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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
Mining   -   Sep 16, 2025 Bribing the Chain: How Qubic Shook Monero
Bribing the Chain: How Qubic Shook Monero

Monero, the leading privacy coin, suffered an 18-block reorg after Qubic consolidated large mining power. Debate rages: Qubic claims 51% control; Monero devs deny widescale damage. Exchanges raised confirmations. The episode shows PoW chains can be threatened by economic incentives

Alex Harutunian
Gaming   -   Sep 13, 2025 The Promise and Reality of Blockchain Games
blockchain gamers

After years of development, blockchain games still capture only a sliver of the gaming industry. The promise of true asset ownership, stable economies, and transferability remains unmet. Recent trends suggest blockchain was more hype feature than genuine necessity

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
NFT   -   Aug 25, 2025 Meowfi: A Cat-Themed Tapper with Bigger Ambitions
Meowfi: A Cat-Themed Tapper with Bigger Ambitions

Meowfi, a cat-themed Telegram tapper, partners with Observers as it experiments with turning clicks into community. While most tapper games inflate tokens and disappoint users, Meowfi may serve as TONSWAP’s marketing engine — testing if millions of taps can power a real Ton-based DEX.

Sasha Markevich
Michael Egorov proposes Yield Basis pool in Curve protocol
DEX   -   Sep 18, 2025 Curve’s Egorov Proposes a New Solution to DeFi's Pain

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
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Interesting Money   -   Sep 29, 2022 How Facebook Failed to Change the World
Prof. Dahlia Malkhi, former Chief Technology Officer at the Diem Association

Once upon a time one big private company came up with an idea of reinventing money and changing the financial world. It failed. Prof. Dahlia Malkhi, who was working on Facebook's unified digital currency Diem (previously Libra), explained why in an interview with Calcalist.

Observers
Regulation   -   Sep 29, 2022 SEC vs. Ripple. What and When to Expect?
Ripple and SEC logos are seen behind the court case documents

Both, SEC and Ripple filed motions for summary judgment – meaning each side declares that they have arguments that can win the case without a trial. XRP price reacted positively but are there any grounds?

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Sep 28, 2022 Japanese Companies Will Be Able To Pay Salaries Via Apps
PayPay use case. Source: asia.nikkei.com

Just about two weeks ago the Labour Policy Council discussed paying digital salaries to workers instead of traditional cash through bank accounts. Despite the fact that Japanese law permits only cash payments for salaries, businesses are allowed to use accounts at financial institution as recipients of the salary. Now that

Observers
Web3   -   Sep 28, 2022 Urbit Back Again?
Urbit Assembly in Miami. Source: Twitter

Long time no see: Urbit, an ambitious project of “fixing” the internet that started in 2013 - a decade ago! - could be coming back to the spotlight.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Sep 27, 2022 Details of the Upcoming Launch of Curve's Own Stablecoin and What the Community Suggests
Source: TheNewsCrypto

The Curve developers have posted a JavaScript library on the web, which should help when launching their own stable coin, the Curve stable coin - crvUSD.

Alex Harutunian
IPO/ICO   -   Sep 27, 2022 Bitcoin Depot Goes Public
Bitcoin Depot Goes Public via merge with SPAC GSR II Meteora

Bitcoin Depot, a crypto ATM company confirmed its plan to go public.

Sasha Markevich
CBDC   -   Sep 27, 2022 Amazon is in a Group Selected by European Central Bank to Design the Digital Euro
Digital Euro

The European Central Bank chose five entities, including US internet behemoth Amazon, to prototype the frontend of digital euro project. The work will not be remunerated.

Alex Harutunian
CBDC   -   Sep 27, 2022 Nigerian fintech Flutterwave receives Central Bank's key payment license, promotes eNaira
Flutterwave logo with Nigerian National Bank background

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted Flutterwave, a switching and processing license for electronic payments, as the firm seeks to extend its services across the African country. Flutterwave made a significant effort to streamline adoption of eNaira

Alex Harutunian
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