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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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Soramitsu   -   Aug 09, 2023 Blockchain Firm Soramitsu Plans Asia-wide Digital Payment Network
Soramitsu Vivit Tama Asia Bakong

Soramitsu plans to connect its Cambodia-based RTGS system, Bakong, to its cross-chain stablecoin exchange, creating a pan-Asian transfer and payment network.

Alex Harutunian
Coinbase   -   Aug 09, 2023 Base: Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 Network Launches Mainnet Today
Coinbase BASE

Coinbase launches its Ethereum layer-2 network Base with the aim of bringing Web3 technology to more users. It will eventually form part of an interoperable 'Superchain' with Optimism.

Observers
Stablecoins   -   Aug 08, 2023 PayPal Finally Launches Dollar Stablecoin After SEC-related Delays
PayPal PYUSDT stablecoin

On Monday, online payments processor PayPal announced the launch of its long-promised dollar-pegged stablecoin. The token was originally expected in Q1 2023, but was delayed following an SEC notice against issuing partner Paxos.

Jack Martin
Payment System   -   Aug 07, 2023 Apple Savings Top $10 Billion, But Goldman Sachs Reportedly Wants Out
Apple Savings and Goldman Sachs

Apple Card’s high-yield savings account has seen over $10 billion in customer deposits since its launch in April, but banking partner Goldman Sachs allegedly wants to walk away from the arrangement, as it reduces the consumer-facing side of its business.

Jack Martin
Exchanges   -   Aug 07, 2023 Justin Sun Allegedly Drops $209 Million and Urges End to Huobi ‘FUD’
Justin Sun Allegedly Drops $209 Million and Urges End to Huobi ‘FUD’

Justin Sun allegedly transferred $209 million to help stabilize the crypto exchange that he controls. Does the extravagant crypto billionaire possess enough resources to weather the storm?

Sasha Markevich
Newsletters   -   Aug 06, 2023 Sunday Review 06/08/2023
Observers Sunday Review 06.08.2023

This week, a Chinese zoo felt the need to assure the general public that its sun bears were not people in costume, after a video went viral showing Angela the sun bear standing on her hind legs and waving at visitors in a very human-like manner. Conspiracy theorists on social

Jack Martin
NFT   -   Aug 06, 2023 Nifty Marketplace Shuts Down: Is the NFT Industry Collapsing or Maturing?
Nifty NFT platform shuts down

Nifty, the NFT marketplace that released some of the most pop culture collections so far, has shut down. Is this a sign of the collapse of the NFT industry or of it reaching maturity?

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Aug 05, 2023 Arkham Intelligence First Bounty Solved Uncovers Terra/Luna Hidden Holdings
Arkham Intelligencee 5200 BTC

Reserve account details connected with the Terra/Luna ecosystem were discovered in the first bounty earned on the recently released Intel-to-Earn Arkham blockchain platform.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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