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Tokenization   -   Oct 09, 2026 Tokenization for Everything: Where Did We Actually Get?
Tokenization for Everything: Where Did We Actually Get?

Tokenization was supposed to disrupt global capital markets, but it ended in an unexpected compromise: permissionless rails carrying permissioned finance. A deep dive into SEC equity rules, European wholesale settlement, and why crypto’s plumbing is being absorbed to reinforce legacy finance.

Alex Harutunian
Oracles   -   Feb 28, 2026 Reputation Is Not Static. It Can Be Shorted On Ethos
Ethos reputations

Ethos turns credibility into an on-chain market. By blending XP-based participation, capital-backed vouching, and invite-bonded trust graphs, it attempts to price reputation itself. One year in, the experiment reveals both the promise—and the fragility—of financializing trust in crypto

Alex Harutunian
Blockchain   -   Feb 03, 2026 What Vitalik Buterin Wants To Change In Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin Ethereum improvement simplicity

Vitalik Buterin’s recent posts reflect a shift from idealistic decentralization toward pragmatic system design. Rather than rejecting Ethereum’s core principles, he questions where complexity, governance, and the current development path fail under real-world constraints.

Alex Harutunian
L1   -   Jan 14, 2026 Hyperliquid’s Vertical Evolution
Hyperliquid's vertically integrated ambition

Hyperliquid is evolving from a perp DEX into a vertically integrated financial stack. By launching its own L1, native stablecoin, and spot markets, it prioritizes market fit over ideology. Started on Arbitrum, its roadmap reveals a larger ambition: to become the global base layer for all trading.

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
Tokenization for Everything: Where Did We Actually Get?
Tokenization   -   Oct 09, 2026 Tokenization for Everything: Where Did We Actually Get?

Tokenization was supposed to disrupt global capital markets, but it ended in an unexpected compromise: permissionless rails carrying permissioned finance. A deep dive into SEC equity rules, European wholesale settlement, and why crypto’s plumbing is being absorbed to reinforce legacy finance.

Alex Harutunian
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Stacks   -   Mar 25, 2024 Nakamoto Testnet Today, Stacks Hints at sBTC Arrival
Stacks Bitcoin Nakamoto upgrad

Bitcoin Layer 2 developer Stacks launches its upgraded "Nakomoto" testnet today. The full rollout will start in April with code deployment, followed by signer testing before full activation in May.

Mathilde Adam
Newsletters   -   Mar 24, 2024 Sunday Review 24/03/2024
Observers.com Sunday Review 24/03/2024

One of the great "mysteries" of the past several weeks was finally solved this Friday when, in a heartfelt video, Kate, the Princess Of Wales, revealed the upsetting reason she has been out of the public eye since last Christmas. Jokes, memes, and theories about the whereabouts of

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Stablecoins   -   Mar 23, 2024 Cardano Gets First Fiat-Backed Stablecoin with USDM
Cardano Gets First Fiat-Backed Stablecoin with USDM

Mehen Finance launched USDM, Cardano's first fiat-backed stablecoin, offering price stability compared to existing algorithmic options. USDM aims to attract new users with a 1:1 USD peg & transparency via on-chain reserves. Public rollout for retail users is expected in April 2024.

Mathilde Adam
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Mar 23, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 23/03/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 23/03/2024

From warnings about offline payments to concerns about scammers, here are this week's biggest developments in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) from around the world.

Observers
CBDC   -   Mar 23, 2024 Hong Kong in Phase 2 of e-HKD Digital Dollar Pilot
E-hkd hkma hong kong cbdc öilot phase 2

The HKMA is taking its exploration of a digital Hong Kong dollar (e-HKD) to the next level. Phase 2 of the e-HKD Pilot Programme is now open for applications, inviting businesses to propose creative ways to utilize this digital currency.

Mathilde Adam
Worldwide   -   Mar 22, 2024 Indonesia Projects Crypto Boom, Moves the Oversight to Financial Services Authority
Indonesia Projects Crypto Boom, Moves the Oversight to Financial Services Authority

In the first two months of 2024, the volume of crypto transactions significantly rose. The Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency meanwhile is preparing to transfer crypto oversight to the Financial Services Authority.

Sasha Markevich
Tokenization   -   Mar 21, 2024 BlackRock Steps Into Asset Tokenization With Its First Fund On A Public Blockchain
Blackrock tokenization hodl buidl

The asset management firm is partnering with Securitize and Coinbase to offer a new tokenized fund on Ethereum. Crypto users have shown their enthusiasm by sending meme coins and NFTs to the fund’s address on Ethereum.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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