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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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Regulation   -   Jan 02, 2023 DAOs Go Legal On Marshall Islands
DAOs Go Legal On Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands, where DAOs were previously recognized as legal entities, have now passed a law making DAOs limited liability companies.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Jan 01, 2023 Palau, together with Ripple, Will Launch a National Stablecoin
Palau, together with Ripple, Will Launch a National Stablecoin

The President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr., spoke about the upcoming launch of a national stablecoin pegged to the dollar. Ripple will help the island state to implement its plans.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Dec 31, 2022 Green Light for Foreign Stablecoins in Japan
Green Light for Foreign Stablecoins in Japan

From 2023, the Financial Services Agency of Japan will legalize the distribution of foreign stablecoins in the country. At the same time, Kraken crypto exchange is shutting down work on the Japanese crypto market.

Alex Harutunian
Exchanges   -   Dec 31, 2022 The Battle for Voyager Digital
The Battle for Voyager Digital

Binance.US is to purchase Voyager Digital assets for $1 billion. Previously, FTX US had won the auction for the assets of Voyager Digital.

Alex Harutunian
Bitcoin   -   Dec 31, 2022 Holiday patterns. Bitcoin price
Bitcoin price monthly performance chart 2013-2022

In this year-end post we want to pay tribute to the single most important trigger in #moneytech development of the last decade - Bitcoin.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption Tools   -   Dec 30, 2022 BitKeep Attacked by Hackers: About $8 Million Stolen
BitKeep Attacked by Hackers: About $8 Million Stolen

The BitKeep crypto trading platform has been attacked by hackers. Hackers managed to embed malicious code in the APK application of BitKeep. The total losses of the platform's users amounted to about $8 million.

Alex Harutunian
Scam   -   Dec 30, 2022 The Co-Founder of the OneCoin Cryptocurrency Pyramid Has Pleaded Guilty
The Co-Founder of the OneCoin Cryptocurrency Pyramid Has Pleaded Guilty

Karl Sebastian Greenwood – co-founder of OneCoin – pleaded guilty for fraud and money laundering in a Manhattan Federal Court. He will be prisoned for 60 years.

Alex Harutunian
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