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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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Coins and tokens   -   Mar 04, 2025 Trump’s Crypto Reserve Plan Sparks Brief Market Surge, Then Drop
Trump’s Crypto Reserve Plan Sparks Brief Market Surge, Then Drop

The president of the United States announced a Crypto Strategic Reserve with Ripple, Solana and Cardano tokens along with Bitcoin and Ethereum. Following the announcement of a somewhat controversial list of digital assets, the market quickly cooled.

Rebecca Denton
Stablecoins   -   Mar 04, 2025 SBI VC Trade to Launch USDC Stablecoin Service in Japan
SBI VC Trade to Launch USDC Stablecoin Service in Japan

USDC becomes the first approved stablecoin in Japan as the country slowly eases stablecoin regulations after FSA approved policy changes last month.

Rebecca Denton
Regulation   -   Mar 03, 2025 Non-MiCA Compliant Stablecoins To Be Delisted on Binance
Non-MiCA Compliant Stablecoins To Be Delisted on Binance

Binance has announced the delisting of nine non-MiCA compliant stablecoins, including USDT and DAI. The exchange has advised users to convert holdings before the changes come into effect on March 31

Rebecca Denton
Adoption   -   Mar 03, 2025 Swiss National Bank Rejects Bitcoin as Reserve Asset
Swiss National Bank Rejects Bitcoin as Reserve Asset

The Swiss National Bank President Martin Schlegel dismissed Bitcoin as a "niche phenomenon," reaffirming the bank's commitment to traditional assets like gold.

Rebecca Denton
Newsletters   -   Mar 02, 2025 Sunday Review 02/03/2025
Sunday Review 02/03/2025

Happy Spring, Observers! It is all about perspective: while the prices of cryptocurrencies went downhill during the past week, on the regulatory front, the last couple of days were great. In the United States, the Court of Appeals dismissed the claims of a class action lawsuit against Uniswap that accused

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Month in Money   -   Mar 01, 2025 Month in Money 03/2025

Circle hires bank for IPO, plans to file in late April. DeFi protocol SIRDottrading hacked, losing $350K amid ongoing security risks. MARA Holdings plans $2B stock offering to expand Bitcoin holdings despite share declines. FTX to start repaying major creditors on May 30 with $11,4B in cash reserves. California

Observers
Adoption   -   Feb 27, 2025 How Your Crypto Can Feed Starving Columbian Children
How Your Crypto Can Feed Starving Columbian Children

Humanitarian aid through blockchain is growing. Now that the world's largest aid organization has come under scrutiny, it is more important than ever. Can technology provide a better distribution of the funds?

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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