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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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Web3   -   Sep 10, 2024 Superstate Enters Sky’s $1 Billion Tokenized Treasury Competition
Superstate Enters Sky’s $1 Billion Tokenized Treasury Competition

The project currently manages over $100 million in its tokenized treasury fund and is seeking to expand its integrations within the DeFi space.

Alexander Mardar
Adoption Tools   -   Sep 10, 2024 Telegram Faces Defining Moment as Legal Woes Grow
Telegram Durov

It's inevitable that the unfolding legal saga with Pavel Durov will have severe ramifications on Telegram's future plans, which until recently included a rumored IPO in the U.S and ambitions to become a "super-app" like WeChat in China.

Observers
NFT   -   Sep 09, 2024 Every Tourist Loves A Discount: Can Travala Prove Crypto Is Better Than Fiat?
Every Tourist Loves A Discount: Can Travala Prove Crypto Is Better Than Fiat?

By partnering with Skyscanner, crypto travel agency Travala has a big opportunity to showcase the beneficial way tourists can use crypto.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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
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