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

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
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Newsletters   -   Jan 21, 2024 Sunday Review 21/01/2024
Sunday Review 21/01/2024

To the casual Observer, a large cohort of the crypto community might seem borderline obsessed with just one question, "Wen moon?" Well this week was 'Wen', at least for the Japanese space agency, which managed to gently land its SLIM lunar lander on the surface of

Jack Martin
Metrics and Signals   -   Jan 21, 2024 Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report: Illicit Activity Down… Possibly?
Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report: Illicit Activity Down… Possibly?

Advance excerpts from the annual Crypto Crime report by Chainalysis suggest that illicit activity fell significantly in 2023, with certain caveats.

Sasha Markevich
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Jan 20, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 20/01/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Observers

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. Starting off with the tokenization of real-world assets, global credit ratings agency Moody's

Jack Martin
Ethereum   -   Jan 20, 2024 Vitalik Buterin Defines L2s on Celestia as Validiums, Not Rollups
Vitalik Buterin Defines L2s on Celestia as Validiums, Not Rollups

The Ethereum inventor clarified that Ethereum validiums are distinct from actual rollups, sparking a debate on the classification of L2 scaling solutions.

Mathilde Adam
CBDC   -   Jan 19, 2024 Trump Would Never Allow CBDC: 'a Threat to Americans’ Freedom'
Trump Would Never Allow CBDC: 'a Threat to Americans’ Freedom' Biden

During a campaign speech, Trump promised not to allow CBDC issuance. Experts disagree on how the results of the upcoming elections will impact the future of the crypto industry in the U.S.

Sasha Markevich
Scam   -   Jan 18, 2024 Multichain CEO’s Telegram Return Fuels Speculation Among Creditors
Zhaojun He, Multichain’s CEO

The sudden activity on Zhaojun He's Telegram account has fueled speculation among Multichain’s users. Amidst a backdrop of legal and operational crises, the company’s future remains uncertain.

Alexander Mardar
Exchanges   -   Jan 18, 2024 Binance Aims at Bitkub Market Share with Launch of Thai Exchange
Binance Aims at Bitkub Market Share with Launch of Thai Exchange

The joint venture between Binance and Gulf Innova, Binance TH, will have to compete with market leader Bitkub to claim its share of the developing Thai crypto market.

Sasha Markevich
Trials   -   Jan 18, 2024 More Twists and Turns in Do Kwon Saga: U.S. Trial Postponed to March
More Twists and Turns in Do Kwon Saga: U.S. Trial Postponed to March

Do Kwon's trial was postponed to March 25 after his legal team's request was supported by the SEC. By then, he will potentially have been extradited to the U.S.

Sasha Markevich
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