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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   -   Mar 14, 2025 Crypto Hardware Wallet Rivalry: Ledger Evaluates Trezor’s Security
Trezor Ledger

Hardware wallet provider Ledger evaluated it's competitor's Trezor Safe wallet family and reported on a potential risk in Trezor’s Safe 3 model.

Sasha Markevich
Regulation   -   Mar 12, 2025 Does the IMF Shield the U.S. Dollar in El Salvador?
Does the IMF Shield the U.S. Dollar in El Salvador?

The International Monetary Fund is pressuring El Salvador to scale back its Bitcoin adoption by leveraging loan funds. Despite the IMF agreement, El Salvador remains committed to expanding its BTC reserves, with President Bukele insisting, "It won’t stop now, and it won’t stop in the future."

Rebecca Denton
Exchanges   -   Mar 12, 2025 Abu Dhabi’s MGX Invests $2 Billion in Binance
Abu Dhabi’s MGX Invests $2 Billion in Binance

According to the press release, this is the most significant investment into a crypto company, the largest investment paid in crypto (stablecoin), and the first institutional investment in Binance.

Rebecca Denton
Newsletters   -   Mar 09, 2025 Sunday Review 09/03/2025
Sunday Review 09/03/2025

Happy Sunday, Observers! The summit that leads from “asset light” to “asset heavy” feels more like a roller coaster than ever. With President Trump at the helm, calling and firing what sometimes feels like rather random shots, markets are losing it. The White House’s announcement that it would establish

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Regulation   -   Mar 09, 2025 The First Crypto Summit in the White House
Crypto summit in the white house

The White House Digital Asset Summit on March 7, 2025, saw President Trump unveil a U.S. Bitcoin Reserve, while attendees praised the administration's industry-friendly shift. No plans for altcoin purchases were announced, and stablecoins received little attention.

Rebecca Denton
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