Google Cloud enters a strategic partnership with the government of El Salvador and will help to digitalize the country amid its bond rally and growing investor interest.

Sasha Markevich
Adoption   -   Aug 31, 2023 Hong Kong Pushes FinTech with Adoption Roadmap for Next 12 Months
Hong Kong Pushes FinTech with Adoption Roadmap for Next 12 Months

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is gearing up for the territory’s October FinTech week with a 12-month roadmap to promote adoption, and updates on CBDC and tokenized bonds projects.

Jack Martin
Bitcoin ETF   -   Aug 30, 2023 U.S. Court of Appeals Confirms That SEC is “Arbitrary and Capricious”
SEC Grayscale ETF

The regulator had previously outright rejected Grayscale’s application to convert its Bitcoin Trust into a Bitcoin ETF. The court of appeals ruled that this decision was wrong, with the judge calling the SEC’s actions “arbitrary and capricious.”

Jack Martin
Bitcoin   -   Aug 29, 2023 Oman Dives Into Crypto Market With $1.1 Billion Investment In Bitcoin Mining
Oman investment

Oman’s investment is expected to help the country diversify its economy and put the nation on the world's crypto map

Alex Harutunian
Coins and tokens   -   Aug 29, 2023 Frog Days Over? PEPE Price Nosedives As Team Members Dump $15M
Frog Days Over? PEPE Price Nosedives As Team Members Dump $15M

$PEPE price is in freefall after 60% of the team account’s funds were sold. One co-founder blames team members for pulling the rug on the project, but the community is finding it hard to believe his story.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Bridges and Interoperability   -   Aug 28, 2023 $1.5 Billion Multichain Exit-Scam Allegedly Enforced By Chinese Police
China Multichain He

$1.5 billion of assets still locked in the Multichain protocol have reportedly been confiscated by Chinese police as part of a money-laundering investigation. However, one source suggests that this is just the latest face of police embezzlement in the country.

Jack Martin
Newsletters   -   Aug 27, 2023 Sunday Review 27/08/2023
Observers.com Sunday review 27.08.2023

Just two weeks ago we quipped 'wen moon?' as Virgin Galactic launched the world's first tourist space flight. Well it seems India's response to that was, "Hold my beer," as on Wednesday it became only the fourth nation to achieve a lunar

Jack Martin
CBDC   -   Aug 27, 2023 Solomon Islands Receives Funding From Japan For Its National CBDC Research
Solomon Islands Receives Funding From Japan For Its National CBDC Research

Solomon Islands enters CBDC trials with the help of the Government of Japan. The project may be replicated for other island states.

Alex Harutunian
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