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Gaming   -   Sep 13, 2025 The Promise and Reality of Blockchain Games
blockchain gamers

After years of development, blockchain games still capture only a sliver of the gaming industry. The promise of true asset ownership, stable economies, and transferability remains unmet. Recent trends suggest blockchain was more hype feature than genuine necessity

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
DEX   -   Sep 09, 2025 Hyperliquid Joins Stablecoin Race, Books USDH Ticker
Hyperliquid Joins Stablecoin Race, Books USDH Ticker

Hyperliquid is preparing to launch its own stablecoin, USDH, through a validator-led governance vote. With USDC currently dominating its ecosystem, USDH would reduce reliance on external issuers and capture reserve yield. Paxos, Frax, Ethena, and an Agora–MoonPay coalition are competing to deploy it

Alex Harutunian
Crypto Funds and Institutional Trading   -   Sep 03, 2025 Ether Machine Turns Ethereum Into Wall Street Stock
Ether Machine Turns Ethereum Into Wall Street Stock

The Ether Machine is bringing Ethereum to Wall Street through a SPAC merger and $2.1B in committed assets. Backed by ConsenSys veterans, it mirrors MicroStrategy’s playbook with convertible financing and promotion, while adding staking and restaking strategies that ETFs and Bitcoin wrappers cannot

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Aug 13, 2025 USDC’s Circle Showcases Post-IPO Strength, Building Its Own Blockchain and Payment Networks
USDC’s Circle Showcases Post-IPO Strength, Building Its Own Blockchain and Payment Networks

Circle’s first post-IPO results show USDC supply nearly doubled YoY to $61.3B, market share up to 26%, and revenue +53% to $658M. The $1.2B IPO boosted equity to $2.37B, funding new plays like the Circle Payments Network and Arc blockchain in a bid to challenge Tether’s dominance

Alex Harutunian
blockchain gamers
Gaming   -   Sep 13, 2025 The Promise and Reality of Blockchain Games

After years of development, blockchain games still capture only a sliver of the gaming industry. The promise of true asset ownership, stable economies, and transferability remains unmet. Recent trends suggest blockchain was more hype feature than genuine necessity

Alex Harutunian
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Coins and tokens   -   Aug 21, 2024 European Soccer is Leading in the Crypto Sponsorship Race
European Soccer is Leading in the Crypto Sponsorship Race

Major and local crypto companies prefer sponsoring European teams and sports events rather than the U.S. ones. Recent deals, including Floki Inu with Nottingham Forest and Crypto.com with UEFA Champions League, highlight this trend.

Sasha Markevich
Coins and tokens   -   Aug 20, 2024 Sorting Out Crypto Mess: Digital Token Identifier Gains Traction
Sorting Out Crypto Mess: Digital Token Identifier Gains Traction

One standard for crypto tokens and coin identification is important for traders and regulators. The Digital Token Identifier (DTI) also testifies the maturity of the industry.

Observers
L2   -   Aug 20, 2024 Bumpy Road to Decentralization: Optimism Disables Permissionless Fraud Proofs
Bumpy Road to Decentralization: Optimism Disables Permissionless Fraud Proofs

Now the team is planning a network update with a hard fork set for about three weeks from now, aiming to fix the security vulnerabilities they've found and get their fraud proofs back up and running.

Alexander Mardar
Coins and tokens   -   Aug 19, 2024 IOTA Achieves Shari'a Compliance: Paving the Way for Islamic Finance Integration
IOTA Achieves Shari'a Compliance: Paving the Way for Islamic Finance Integration

Islamic finance adheres to the principles of Shari'a law, which prohibits the earning or payment of interest and emphasizes transactions backed by tangible assets or services.

Alexander Mardar
Newsletters   -   Aug 18, 2024 Sunday Review 18/08/2024
Sunday Review 18/08/2024

Hello Observers! Cryptocurrencies and national politics were once like oil and water—not a mix. As the sector grew into a billion-dollar industry, the situation took a turn, and now, the combination of the two has become something like the cocktail of the season. In the world's largest

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Aug 18, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 18/08/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 18/08/2024

Apple opens NFC and SE. An association of German banks questions the value of the digital euro, while the only financial institution offering a wallet for Jamaica's CBDC claims it adds friction to the user experience.

Observers
Coins and tokens   -   Aug 17, 2024 Trump Owns Crypto, But Bad News for Bitcoiners
Trump Owns Crypto, But Bad News for Bitcoiners

The Republican nominee has talked the talk when it comes to pro-Bitcoin policies, but it seems the 78-year-old is yet to put his money where his mouth is.

Observers
Bridges and Interoperability   -   Aug 16, 2024 Stretching Wrapped Bitcoin: The $9 Billion Bridge Project Enters Into a Controversial Partnership
Wrapped Bitcoin WBTC

The combination of Justin Sun’s reputation and the existing troubles at Bitgo, Wrapped Bitcoin's (WBTC’s) custodian, is causing alarm within the crypto community. Many fear that this mix could lead to instability and credibility issues for the largest Bitcoin to Ethereum bridge.

Alexander Mardar
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