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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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Adoption   -   May 20, 2023 Advanced Digital Asset Routing (ADAR) on SORA
Advanced Digital Asset Routing (ADAR) on SORA

Barbados-based Abed Group launches its accounts payable solution ADAR on the SORA blockchain network.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   May 20, 2023 Key Crypto Founders Get Into Meme-coin Rush
Justin Sun, Charles Hoskinson, CZ PEPE

Tron’s Justin Sun and Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson use their projects’ communities to profit from meme-coin season in crypto. The head of Binance, Chanpeng Zhao, does not seem to mind the additional business either.

Alex Harutunian
Ripple   -   May 18, 2023 Ripple into Custody… After $250 Million Acquisition of Provider Metaco
Ripple Metaco

The US payments network provider moved into the custody market this week, with the reported quarter billion dollar purchase of Switzerland’s Metaco, also increasing its overseas presence ahead of the ruling in its ongoing SEC dispute.

Jack Martin
CBDC   -   May 17, 2023 Digital Euro: European Central Bank Still Beholden to Commercial Banks
Digital euro investigation phase report ECB EuroSystem

A report preceding the final stage of the ECB's investigation into a digital euro shows no signs of redeeming the idea that the project is failing those whom it intends to serve.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
CBDC   -   May 17, 2023 Samsung and Bank of Korea Continue Research on Offline CBDC Functionality
Samsung and Bank of Korea Continue Research on Offline CBDC Functionality

The electronics giant and the South Korean central bank this week signed an agreement to further improve the security of offline CBDC payments, following initial development of the technology during a pilot study last year.

Jack Martin
Web3   -   May 16, 2023 Saga – Solana's First Crypto Phone
Saga – Solana's First Crypto Phone

Solana has been intriguing us with news of its innovative smartphone for 10 months now. On May 8, this Android device, designed to optimise work with Web3 and ensure seamless integration with crypto platforms, became available for pre-order.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   May 15, 2023 Stablecoins Can Bring Innovation With Certain Guardrails: EU Regulator
Stablecoins Can Bring Innovation With Certain Guardrails: EU Regulator

The European Banking Authority believes that stablecoins can exist and innovate responsibly, alongside CBDCs and other payment devices, subject to the implementation of some sensible guardrails.

Jack Martin
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