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CBDC   -   Jul 17, 2025 Will Central Banks' Money Fly?
Cbdc on permissioned infrastructure

As central banks build digital currencies with tight control, they abandon the core innovation of blockchain—permissionless design. While CBDCs favor private ledgers, the U.S. turns to stablecoins running on public rails, balancing decentralization, oversight, and market-driven innovation.

Alex Harutunian
Coins and tokens   -   Jul 15, 2025 Michael Saylor’s Second Bubble: From Dotcom Crash to Bitcoin Frenzy
microstrategy now strategy led by Michael Saylor turns into Bitcoin strategy

Strategy’s Bitcoin-heavy model echoes the dotcom era: bold bets, speculative inflows, and sky-high valuations. With $30B in unrealized gains and a market cap nearly double its NAV, the company looks less like a business—and more like a leveraged crypto momentum play

Alex Harutunian
Jul 08, 2025 From Coins to QR: The Changing Face of Money
QR in payments and new money

QR codes have emerged as a global interface for digital payments, gaining ground from Asia to the U.S. for their simplicity, low cost, and security. As countries move toward unified standards, the shape of money is shifting—from coins and cards to scannable squares.

Alex Harutunian
DEX   -   Jul 08, 2025 Crypto Exchages' Changing Landscape
DEX CEX CLOB

Decentralized exchanges just hit a record high, with DEX-to-CEX spot volumes reaching parity for the first time. The middle-tier altcoin sector, once central to CEX activity, is losing ground. Meanwhile, a new generation of CLOB-based DEXs is preparing to reshape the landscape of crypto trading.

Alexander Mardar
Ethereum   -   Jul 01, 2025 Ethereum Should Pump: Why Experts Are Calling It Digital Oil
Ethereum Should Pump: Why Experts Are Calling It Digital Oil

Etherealize has released “The Bull Case for ETH,” a report that positions Ethereum as the digital oil of the modern economy. Aimed at traders, it argues that ETH is one of the most mispriced assets in the world—and could eventually reach a valuation of $706,000.

Alexander Mardar
Cbdc on permissioned infrastructure
CBDC   -   Jul 17, 2025 Will Central Banks' Money Fly?

As central banks build digital currencies with tight control, they abandon the core innovation of blockchain—permissionless design. While CBDCs favor private ledgers, the U.S. turns to stablecoins running on public rails, balancing decentralization, oversight, and market-driven innovation.

Alex Harutunian
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Stablecoins   -   May 24, 2023 Tether Bets on Bitcoin
USDT logo, Bitcoin logo

Tether has announced its new investment strategy. To strengthen and diversify reserves, the company plans to regularly buy bitcoin with realized profits.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   May 24, 2023 Tether On Strike
Tether logo, Strike logo, handshake emoj

Tether and Strike money app have merged their user bases by adding USDT to the bitcoin-only platform.

Alex Harutunian
CBDC   -   May 23, 2023 Ripple to Demo Tokenized Real Estate Solution for Hong Kong CBDC Pilot
Ripple to Demo Tokenized Real Estate Solution for Hong Kong CBDC Pilot

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority launched its e-HKD Pilot Programme last Thursday. The scheme will involve 16 firms from the finance, payments and technology sectors, including Ripple, which will showcase a real estate tokenization solution.

Jack Martin
Adoption   -   May 23, 2023 Tether and KriptonMarket Launch Payment Collaboration in Argentina
Tether and KriptonMarket Launch Payment Collaboration in Argentina

Tether and KriptonMarket announced a collaboration which will give small businesses access to stablecoins at the Central Market of Buenos Aires.

Sasha Markevich
Bitcoin   -   May 22, 2023 Bitcoin Network's Unconfirmed Transactions Fall as Fees Normalize
Bitcoin congestion mempool

After network congestion saw hundreds of thousands of unconfirmed transactions in the mempool and fees hitting $30+ earlier this month, things appear to be getting back to normal… slowly. Have Ordinals and BRC-20 meme-coins already had their day in the sun?

Jack Martin
Newsletters   -   May 21, 2023 Sunday Review 21/05/2023
Observers Sunday Review 21.05.2023

While the leaders of the G7 countries are currently in Tokyo discussing how to deal with China's 'economic coercion', let's take a look back at some of the news stories that have 'coerced' the crypto economy over the past week. In Euro-land,

Jack Martin
Exchanges   -   May 21, 2023 CZ Out Of Binance.US Or Binance Out Of US?
CZ and Binance.US

Binance.US and CEO Changpeng Zhao are exploring strategies to reduce his majority stake in the company to ease tension between Binance and U.S. regulators and continue operations in the region.

Sasha Markevich
NFT   -   May 20, 2023 Assassin’s Creed Gets NFTs, Fans Not Happy
Assassin’s Creed Gets NFTs, Fans Not Happy

Ubisoft and Integral Reality Labs have partnered to create Assassin’s Creed Smart Collectibles, which are NFT access passes minted on Polygon and paired with physical collectibles inspired by the popular franchise.

Alex Harutunian
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