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Coins and tokens   -   Nov 25, 2025 The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls
The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls

Triggered by a routine macro shock, crypto once again unraveled faster than any other market. Not because of sentiment alone, but because CEX risk engines, DEX liquidation incentives, and always-on leverage turn small moves into cascading stress.

Alex Harutunian
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
Gaming   -   Sep 13, 2025 The Promise and Reality of Blockchain Games
blockchain gamers

After years of development, blockchain games still capture only a sliver of the gaming industry. The promise of true asset ownership, stable economies, and transferability remains unmet. Recent trends suggest blockchain was more hype feature than genuine necessity

Alex Harutunian
The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls
Coins and tokens   -   Nov 25, 2025 The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls

Triggered by a routine macro shock, crypto once again unraveled faster than any other market. Not because of sentiment alone, but because CEX risk engines, DEX liquidation incentives, and always-on leverage turn small moves into cascading stress.

Alex Harutunian
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CBDC   -   Jan 24, 2023 Digital Peso: Original Plans Cancelled
Banco de Mexico Banxico

On January 05, 2023, the Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) stated that the announced launch of the Central Bank’s (CBDC) digital currency was going to be delayed. According to the original plan, Digital Peso was to be released in 2024.

Observers
Hacks, Bugs and Scams   -   Jan 23, 2023 UPD: Shiba Inu’s Layer 2 Advertisement Pushed on a Hacked YouTube Crypto Blogger Chanel

We recently wrote about Shibarium – Shiba Inu's Layer 2. In an interesting development of this news is that Shibarium advertisement appeared in two stolen YouTube channels. More than half a million people were subscribed to the channels at the time of the hack.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Jan 23, 2023 LUNC Afloat Again?
LUNC logo on the background of coins.

The Terra Classic update aimed at eliminating the possibility of re-minting tokens and increasing the cost of gas by five times has been accepted by the community and supported by Binance. The price of LUNC increases.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Jan 22, 2023 BAYC Sales Rise Ahead of Skill-based NFT Game “Dookey Dash”
BAYC Sales Rise Ahead of Skill-based NFT Game “Dookey Dash”

Yuga Labs, the company behind the popular NFT collection BAYC, has announced the launch of their new blockchain game, Dookey Dash.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Jan 21, 2023 "Token of the Persian Gulf Region” from Iran and Russia
Gold coin on the background of the flags of Russia and Iran.

The authorities in Russia and Iran are discussing the creation of a stablecoin tied to gold. The "Token of the Persian Gulf region" will be used for cross-border payments, but first a legislative framework for regulating cryptocurrencies is required.

Alex Harutunian
Metrics and Signals   -   Jan 21, 2023 MVRV. A Signal to Buy Bitcoin Now?
MVRV Bitcoin BTC USD 2012-2022

MVRV, a ratio that compares the market capitalization of an asset to its realized capitalization, indicates the beginning of the accumulation phase.

Sasha Markevich
CBDC   -   Jan 21, 2023 Nigeria Non-cash Struggles
Nigeria Cash eNaira ATM restrictions cash withdrawal CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria has slightly eased the cash withdrawal limits policy announced earlier. Nigeria is still on route to a full non-cash economy

Alex Harutunian
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