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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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Blockchain   -   Nov 04, 2022 Astar Japan Labs Ecosystem and Collaborations
Astar Network Banner

Astar is a multi-chain smart contract platform for the Polkadot community that supports multiple blockchains, different layer-two solutions and virtual machines.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Nov 03, 2022 Tether Announced the Launch of Pear Credit
Tether Announced the Launch of Pear Credit

Together with Holepunch and Synonym, Tether will launch a P2P сredit system, Pear Credit, in 2023.

Alex Harutunian
Regulation   -   Nov 02, 2022 Hong Kong Plans To Stay Hub, Now For Crypto
Hong Kong and crypto. Source: blockchain.news

Hong Kong will abandon the previously proposed limiting of crypto trading to professional investors and will now consider allowing individuals to operate in crypto exchanges. These steps should help achieve the goal of becoming an international crypto hub.

Observers
Update   -   Nov 02, 2022 UPD: Celsius petition for $2.96 million employee fund payment rejected

As we wrote earlier, the Celsius bankruptcy trial has been going on for several months. The company has submitted various petitions to the court, thereby trying to improve its situation. Despite the fact that some of the proposals from Celsius were approved by the court, this has not always happen.

Alex Harutunian
Update   -   Nov 02, 2022 UPD: Do Kwon is Due to Appear Before a Singapore Court

As we wrote earlier, the creator of Terra, Do Kwon, was put on the international wanted list by Interpol thanks to the South Korean authorities. Also, by order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, Kwon had to hand over his Korean passport. Recently it became known that

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Nov 02, 2022 USDC Ad in the Economist
USDC Circle ad in Economist issue of 29.10.2022

A full-page bleed ad of Circle, the largest stablecoin issuer, appeared in the latest Economist volume. The image depicts the U.S. Seal part of the one-dollar bill combined with USDC die cast seal designed by Mark Grambau. The advertising is matched with a large article about recent elections in

Alex Harutunian
CBDC   -   Nov 01, 2022 Reserve Bank of India Commenced “E-Rupee” Tests. What Is Under the Hood?
Reserve Bank of India Commenced “E-Rupee” Tests. What Is Under the Hood?

November 1, 2022 The first pilot of India’s CDBC, the e-rupee, commenced today. It will test the wholesale segment (e₹-W) in bond transactions with nine banks. The retail segment (e₹-R) is planned for launch within a month.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Oct 31, 2022 BUSD surges forward, FTX Launches its Own Stablecoin
BUSD surges forward, FTX Launches its Own Stablecoin

Against the background of the automatic conversion of a number of stablecoins to BUSD, the market share among all stablecoins of the BUSD token increased from 10.01% to 15.48%. FTX CEO announced in an interview about the possible launch of the company's own stablecoin.

Alex Harutunian
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