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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
Adoption   -   Jul 06, 2025 GBBC Maps 101 Real-World Blockchain Use Cases for 2025
GBBC Maps 101 Real-World Blockchain Use Cases for 2025

The GBBC’s 2025 Handbook captures a new phase of blockchain adoption: from renegade roots to institutional alignment. With compliant infrastructure and regulated tokenization, blockchain is no longer an outsider—it’s becoming the backbone.

Alex Harutunian
Staking   -   Jul 04, 2025 EigenLayer Expands Its Product Offering with EigenCloud
EigenLayer Expands Its Product Offering with EigenCloud

EigenLayer has launched EigenCloud, a decentralized platform combining off-chain compute, verification, and data availability. Built on its restaking model, EigenCloud enables developers to build trust-minimized apps using services like EigenCompute, EigenVerify, and EigenDA.

Alexander Mardar
L1   -   Jun 18, 2025 Bitcoin's Heavy Load: The OP_RETURN Debate Rolls On
Bitcoin's Heavy Load: The OP_RETURN Debate Rolls On

A controversial change in Bitcoin Core will remove relay limits on the OP_RETURN field, allowing larger data payloads to spread across the network. Critics fear spam and bloat; supporters say it's already happening—and making it visible will improve fee markets and mempool consistency.

Alexander Mardar
QR in payments and new money
Jul 08, 2025 From Coins to QR: The Changing Face of 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
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Stablecoins   -   Apr 11, 2023 MakerDAO Votes to Keep USDC as the Main Reserve
MakerDAO Votes to Keep USDC as the Main Reserve

On March 20, a vote was opened for the MakerDAO community to ‘normalize’ the parameters of the Price Stability Module (PSM). As a result, USDC remained the main reserve asset of PSM.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Apr 11, 2023 Ticketmaster Tests NFT Ticket Presales
Ticketmaster Tests NFT Ticket Presales

Ticketmaster now allows event organizers or vendors to make a sale available primarily or exclusively to owners of a specific NFT.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Apr 10, 2023 Gucci and Yuga Labs Otherside-themed Fashion Collaboration
Gucci and Yuga Labs Otherside-themed Fashion Collaboration

Yuga Labs partners with Gucci to create Otherside-themed jewelry – a limited-edition series of physical Gucci products and associated NFTs tied into the lore of the metaverse game.

Alex Harutunian
Web3   -   Apr 09, 2023 Checking on Urbit
Checking on Urbit

Recently we’ve got an e-mail from Urbit, the alternative version of the internet that’s been under development for the last decade, with their latest achievements. Now we want to share them with you.

Sasha Markevich
Regulation   -   Apr 09, 2023 Key Points of EU DLT Pilot Regime

The European Union's Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Pilot Regime, effective from March 23, 2023, established a controlled environment for trading and settlement using Distributed Ledger Technology. Our Observer summarized the key points of the new regulation

Observers
Banks   -   Apr 08, 2023 What Happened Next - The Fallout From Last Month’s US Banking Crisis
What Happened Next - The Fallout From Last Month’s US Banking Crisis

After the failure of three U.S. banks (with varying degrees of crypto exposure) in the space of a week last month, the sector seems to have settled back into relative calm, at least for the time being. So it would seem like the perfect opportunity for a recap.

Jack Martin
NFT   -   Apr 08, 2023 Major League Baseball Launches Dynamic NFTs
Major League Baseball Launches Dynamic NFTs

Major League Baseball (MLB) is releasing new 2023 season digital collectibles with Candy Digital, the NFT startup that has been an official MLB partner for 3 seasons in a row.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Apr 08, 2023 UPD: Ex Terra Employee, Daniel Shin, Remains at Large
Daniel Shin on the background of crossed out handcuffs

On March 27, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office requested an arrest warrant for Daniel Shin for the second time and was again refused by the court.

Alex Harutunian
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