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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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Exchanges   -   Jul 08, 2023 Legal Executives Exit Binance Amid Regulatory Investigations
Legal Executives Exit Binance Amid Regulatory Investigations

Binance appears to be facing a management crisis as several executives from the legal and compliance units have resigned amid regulatory investigations.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Jul 08, 2023 Banks Cause Rpay Stablecoin Wallet To Abandon 6 Latam Countries
Reserve protocol Rpay leaves Latam

Rpay will indefinitely stop all fiat deposits and withdrawals in Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama. The founders cite banking problems.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Stablecoins   -   Jul 08, 2023 Reserve Protocol: A Refreshing Approach to Stablecoin Design
Reserve Protocol

Reserve Protocol, founded in 2018, is experimenting with decentralized asset-referencing tokens (stablecoins). With a relatively low market cap, it already has a significant transaction base in emerging markets.

Alex Harutunian
Bridges and Interoperability   -   Jul 07, 2023 $100M+ and the CEO Missing: Things Aren’t Looking Great For Multichain
$100M+ and the CEO Missing: Things Aren’t Looking Great For Multichain

Multichain saw significant outflows yesterday causing fears of an exploit, as the team urged users to revoke all contracts until further notice. Meanwhile, CEO Zhaojun hasn’t been seen since the end of May, with rumors at the time suggesting he may have been arrested in China.

Jack Martin
Adoption   -   Jul 06, 2023 Bitcoin Shrimp Keep Growing: Almost 7% of Tokens Now in Wallets < 1BTC
Bitcoin shrimp and whales

Data from Glassnode shows that Bitcoin Shrimp (holders of less than 1 BTC) continue to aggressively accumulate tokens at a rate of 33.4K BTC per month.

Jack Martin
Exchanges   -   Jul 06, 2023 Following Hotbit Closure Some Users Have Been Unable to Withdraw Funds
Following Hotbit Closure Some Users Have Been Unable to Withdraw Funds

Hotbit crypto exchange announced it was to cease operations in May, following an investigation last August that led to a loss of user funds. The period for withdrawing any remaining funds ended on June 30, leaving many users out of pocket.

Sasha Markevich
CBDC   -   Jul 04, 2023 BIS on Digitalization of Money: Improving the Old, Enabling the New
BIS on Digitalization of Money: Improving the Old, Enabling the New

The Bank for International Settlements’ Annual Economic Report 2023 dedicates a significant portion to a ‘Blueprint for the future monetary system’, covering tokenization, CBDCs, smart contracts, and a proposed unified ledger.

Jack Martin
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