Dorian Szafranski

Kazakhstan is launching both a stablecoin and a CBDC simultaneously - but can they coexist? Last month, the National Bank of Kazakhstan introduced Evo, a tenge-denominated stablecoin designed to localise liquidity and protect monetary sovereignty. Meanwhile, the central bank is advancing its CBDC, the digital tenge. Deputy Governor Berik Sholpankulov sees them as complementary: the digital tenge serves as a monetary policy tool, whilst Evo functions as the everyday payment instrument. The strategy aims to strengthen financial sovereignty through the CBDC whilst using the stablecoin to facilitate cross-border payments and global market integration. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eS-qKWun #CBDC #Stablecoins

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🧐 What is the Web3 industry hiding? An unfiltered conversation with Binance & Oraclus. 🔥 In the new edition of the Hub Talks podcast, we discuss what is happening to the crypto market in 2025? Why is the exchange rate unstable, how many real users are there in the industry, and what is the difference between digital assets and securities? 🗣️ Release Guests: - Nurhat Kushimov, CEO of Binance Kazakhstan - Magjan Ikram, CEO and co-founder of the crypto startup Oraclus - Alisher Ashekeev, moderator ⚡ Release Topics: • How many bots and schemes are there in the crypto industry? • Why a digital asset is not a security • Is it worth keeping money in the crypt as a deposit • How data analysis algorithms work in cryptostartups • Is it possible to predict the collapse or growth of a token based on data from the blockchain • What every startup entering Web3 should know in order not to "burn out" in six months • And what is the future of blockchain really about - transactions or infrastructure. Magzhan also shares the story of his startup Oraclus, and how they use analytics and behavioral patterns to make predictions on the crypto market. If you want to understand what’s happening in crypto today and where the industry is headed, watch the latest episode now via the link in bio: https://lnkd.in/dabibjQF.

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Crypto Weekly Recap! 1️⃣ Ledger has launched an offline tool for private key recovery, letting users regain wallet access without using cloud services or personal data. 2️⃣ Michael Saylor, speaking at BTC Prague 2025, reaffirmed his bullish stance, predicting Bitcoin will reach $21 million in 21 years amid rising global adoption. 3️⃣ Chainlink Labs has partnered with Mastercard to allow the credit card company’s three billion cardholders to buy crypto onchain. 4️⃣ Coinbase stock hit a new 52-week high, nearing its 2021 record, as crypto markets rallied with Bitcoin. 5️⃣ Bitcoin makes up one-third, or 30.95%, of total assets in investor crypto portfolios, up from 25.4% in late 2024, making it the top-held asset. 6️⃣ Financial analyst Jeff Walton says there’s about a 91% chance of MSTR joining the S&P 500 in Q2 — as long as Bitcoin stays above $95,240. 7️⃣ Metaplanet Inc. | 株式会社メタプラネット has surpassed Tesla in corporate Bitcoin holdings after buying 1,234 BTC, bringing its total to 12,345 BTC as it plans further expansion. 8️⃣ Japan’s FSA has proposed classifying crypto as financial products, opening the door to ETFs and a flat 20% capital gains tax. 9️⃣ Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed SB21, creating the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a state-run fund to hold Bitcoin as part of its long-term financial strategy. 🔟 Kraken Digital Asset Exchange announced it has received a MiCA license from Ireland’s central bank, allowing it to offer regulated services across 30 European Economic Area member states. ------------------------------------------------------------- This is Adil Ashfaq, I regularly post educational content about web3. Follow for more! #bitcoin #web3 #blockchain #cryptocurrency #finance #technology

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Ethereum’s Prague/Electra (Pectra) upgrade went live just over a month ago on May 7, representing a key step in the network’s ongoing evolution. While not as dramatic as previous upgrades, its focus on optimization and scaling is already demonstrating several positive results. As of June 6: ETH Price: +33% Active Validators: -7,312 Staked Ether: +302,837 Learn more about developments in the digital asset market by scheduling a 1:1 conversation with a member of our team: https://lnkd.in/euHyNcwJ

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⚡️ INSIGHT: Ethereum struggles to reclaim $4,000 as network activity drops 23% and competition from Solana, BNB Chain, and altcoin ETFs intensifies. Can ETH turn bullish before 2025 ends? 🔗 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/ds6Wheyc

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BTC staking is coming to Starknet Mainnet on September 30 🧡 The last missing piece of the BTCfi campaign is almost here: Bitcoin holders will be able to stake directly on Starknet, help secure the network, and earn rewards. Parameters at launch: - BTC staking power weight set at 0.25 (BTC = 25 % of consensus power, STRK the remaining 75 %) - WBTC, LBTC, tBTC, and SolvBTC supported at launch - Additional BTC wrappers can be added through governance In addition, the unstaking period will be reduced from 21 days to just 7 days, offering greater flexibility and capital efficiency for all stakers. To enable this upgrade, staking contracts will be paused for a few hours on 15/09 starting ~10 a.m. GMT+3 to integrate BTC staking into Starknet’s staking mechanism. After the upgrade, validators and builders will be able to deploy BTC delegation pools and start integrating with the protocol, while rewards will begin on 30/09. Learn more about the procedures here:  https://lnkd.in/giwNzkHr This is a major milestone in bringing Bitcoin liquidity to Starknet and strengthening the network’s decentralization. See you next week for the first phase!

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Anchorage Digital recently added support for 25 new assets 👉 + Arbitrum: PayPal USD on Arbitrum (PYUSD) + Avalanche: Bitcoin on Avalanche C-Chain (BTC.B), Wrapped Ether on Avalanche C-Chain (WETH.E) + Base (Coinbase): Unit 00 - Rei (REI) + Ethereum: Arena-Z (A2Z), Bluzelle (BLZ), JasmyCoin (JASMY), OnyxDAO (XCN), Reddio (RDO), Renzo Labs Restaked ETH (EZETH), Resolv Labs (RESOLV), SperaxDAO (SPA), StakeStone (STO), SWFT Blockchain (SWFTC), Succinct StakedSuccinct (STPROVE), Ethena Labs USDtb (USDTB), Yala (YALA) + Hyperliquid: Kinetiq Research Staked HYPE on HyperEVM (KHYPE), Wrapped HYPE on HyperEVM (WHYPE), LoopedHYPE on HyperEVM (LHYPE) + Omni Network: (OMNI) + Solana Labs: Roam Token (ROAM), Fartcoin (FART), GEODNET Token (GEOD), TruFin Protocol (TRUSOL) As the only federally chartered crypto bank and an unambiguous qualified custodian, our clients benefit from the highest standard for institutional crypto custody, including: 🛡 Bankruptcy protections and segregated assets 🏦 Regulatory compliance  🔒 Keys stored in air-gapped hardware security modules 🚫 Elimination of single points of failure 🪙 Staking directly from regulated custody Learn more about our broad and growing list of supported assets: https://lnkd.in/gyMTSttt

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Czech National Bank Buying Bitcoin During one of our morning catch-up calls, Shambhavi Soni brought up an interesting new development on Czech Nation Bank that has created a “test portfolio” worth USD 1 million, including Bitcoin, stablecoins, and a tokenised deposit. We had an opportunity to record this quick interaction for you all. Here’s what I think about it: When a central bank learns to hold Bitcoin, you know it’s no longer fringe, it’s part of the money conversation. They didn’t buy it as a speculative bet. They bought it to test: custody, security, compliance, and the lifecycle of digital assets. To understand what “money” means when it’s on-chain, not in paper ledgers. Why should this matter to you? Because when a bank tries to understand Bitcoin as money, they admit that fiat, no matter how sovereign, is not the only truth. Because it opens the door for a future where sound money is not just libertarian poetry, but institutional, regulated, and global. Because it proves that Bitcoin’s value proposition is not “gain”, it’s money that doesn’t melt. For India, for savers, earners, millions holding rupees, this is a signal. Not a guarantee. But a signal: that institutional conservatism is starting to question the old assumption: that printed money is the only money. If a European central bank is willing to experiment with Bitcoin, then it’s time for India, policymakers, regulators, and citizens, to seriously revisit the questions we keep postponing: What is sound money? How do we save in the long term? And how do we protect the value of what we earn? I write this not because I think Bitcoin is a magic bullet. I write this because I believe: Money must be honest. Money must be sound. And if that requires rethinking what “reserves” mean, so be it. — Abhay

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Hebbia analyzed thousands of filings to find hidden Bitcoin exposure in public companies, not just MicroStrategy. • 135 companies now hold ~657k BTC (~3.3% of all Bitcoin) • MicroStrategy leads with ~423k BTC • Many lesser-known firms hold BTC through treasuries, ETFs, or debt • Average BTC-beta is 0.62; 12 companies have a beta over 1 This isn’t just crypto hype, it’s real balance sheet exposure.

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Did you know that the annual power consumption of Bitcoin—just one application of blockchain—is estimated to be comparable to the power consumption of the entire country of Poland?    This high energy usage is driven by the two primary processes of blockchain technology, hashing to encrypt transactions and "proof of work" algorithms to validate them. Currently, classical computers power these processes, consuming significant amounts of electricity.    We recently published a research paper demonstrating how quantum computation could dramatically reduce this energy demand. Our research indicates that quantum computation for hashing and proof of work could use only a fraction of the electricity required by classical resources alone, potentially lowering blockchain electricity costs by up to a factor of 1,000.  The research introduced a novel blockchain architecture that incorporates techniques from our quantum supremacy demonstration. By combining quantum computing with traditional blockchain computation, the new architecture has the potential to improve both efficiency and security.   To learn more about our research and its implications for blockchain technology, visit: https://lnkd.in/ga5fgMDM    #QuantumComputing #QuantumRealized #Blockchain #QuantumSupremacy #Research #Technology #Energy #DWave #BlockchainArchitecture

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