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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   -   Mar 31, 2023 A New Stage in the Investigation Against Terra Employees
The founders of Terra, Kwon and Shin, and the Judge's Hammer.

The legal representative of Do Kwon is trying to appeal the decision of the Court in Montenegro and the issue of extradition of Kwon from Montenegro is also being resolved. South Korea is once again launching a prosecution against a former Terra employee, Daniel Shin.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Mar 31, 2023 Tether Stablecoins Linked to the Euro and Gold are Available on Bit2Me
Bit2Me logo and Tether logo with gold and Euro.

Users of the platform Bit2Me can make transactions with Tether Gold (XAUT) and Euro Tether (EURT).

Alex Harutunian
Research   -   Mar 31, 2023 How Does Mining Help Cure Cancer?
How Does Mining Help Cure Cancer?

The Mapping Cancer Markers project, with the help of the World Community Grid research project, calculated 26 new genes associated with lung cancer.

Alex Harutunian
Mar 30, 2023 Our 10 Most Popular Articles About Crypto World on Medium
Our 10 Most Popular Articles About Crypto World on Medium

Our first article on Medium “Helium receives $200M funding in Series D” was published on April 11, 2022. Since then our team of Observers have written over 600 stories about crypto, Web3 and moneytech. Here are the Top-10 of our most viewed articles.

Sasha Markevich
NFT   -   Mar 30, 2023 Magic Eden Launches Bitcoin Ordinals for NFT Traders
Magic Eden Launches Bitcoin Ordinals for NFT Traders

Magic Eden, the largest Solana-based NFT marketplace, has launched its “audited” Bitcoin Ordinals for NFT traders.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption Tools   -   Mar 30, 2023 General Bytes Users' Hot Wallets are Compromised Through It's Video Upload Service
General Bytes Users' Hot Wallets are Compromised Through It's Video Upload Service

General Bytes, a Czech based cryptocurrency ATMs manufacturer, lost $1.5 million worth of clients’ crypto in hot wallet hack that used its cloud service. The company has closed the cloud service and promised to reimburse the losses to the victims.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Mar 29, 2023 Hayes Explains Problems With Stablecoins, Proposes a New Type
Hayes Explains Problems With Stablecoins, Proposes a New Type

Arthur Hayes, the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange BitMEX, criticized both custodian and decentralized stablecoins and proposed a new stablecoin called the Satoshi Nakamoto Dollar, or NakaDollar (NUSD). Unlike existing stablecoins, NUSD would be supported only by Bitcoin.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Mar 29, 2023 Technology Alliance to Enable Smooth Mutual Transfer and Exchange of a Wide Variety of Stablecoins in Japan
Technology Alliance to Enable Smooth Mutual Transfer and Exchange of a Wide Variety of Stablecoins in Japan

Datachain, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, and Soramitsu announced a technology alliance to enable smooth transfer and exchange of stablecoins to be issued in Japan.

Alex Harutunian
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