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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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CBDC   -   Nov 16, 2022 US Fed Tests Wholesale CDBC With R3 Commercial Banks
New York Innovation Center logo and moto

The New York Innovation Center (NYIC), a joint project of US Fed and BIS, is launching a proof-of-concept project to explore the feasibility of an interoperable network of digital central bank liabilities and commercial bank digital money using distributed ledger technology.

Alex Harutunian
Ethereum   -   Nov 16, 2022 Vitalik Buterin Announced The Scourge – a New Stage in the Ethereum Roadmap
Vitalik Buterin Announced The Scourge – a New Stage in the Ethereum Roadmap

The Scourge is a new stage in the Ethereum Roadmap. Why is it needed and what will it bring to the network?

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Nov 15, 2022 MoneyGram Opens Up Crypto For Its Users
MoneyGram and Coinme. Source: fintechnews.am

MoneyGram announced that they are launching cryptocurrency trading in partnership with a crypto exchange Coinme. Users of MoneyGram, a financial services provider, can now trade cryptocurrencies in a mobile application. The list of digital currencies is limited to Bitcoin, Ether, and Litecoin. The new feature is available to U.S.

Observers
NFT   -   Nov 14, 2022 Multi-Billion-Dollar Hack or FUD? Gala Games' Troubles
gala games

Gala Games faced an exploit that could have potentially brought hackers several billion dollars.

Alex Harutunian
Exchanges   -   Nov 13, 2022 FTX Crisis. Is Tron Helping or Earning?
Justin Sun and FTX logo

On October 10 FTX announced that it reached an agreement with Tron to allow the holders of Tron-based tokens to swap them from FTX to external wallets.

Sasha Markevich
Exchanges   -   Nov 13, 2022 Binance and Iran. What’s Up?
Binance Global Head of Sanctions Chagri Poyraz blog post cover with Iranian flag and "banned" sign

Reuters recently [again] accused Binance of processing transactions from Iran worth over $8 billion despite U.S. sanctions. And this is not for the first time.

Sasha Markevich
Regulation   -   Nov 13, 2022 Issuers of Circle and Paxos Stablecoins Have Received Licenses From the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
 PAXOS and Circle logos against Singapore landscape

Circle and Paxos can now officially conduct transactions with their stablecoins, as well as other digital payment tokens in Singapore.

Alex Harutunian
Bridges and Interoperability   -   Nov 12, 2022 The Story About How Vigilance Saved Money or Why It Is Necessary to Listen to the Community
The Story About How Vigilance Saved Money or Why It Is Necessary to Listen to the Community

A Twitter user found an exploit in the BitBTC bridge. But, the developers ignored the user's requests until someone started using the exploit.

Alex Harutunian
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