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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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Newsletters   -   Feb 25, 2024 Sunday Review 25/02/2024
Observers.com sunday review 25.02.2024

The world's oldest dog of all time was sensationally stripped of his title on Thursday when Guinness World of Records officials announced that they 'no longer [had] the evidence' that the animal was as old as its owners had claimed when it died in October last

Jack Martin
Blockchain   -   Feb 24, 2024 Uniswap Price Skyrockets after Proposal to Share Fees with Token Holders
Uniswap Price Skyrockets after Proposal to Share Fees with Token Holders UNI

The governance token of the Uniswap decentralized exchange gained over 70% after the Uniswap Foundation proposed a reward for those who staked and delegated their tokens.

Sasha Markevich
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Feb 24, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 24/02/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 24/02/2024

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. An overall green week for cryptocurrency was tainted by a red from the

Alex Harutunian
Ethereum   -   Feb 24, 2024 Not Only STRK Tokenomics. StarkWare Works With Polygon to Improve Ethereum Scaling
Starknet Starkware Polygon STRK

Polygon's and Starknet's developers introduced 'Circle STARKs', which aims to revolutionize zero-knowledge rollups by significantly accelerating the proving process.

Alexander Mardar
Nigeria   -   Feb 24, 2024 Main Issue or Scapegoat? Nigeria Blocks Crypto Exchange Websites
Main Issue or Scapegoat? Nigeria Blocks Crypto Exchange Websites

Nigeria's government has put a non-legally binding ban on access to cryptocurrency exchanges.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Litigation   -   Feb 23, 2024 A Pre-emptive Strike or A Creative Promotion? Startup Crypto Exchange Files a Complaint Against SEC Overreach
A Pre-emptive Strike or A Creative Promotion? Startup Crypto Exchange Files a Complaint Against SEC Overreach

Texas-based Lejilex crypto startup and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas have sued the U.S. SEC over its "unlawful assertion of regulatory authority over digital asset transactions."

Sasha Markevich
Ethereum   -   Feb 22, 2024 Arbitrum Partners Oscar-Winner for Cryptoart Documentary and Metaverse
Arbitrum Partners Oscar-Winner for Cryptoart Documentary and Metaverse

The Ethereum Layer2 has announced that it will help finance New Here, a feature-length film project promising an in-depth look at the digital art space “through the lens of a new user falling down the crypto rabbit hole."

Jack Martin
NFT   -   Feb 22, 2024 Can Co-founder's Comeback As CEO Make Yuga Labs Great Again?
Greg Solano Garga Yuga

The once undisputed top dog of NFT profile pic collections is hoping that Greg Solano's return will prevent Yuga Labs from losing further ground to competitors?

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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