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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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Adoption   -   Mar 18, 2023 UPD: The National Bank of Australia Made an Intrabank Cross-border Transaction Using a Stablecoin.
Logo NAB on blockchain background.

On March 14, the completion of the first pilot transaction using a stablecoin issued by the bank was announced on the official website of The National Australia Bank (not to be confused with the Reserve Bank of Australia).

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Mar 17, 2023 USDC Depegs and Pegs Back, Exchanges and Users React
USDC Depegs and Pegs Back, Exchanges and Users React

USDC depeged from USD after US Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. Exchanges paused their conversion as users rushed into other assets. Now the stablecoin has got back to 1:1 ration, but what’s done is done…

Sasha Markevich
Regulation   -   Mar 17, 2023 US Banking Consortium Urges Congress to Ease Restrictions on Use of Blockchain Technology
USDF consortium member banks

At a Subcommittee hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services last week, the USDF Consortium asked for a reduction in regulation on blockchain use by federally-insured banks, arguing that the technology should not be unfairly conflated with cryptocurrency.

Jack Martin
Update   -   Mar 17, 2023 UPD: First Starbucks Paid NFTs Sell out within 20 Minutes
UPD: First Starbucks Paid NFTs Sell out within 20 Minutes

Starbucks Odyssey Web3 loyalty program released its first collection of 2,000 limited-edition NFTs, each priced at $100. They sold out in 18 minutes.

Alex Harutunian
Web3   -   Mar 16, 2023 The Pokémon Company Is Hiring a Web3 Expert
The Pokémon Company Is Hiring a Web3 Expert

The Pokémon Company posted a listing for a Corporate Development Principal, a role that would advise the company’s leadership on strategy and explore new innovations, including Web3.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Mar 16, 2023 Smart Accounts Through Account Abstraction. The Missing Piece For Mass Adoption Of Crypto?
ERC 4337

Ethereum community announces a revolutionary method to combine the security of self-custody wallets with the convenience of custodian ones. The "account abstraction", or simply put, smart contract in the wallets account promises a breakthrough in adoption.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Mar 15, 2023 USDC Depeg Fuels USDT Growth
Tether and USDC logos

After Saturday saw the value of the USDC fall, trust in the stablecoin Tether (USDT) increased, driving its growth.

Alex Harutunian
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