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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 21, 2022 UPD: StepN Denies Layoffs, but Is Still Going through a Transitional Period

In the related article we wrote that despite the downturn and the bear market, StepN has a lot in the pipeline, and may see a bright future when the bear market is over. However, some disturbing news about the company has spread in the media.

Alex Harutunian
Update   -   Oct 21, 2022 UPD: Damien Hirst Finally Burnt His Art for NFT Project

The wealthiest living artist in the UK, Damien Hirst, set fire to millions of dollars worth of his own artworks as part of his NFT project The Currency, which examines the value of digital art vs physical art.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Oct 21, 2022 Mastercard Invites Traditional Banks to Cryptocurrency Trading
Source: forbes.com

Mastercard, one of the biggest payment providers, introduced Crypto Source a software that enables financial institutions to offer cryptocurrency trading and services to their clients. To launch the new program, Mastercard has teamed up with Paxos, a leading regulated blockchain infrastructure platform. The partnership aims to provide Paxos crypto-asset trading

Observers
Adoption   -   Oct 21, 2022 Corporations Keep Pilling Into Crypto
Source: bitcourier.co.uk

This was a productive month for institutional crypto custody. We have seen a steady flow of news announcements about another financial giant launching crypto services for their clients. Three world-leading banks have started to provide their customers with crypto services.

Observers
Economy   -   Oct 20, 2022 Liz Truss stands down as PM following a much criticized economic plan
Liz Truss announces her resignation

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after her questionable and already reversed economic plan sent the pound plunging and put her government into chaos.

Alex Harutunian
CBDC   -   Oct 20, 2022 SWIFT Experiments With CBDC. Model 2
SWIFT blueprint report on CBDC with legacy security token device

SWIFT completes another phase of its CBDC trials. The focus is on cross-border settlements between different CBDCs. The conclusion so far is that their existing systems can handle it.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Oct 18, 2022 Plan B: Pay Crypto for Your Big Mac in Lugano
McDonalds Lugano Switzerland. Source: Wikimedia

The global fast food chain McDonald’s has started accepting BTC and USDT in the Swiss town of Lugano which aims to become a “European Bitcoin Capital”.

Sasha Markevich
Exchanges   -   Oct 18, 2022 Huobi Global Sold
Logos of Huobi Global and About Capital Management HK

Crypto exchange Huobi Global founder Leon Li sold his 60% share in the company to About Capital Management HK.

Sasha Markevich
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