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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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Bitcoin   -   Jan 09, 2025 Oklahoma: A New Crypto Gold Rush

Oklahoma Senator Dusty Deevers has introduced the "Bitcoin Freedom Act," which would allow residents to receive salaries in Bitcoin and vendors to accept BTC payments. The move aims to safeguard Oklahomans' earnings against inflation. When introducing the bill, Senator Deevers said, “If Washington D.C. can ruin

Rebecca Denton
China   -   Jan 09, 2025 China Envisages Blockchain Tech in the Proposed National Data Network
China Envisages Blockchain Tech in the Proposed National Data Network

China's government follows up on the Decision of the Communistic Party to "Build and operate a national data infrastructure to promote data sharing"

Rebecca Denton
Moneytech   -   Jan 08, 2025 Are Institutional Investors Turning to DeFi for Yields?
Are Institutional Investors Turning to DeFi for Yields?

While DeFi yields are highly attractive to traditional investors, the DeFi market still carries risks, making the convergence of DeFi and TradFi a longer-term prospect.

Alexander Mardar
Regulation   -   Jan 08, 2025 Fed Reserve “Bad Cop” Resigns

Federal Reserve Vice Chair, Michael Barr, has opted to step down early to dodge what could have become a contentious legal fight with President-elect Donald Trump. Confirming a Reuters report on Monday, the Democrat appointee suggested that while he could likely win the battle to finish his term, the fight

Rebecca Denton
Regulation   -   Jan 08, 2025 Czech National Bank Signals Interest In Bitcoin Reserve

The pro-crypto governor of the Czech National Bank, Aleš Michl, is considering incorporating Bitcoin into the nation's foreign exchange reserves as part of a diversification strategy. In an interview on CNN, Michl suggested the move would be modest, introducing Bitcoin alongside traditional assets like gold. While the bank&

Rebecca Denton
Meme-coins   -   Jan 08, 2025 Vitalik Buterin Sells Off Meme-coins

28 different meme-coins, including Doge, JShiba and Pluto, were sold by Vitalik Buterin this week. All proceeds from the almost 984,000 USDC sale were donated to his charity, Kanro. The sell-off impacted the price of the coins, including Dogecoin’s sister coin, Neiro, which plunged 3% after the sale.

Rebecca Denton
Sunday Review   -   Jan 05, 2025 Sunday Review 05/01/2025
Sunday Review Observers

Happy New Year, Observers! We hope you are well rested because 2025 is probably going to be an even bigger rollercoaster than last year—and didn’t we have quite a wild ride? If you are within European Union borders, you were probably concerned by the uncertainty surrounding Tether’s

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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