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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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Update   -   Oct 28, 2022 UPD: OpenSea Sees its Marketshare Slip
UPD: OpenSea Sees its Marketshare Slip

On October 20, Binance Market Pulse report was released that showed a slow and steady change in NFT marketplace leadership.

Alex Harutunian
Chainalysis   -   Oct 28, 2022 Chainalysis Report. What is Happening with the Cryptocurrency Markets of Russia and Ukraine Since February 2022
The magnifier with the Chainalysis logo is aimed at cryptocurrencies.

Chainalysis has released a new report describing the study of the cryptocurrency market in Eastern Europe. The report pays special attention to the crypto markets of Ukraine and Russia, whose economies are experiencing serious difficulties, which is forcing users to show interest in digital assets.

Alex Harutunian
Celsius   -   Oct 28, 2022 Crypto-astrologer Promoted Celsius Shortly Before The Company's Bankruptcy
Crypto-astrologer Promoted Celsius Shortly Before The Company's Bankruptcy

Maren Altman was criticized on Twitter for advertising Celsius shortly before the company filed for bankruptcy in court.

Alex Harutunian
CBDC   -   Oct 27, 2022 Hong Kong CBDC System Prototype Aurum
Central Bank role and different CBDCs types correlation. Source: BIS report

The Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority cooperated to create a two-tier CBDC system that mirrors the current Hong Kong currency system and features unusual CBDC-backed stablecoins.

Sasha Markevich
SEC   -   Oct 27, 2022 SEC Probing NFT Market. Yuga Labs Under Investigation
SEC Probing NFT Market. Yuga Labs Under Investigation

Yuga Labs, the creator of the blue chip NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club, is said to be one of companies under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as it probes the NFT market.

Alex Harutunian
Exchanges   -   Oct 25, 2022 BitMEX wants to start from scratch in Switzerland
The landscape of Swizerland. Source: baamboozle.com

The BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange plans to be revived in a new guise in Switzerland after being prosecuted in the United States.

Alex Harutunian
Blockchain   -   Oct 25, 2022 Crypto Oasis Ecosystem Report: UAE Houses Almost 1.5K Active Web3 Organisations
Crypto Oasis Ecosystem Report cover

According to the Crypto Oasis Ecosystem Report there are more than 1,400 active Web3 organisations now operating in the UAE, with a total of over 23,000 Metaverse projects.

Sasha Markevich
Web3   -   Oct 25, 2022 Google Partners with Coinbase to Let Cloud Customers Pay in Crypto in 2023
Coinbase partners with Google Cloud. Source: Coinbase

Google and Coinbase have teamed up to let some Google Cloud customers pay in crypto. In turn, Coinbase will use Google Cloud’s compute platform and fibre-optic network to process blockchain data and enhance the global reach of its crypto services.

Alex Harutunian
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