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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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Apr 29, 2022 Sweden Wants to Test E-Krona Viability for Smart Payments

The central bank of Sweden (Riksbank) has been testing it’s own digital currency, e-krona recently. One e-krona would be worth as much as a physical 1-krona coin or one krona in a private bank account. But it is not backed up by physical money you put into your bank

Observers
Apr 29, 2022 Russian new crypto regulations

Russia’s Ministry of Finance has amended its digital currency bill to include cryptocurrency mining provisions, the agency announced on…

Observers
Apr 29, 2022 Epic Games is building a family-friendly metaverse

Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, has secured $2bn in new funding from tech giant Sony and Kirkby, the group behind the Lego franchise, as…

Observers
Apr 29, 2022 Coinbase misadventure in India has its consequences

Coinbase, the most popular crypto exchange in the United States, has big ambitions. Among other things these ambitions focus on conquering…

Observers
Ethereum   -   Apr 29, 2022 “The Merge” is delayed. Again
Tim Beiko twitter

Tim Beiko, a leading Ethereum developer working on “The Merge”, said on Twitter that the update will not be ready by June. Independent…

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Apr 29, 2022 Beanstalk Hacked For $182M Through Mixer

“Beanstalk” — the stablecoin protocol based on the Ethereum network — lost $182 million due to a hacker attack.

Alex Harutunian
Apr 29, 2022 US Extends Sanctions Against Russia To Cryptocurrency Mining, Bitcoin Holds Steady

In the wake of recent sanctions, cryptocurrencies have been barely affected. This week, however, U.S. officials targeted Russian bitcoin…

Observers
Ethereum   -   Apr 25, 2022 What awaits us after “The Merge”?
Estimation of APY

It seems that with the awards for Ethereum staking after “The Merge” everything will not be as well as the community expected. Or does it…

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