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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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Adoption Tools   -   Dec 13, 2024 One Ring to Store Them All: Do We Need the Twelve Words?
One Ring to Store Them All: Do We Need the Twelve Words?

Tangem offers a fancy ring-shaped crypto custody device and argues against seed phrases. But what alternative does the hardware wallet firm suggest? Our observer discusses crypto custody practices with the team.

Sasha Markevich
Institutional Adoption   -   Dec 13, 2024 Trump's World Liberty Financial Spends Big On AAVE, Chainlink & ETH
Trump's World Liberty Financial Spends Big On AAVE, Chainlink & ETH

The purchases have stirred market activity and set the stage for possible future expansions in WLF's DeFi operations.

Rebecca Denton
Stablecoins   -   Dec 13, 2024 Binance With USDC Circle
Binance With USDC Circle

What lies beneath the alliance of the two crypto behemoths?

Sasha Markevich
L2   -   Dec 12, 2024 Movement Labs Launches New Layer 2 to Tackle Smart Contract Hacks
Movement Labs Launches New Layer 2 to Tackle Smart Contract Hacks

The new network will leverage the Move programming language, originally developed by Meta, to enhance security, performance, and user experience for blockchain developers.

Alexander Mardar
Blockchain   -   Dec 11, 2024 Solana Attracts Ethereum Talent as Max Resnick Joins Development Team
Solana Attracts Ethereum Talent as Max Resnick Joins Development Team

Despite his role at Consensus, Max Resnick has been vocal on crypto Twitter, criticizing Ethereum’s scaling roadmap for lacking ambition and suggesting that the platform has taken the wrong path.

Alexander Mardar
Coins and tokens   -   Dec 11, 2024 El Salvador Trades Bitcoin Policy For a $1.3 Billion IMF Loan
El Salvador Trades Bitcoin Policy For a $1.3 Billion IMF Loan

El Salvador is due to close on a hefty loan from the IMF rather than leveraging its own Bitcoin reserves to bail out the country's financial woes.

Rebecca Denton
Coins and tokens   -   Dec 10, 2024 Microsoft and Amazon Face Growing Calls to Invest in Bitcoin
Microsoft and Amazon Face Growing Calls to Invest in Bitcoin

The National Center for Public Policy Research told Amazon: "Put 5% of Your Cash in Bitcoin". If you're expecting Amazon's board to read this and have some sort of Damascene conversion, think again.

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