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Coins and tokens   -   Jul 15, 2025 Michael Saylor’s Second Bubble: From Dotcom Crash to Bitcoin Frenzy
microstrategy now strategy led by Michael Saylor turns into Bitcoin strategy

Strategy’s Bitcoin-heavy model echoes the dotcom era: bold bets, speculative inflows, and sky-high valuations. With $30B in unrealized gains and a market cap nearly double its NAV, the company looks less like a business—and more like a leveraged crypto momentum play

Alex Harutunian
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
DAO   -   Jun 27, 2025 Dropping the DAO? Projects Abandon On-Chain Governance
Dropping the DAO? Projects Abandon On-Chain Governance

Several major crypto projects are winding down their DAOs, citing the need for more effective governance. Once seen as the future of decentralization, DAOs now suffer from low participation and stalled decisions—raising the question: if no one’s steering the DAO, should it still stand?

Alexander Mardar
microstrategy now strategy led by Michael Saylor turns into Bitcoin strategy
Coins and tokens   -   Jul 15, 2025 Michael Saylor’s Second Bubble: From Dotcom Crash to Bitcoin Frenzy

Strategy’s Bitcoin-heavy model echoes the dotcom era: bold bets, speculative inflows, and sky-high valuations. With $30B in unrealized gains and a market cap nearly double its NAV, the company looks less like a business—and more like a leveraged crypto momentum play

Alex Harutunian
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Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Sep 09, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 08/09/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 08/09/2024

Russia's biggest bank is stepping up support for the digital ruble. Meanwhile, a new Citi report suggests demand for CBDCs among financial institutions is waning... and fast.

Observers
Newsletters   -   Sep 08, 2024 Sunday Review 08/09/2024
Sunday Review 08/09/2024

Hello Observers! How is your glass, half full or half empty? Crypto prices kept falling all through the week, with Bitcoin even tickling the $53K panic level on Saturday following the release of U.S. job data. Despite this, the progress of the blockchain industry during the past seven days

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Events   -   Sep 07, 2024 Who Are The Duo Behind KBW2024? Meet Factblock and Hashed
KBW2024

As Korean Blockchain Week 2024 comes to its end, we salute the two companies that have been organizing the event since 2018 and also accelerating the growth of local and international startups.

Sasha Markevich
Metrics and Signals   -   Sep 06, 2024 How MVRV Ratio Explains The Current Bitcoin Price?
How MVRV Ratio Explains The Current Bitcoin Price?

The Bitcoin MVRV ratio has decoupled from the price of Bitcoin and stands at exactly its all-time average. What does this signal to Bitcoin investors?

Observers
Prediction Markets   -   Sep 06, 2024 Polymarket is Riding High. Will It Last?
Polymarket is Riding High. Will It Last?

The prediction market giant racked up record trading volumes in August, and is now on Bloomberg Terminal. But can it survive once the election betting frenzy is over?

Observers
Events   -   Sep 05, 2024 As KBW Takes Places, Do You Know What South Korea's Blockchain Landscape Is?
As KBW Takes Places, Do You Know What South Korea's Blockchain Landscape

What makes Korea Blockchain Week one of the most important events of the year for the industry?

Eva Senzaj Pauram
L2   -   Sep 05, 2024 Big In Asia: Sony, Samsung, and Newcomer Startale Gang Up To Develop New Blockchain
Big In Asia: Sony, Samsung, and Newcomer Startale Gang Up To Develop New Blockchain

As tech evolves, so do business relationships, and old rivals Samsung and Sony are now partnering to develop blockchain Soneium.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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