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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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Malaysia   -   Apr 01, 2023 Malaysia National Blockchain
Malaysia National Blockchain

Malaysia's state and private sector organizations advance in blockchain technology projects by actively collaborating with their international counterparts.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Mar 31, 2023 JP Morgan Pilots Blockchain-Based Dollar Settlement for Indian Banks
JP Morgan Pilots Blockchain-Based Dollar Settlement for Indian Banks

The proposed scheme, in the emerging GIFT City financial hub, will allow customers of Indian banks to make and receive instant US dollar transactions, with 24/7 clearing and settlement processes using distributed ledger technology.

Jack Martin
Banks   -   Mar 31, 2023 Regulated Liability Network - Another Blockchain-Based Proposal to Protect Bankers’ Profits
Regulated Liability Network

The bankers are finally coming around to the fact that blockchain technology is a far more efficient vehicle for the transfer of wealth. So now they’re trying to come up with ways to stop that wealth from transferring away from them.

Jack Martin
Stablecoins   -   Mar 31, 2023 A New Stage in the Investigation Against Terra Employees
The founders of Terra, Kwon and Shin, and the Judge's Hammer.

The legal representative of Do Kwon is trying to appeal the decision of the Court in Montenegro and the issue of extradition of Kwon from Montenegro is also being resolved. South Korea is once again launching a prosecution against a former Terra employee, Daniel Shin.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Mar 31, 2023 Tether Stablecoins Linked to the Euro and Gold are Available on Bit2Me
Bit2Me logo and Tether logo with gold and Euro.

Users of the platform Bit2Me can make transactions with Tether Gold (XAUT) and Euro Tether (EURT).

Alex Harutunian
Research   -   Mar 31, 2023 How Does Mining Help Cure Cancer?
How Does Mining Help Cure Cancer?

The Mapping Cancer Markers project, with the help of the World Community Grid research project, calculated 26 new genes associated with lung cancer.

Alex Harutunian
Mar 30, 2023 Our 10 Most Popular Articles About Crypto World on Medium
Our 10 Most Popular Articles About Crypto World on Medium

Our first article on Medium “Helium receives $200M funding in Series D” was published on April 11, 2022. Since then our team of Observers have written over 600 stories about crypto, Web3 and moneytech. Here are the Top-10 of our most viewed articles.

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