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Jul 08, 2025 From Coins to QR: The Changing Face of Money
QR in payments and new money

QR codes have emerged as a global interface for digital payments, gaining ground from Asia to the U.S. for their simplicity, low cost, and security. As countries move toward unified standards, the shape of money is shifting—from coins and cards to scannable squares.

Alex Harutunian
DEX   -   Jul 08, 2025 Crypto Exchages' Changing Landscape
DEX CEX CLOB

Decentralized exchanges just hit a record high, with DEX-to-CEX spot volumes reaching parity for the first time. The middle-tier altcoin sector, once central to CEX activity, is losing ground. Meanwhile, a new generation of CLOB-based DEXs is preparing to reshape the landscape of crypto trading.

Alexander Mardar
Adoption   -   Jul 06, 2025 GBBC Maps 101 Real-World Blockchain Use Cases for 2025
GBBC Maps 101 Real-World Blockchain Use Cases for 2025

The GBBC’s 2025 Handbook captures a new phase of blockchain adoption: from renegade roots to institutional alignment. With compliant infrastructure and regulated tokenization, blockchain is no longer an outsider—it’s becoming the backbone.

Alex Harutunian
Staking   -   Jul 04, 2025 EigenLayer Expands Its Product Offering with EigenCloud
EigenLayer Expands Its Product Offering with EigenCloud

EigenLayer has launched EigenCloud, a decentralized platform combining off-chain compute, verification, and data availability. Built on its restaking model, EigenCloud enables developers to build trust-minimized apps using services like EigenCompute, EigenVerify, and EigenDA.

Alexander Mardar
L1   -   Jun 18, 2025 Bitcoin's Heavy Load: The OP_RETURN Debate Rolls On
Bitcoin's Heavy Load: The OP_RETURN Debate Rolls On

A controversial change in Bitcoin Core will remove relay limits on the OP_RETURN field, allowing larger data payloads to spread across the network. Critics fear spam and bloat; supporters say it's already happening—and making it visible will improve fee markets and mempool consistency.

Alexander Mardar
QR in payments and new money
Jul 08, 2025 From Coins to QR: The Changing Face of Money

QR codes have emerged as a global interface for digital payments, gaining ground from Asia to the U.S. for their simplicity, low cost, and security. As countries move toward unified standards, the shape of money is shifting—from coins and cards to scannable squares.

Alex Harutunian
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Regulation   -   Jul 25, 2022 US Commodity Trade Regulator In Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Bill
Senators Cynthia Lummis (left) and Kirsten Gillibrand (right). Source: Valerie Plesch, Bloomberg

Senators Cynthia Lummis (Republican) and Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat) proposed a bill to regulate crypto. A large part of amendments of this 69-page document expands the jurisdiction of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over digital assets.

Alex Harutunian
Jul 24, 2022 Now You Can Be Served Via NFT
Photo by José Martín Ramírez Carrasco.

A UK judge has granted permission to deliver a court notice using a blockchain ledger by NFT — marking for the first time in the country…

Observers
Stablecoins   -   Jul 24, 2022 For the First Time Circle Shared with the Community A Breakdown of USDC Reserves

On June 30, Circle provided a financial report according to which USDC reserves amounted to $55.7 billion. Of these, $42.12 billion were US…

Alex Harutunian
Exchanges   -   Jul 24, 2022 Spanish Exchange Bit2Me to Conquer the World
Bit2Me logo. Source: bit2me.com

Bit2Me, the largest Spanish exchange, has been doing great lately despite the current crypto market downturn.

Observers
Stablecoins   -   Jul 22, 2022 Tether and Dai, The Work of Stablecoins During the General Crisis
Cryptocurrency Prices

Stablecoin Tether continues to get rid of commercial securities, following its plan. And Maker DAO redistributes the reserves of the stable…

Alex Harutunian
Economy   -   Jul 22, 2022 Inflation and BTC. Cause-and-Effect Relationships.

During the last two years the US government has printed a substantial amount of dollars to help the economy during the pandemic and the value of BTC soared. Now the FED is trying to tame growing inflation by raising interest rates and the value of BTC is falling. How is this connected?

Sasha Markevich
Jul 22, 2022 A Series of Layoffs in the Industry Amid Crypto Winter
NFT marketplaces rating.

OpenSea is terminating 20% of its employees. The job cuts could be the consequences from the issues OpenSea faced, like the Customer.io…

Observers
Blockchain   -   Jul 21, 2022 Cosmosification of Ethereum
New DApps per Month chart

Reflections about the future of Ethereum based on the Meher Roy thread.

Alex Harutunian
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