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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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Month in Money   -   Oct 30, 2024 Month in Money 10/2024

Bitget wallet on Telegram reaches 6 million users just 3 days after launch. FDUSD stablecoin set to launch on Solana. Binance partners with AWS for a cloud-based machine learning solution. Kraken launches a fully customizable desktop trading application. Chainlink unveils major upgrade to boost flexibility and scalability. London PR firm

Observers
Adoption Tools   -   Oct 30, 2024 Are Plastic Card Crypto Wallets Secure? A Deep Dive With Satochip
Are Plastic Card Crypto Wallets Secure? A Deep Dive With Satochip

Security and user experience remain paramount (and mutually exclusive) factors in the crypto industry. A plastic smartcard wallet is a handy, cheap, and familiar device for securing digital assets, but do we compromise on security? Our observer discusses it with Satochip founder Bastien Taquet

Sasha Markevich
Metrics and Signals   -   Oct 30, 2024 Hong Kong Launches Virtual Asset Index to Guide Asian DeFi Market
HKEX Hong Kong CCDATA

With the new Virtual Asset Index Series, HKEX aims to create benchmarks for Bitcoin and Ether in Asia. Administrated by CCData, the indices aim to offer real-time and settlement-oriented prices. Reliable benchmarks can boost investors' confidence and support other financial products.

Sasha Markevich
L2   -   Oct 29, 2024 The Rise of Optimism Superchain in Ethereum’s Layer 2 Space
The Rise of Optimism Superchain in Ethereum’s Layer 2 Space

Over 50 networks, including prominent ones like Base, Kraken, and Uniswap, have embraced Optimism’s technology, drawn by its simplicity and seamless interoperability.

Alexander Mardar
L1   -   Oct 28, 2024 Private Blockchain Pioneer R3 Explores Sale as Public Networks Take Over TradFi
Private Blockchain Pioneer R3 Explores Sale as Public Networks Take Over TradFi

Enterprise blockchain company R3 is exploring strategic options, including a potential sale, highlighting a broader shift in the financial sector's embrace of public over private blockchain networks.

Mathilde Adam
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Oct 28, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 28/10/2024
Banking and CBDC weekly roundu

India is once again weighing up a crypto ban in order to boost adoption of the digital rupee, while the Russian regulator warns banks of penalties. A new report suggests tokenization has little risk of jeopardizing financial stability.

Observers
Stablecoins   -   Oct 28, 2024 Why Did Stripe Pay For Bridge 5.5x More Than It Was Worth?
Why Did Stripe Pay For Bridge 5.5x More Than It Was Worth?

Stripe has bet $1.1 billion that stablecoins payments are the future of international finance. Is the acquisition of "Bridge.xyz" a strategic move or internal transfer of the largest venture firm Sequoia Capital that funded both startups?

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Newsletters   -   Oct 27, 2024 Sunday Review 27/10/2024
Sunday Review 27/10/2024

It is with great relief that we report that the crypto community has had so much on its plate these past days that for the first week in a very long time, the politics of the United States were not the main topic of discussion in the space. It was

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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