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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
Staking   -   Jul 04, 2025 EigenLayer Expands Its Product Offering with EigenCloud
EigenLayer Expands Its Product Offering with EigenCloud

EigenLayer has launched EigenCloud, a decentralized platform combining off-chain compute, verification, and data availability. Built on its restaking model, EigenCloud enables developers to build trust-minimized apps using services like EigenCompute, EigenVerify, and EigenDA.

Alexander Mardar
L1   -   Jun 18, 2025 Bitcoin's Heavy Load: The OP_RETURN Debate Rolls On
Bitcoin's Heavy Load: The OP_RETURN Debate Rolls On

A controversial change in Bitcoin Core will remove relay limits on the OP_RETURN field, allowing larger data payloads to spread across the network. Critics fear spam and bloat; supporters say it's already happening—and making it visible will improve fee markets and mempool consistency.

Alexander Mardar
QR in payments and new money
Jul 08, 2025 From Coins to QR: The Changing Face of 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
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Banks   -   Mar 24, 2023 The Tiny Bank Laundering Seized Crypto for the German State of Hesse
Bankhouse Scheich bank Frankfurt

Frankfurt-based Bankhaus Scheich has created a profitable sideline for itself in cleaning up blacklisted cryptocurrency assets seized during law enforcement operations carried out by the local authorities.

Jack Martin
Stablecoins   -   Mar 24, 2023 Gotcha! Do Kwon Arrested in Montenegro
Do Kwon on the background of the flag of Montenegro and handcuffs.

After a long time, the co-founder of the collapsed Terra, Do Kwon, was arrested in Montenegro.

Alex Harutunian
Regulation   -   Mar 24, 2023 EU Lawmakers Make Progress On MiCA, Yet Crypto Regulation Is Far From Complete
EU Lawmakers Make Progress On MiCA, Yet Crypto Regulation Is Far From Complete

While the EU's upcoming Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) will primarily address stablecoins, additional EU-level proposals to further legislate the NFT market and DeFi products may soon be in the works.

Mathieu Legrand
Centralized stablecoins   -   Mar 23, 2023 Xapo Bank Fully Integrates USDC Payment Rails For Zero-Fee Deposits and Withdrawals
Xapo Bank USDC integration

The move makes Gibraltar-based Xapo the first fully licensed bank in the world to offer USDC on-and off-ramps as a fast, free, 24/7 alternative to the expensive and slow SWIFT system used for international payments.

Jack Martin
NFT   -   Mar 23, 2023 DappRadar: SVB Crush Drags Down NFT Trading Volume
DappRadar: SVB Crush Drags Down NFT Trading Volume

Silicon Valley Bank's crash has greatly affected NFT trading volumes, as traders have left the markets due to the potential consequences of a prominent US bank's situation.

Alex Harutunian
Regulation   -   Mar 23, 2023 New EU Data Legislation Asks The Impossible Of Smart Contracts
New EU Data Legislation Asks The Impossible Of Smart Contracts

New EU legislation aiming to regulate data sharing by IoT devices and services sets impossible compliance standards for smart contracts, making Web3 developers uneasy.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Stablecoins   -   Mar 22, 2023 UPD: Tether vs the Wall Street Journal
Tether & TheWallStreetJournal logos

The WSJ released a report earlier in March accusing Tether of shady dealings, citing emails and records from 2018. In response to the WSJ's allegations, Tether published an official statement on their website.

Alex Harutunian
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