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Coins and tokens   -   Nov 25, 2025 The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls
The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls

Triggered by a routine macro shock, crypto once again unraveled faster than any other market. Not because of sentiment alone, but because CEX risk engines, DEX liquidation incentives, and always-on leverage turn small moves into cascading stress.

Alex Harutunian
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
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
The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls
Coins and tokens   -   Nov 25, 2025 The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls

Triggered by a routine macro shock, crypto once again unraveled faster than any other market. Not because of sentiment alone, but because CEX risk engines, DEX liquidation incentives, and always-on leverage turn small moves into cascading stress.

Alex Harutunian
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Exchanges   -   Sep 04, 2024 Former Mt. Gox CEO’s Journey Led Him To A New Crypto Exchange
Former Mt. Gox CEO’s Journey Led Him To A New Crypto Exchange

Mark Karpeles is launching a new “transparent and user-friendly” crypto exchange in Europe this month. Meanwhile, the Mt.Gox saga is slowly coming to an end, and his other project is set to bring more transparency to the industry.

Sasha Markevich
L1   -   Sep 03, 2024 Ripple is Launching Smart Contracts With Ethereum Tech
Ripple ethereum smart contracts

The long-delayed rollout of smart contracts for its XRP Ledger hardly seems groundbreaking amid an oversaturated market of smart contract platforms.

Alexander Mardar
Exchanges   -   Sep 03, 2024 The Harbingers of Crypto Regulation in Nigeria: Two Exchanges Licensed
The Harbingers of Crypto Regulation in Nigeria: Two Exchanges Licensed

Nigeria licensed two local crypto exchanges, which might signal the end of a regulatory crackdown on the industry. Still, authorities' attitude towards crypto remains controversial.

Sasha Markevich
Tokenization   -   Sep 02, 2024 Tequila For Everybody: Mexican Distillery Gets Blocksquare's Community Greenlight For RWA Marketplace
Tequila For Everybody: Mexican Distillery Gets Blocksquare's Community Greenlight For RWA Marketplace

The marketplace pool of the real estate project Rancho Altos reached its community funding target in less than 48 hours.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Layer1   -   Sep 02, 2024 Decentralizing Governance: Phase One of Cardano’s Chang Hard Fork Activated
Decentralizing Governance: Phase One of Cardano’s Chang Hard Fork Activated

The hard fork introduces an interim governance structure to Cardano, featuring an Interim Constitution and a new constitutional committee. This upgrade facilitates community-led decision-making, laying the foundation for a fully decentralized governance model.

Alexander Mardar
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Sep 02, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 01/09/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 01/09/2024

The Chinese-led mBridge protocol is making progress, with the second digital yuan payment transaction publicly recorded. India's CBDC program has five million users but no public transaction figures to share. Experimentation with tokenization is expanding across the region.

Observers
Newsletters   -   Sep 01, 2024 Sunday Review 01/09/2024
Sunday Review 01/09/2024

Hello Observers! A storm called Buterin turned the DeFi side of crypto Twitter upside down this week. The Ethereum co-founder's views on the yield sustainability of the sector's projects led to some serious questions and kicked off heated discussions, with many accusing Buterin of treason and

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Stablecoins   -   Aug 31, 2024 Level Introduces a New Stablecoin Backed by Restaked USDT and USDC
Level Introduces a New Stablecoin Backed by Restaked USDT and USDC

Despite its interesting concept, the project is entering a crowded stablecoin market and will likely face challenges competing with industry giants such as USDT and USDC.

Alexander Mardar
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