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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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Newsletters   -   Feb 02, 2025 Sunday Review 02/02/2025
Sunday Review Observers

Happy Monday, Observers! Silicon Valley was in panic mode last week due to the launch of the cheap-built Chinese large language model DeepSeek. The threat of Chinese technology disrupting the AI industry wiped off $1 trillion of the US stock market, leading the crypto markets too to start the week

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Press Releases   -   Jan 31, 2025 Czech National Bank Approves Study of Bitcoin as Reserve Asset
Czech Central Bank

The CNB Governor has been pushing for the study of new asset classes including Bitcoin.

Rebecca Denton
DAO   -   Jan 30, 2025 Money, Stock, or Maybe... Nothing. What Is the Value of a Governance Token?
Money, Stock, or Maybe... Nothing. What Is the Value of a Governance Token?

DeFi projects are increasingly planning to share revenue with token holders, making these tokens similar to traditional dividend-paying shares. This trend suggests that DeFi may begin to resemble traditional finance systems while maintaining its decentralized nature.

Alexander Mardar
L1   -   Jan 30, 2025 Telegram's Blockchain Sets A High Tone In 2025 Roadmap
Telegram blockchain plan 2025

TON blockchain bursts into 2025 with an ambitious technical development plan. The team plans to launch the major Accelerator mainnet upgrade, restart works on Payment Network, a.k.a. TON's Lightning Network, and introduce new developer and UX features.

Alexander Mardar
Press Releases   -   Jan 29, 2025 YZi Labs Invests $16M in Token Platform Sign
Token

CZ wastes no time making his first investment through his newly rebranded VC firm.

Rebecca Denton
Digital Identity   -   Jan 29, 2025 Biometrical Data Too Sensitive To Be Handled By Private Companies
Biometrical Data Too Sensitive To Be Handled By Private Companies

While private firms push their human and identity verification projects forward, governments are taking advantage of their positions to control and get ahead of the trend.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Digital Identity   -   Jan 29, 2025 Biometric Identity Startup Humanity Protocol Joins the Unicorn List
Biometric Identity Startup Humanity Protocol Joins the Unicorn List

Humanity Protocol, a palm vein scanning supported identity verification firm, has recently achieved a valuation exceeding $1 billion following a successful funding round.

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