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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 14, 2024 Sunday Review 14/01/2024
Observers Sunday Review

The U.K. government has found itself in the middle of a(nother) political firestorm this week... and all thanks to a TV drama. Mr Bates vs the Post Office told the story of hundreds of sub-postmasters who were prosecuted for false accounting and theft between 1999 and 2015, due

Jack Martin
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Jan 13, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 13/01/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 13/01/2024

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. This week it has been difficult to avoid the SEC's approval of 11

Jack Martin
Centralized stablecoins   -   Jan 13, 2024 USDC Update: Coinbase Pushes Token in Africa, Circle Registers IPO
USDC Update: Coinbase Pushes Token in Africa, Circle Registers IPO

Coinbase has entered a partnership with Yellow Card to promote the exchange and USDC across 20 African countries. Meanwhile, USDC issuer Circle has applied for an IPO in the U.S.

Sasha Markevich
Bitcoin   -   Jan 13, 2024 Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval: All Over Bar the Shouting… So Much Shouting
Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval: All Over Bar the Shouting… So Much Shouting

Anyone hoping that the SEC’s approval of several spot bitcoin ETFs this week might lead to a brief respite in the topic’s domination of the crypto news cycle is sadly out of luck. If anything, reporting seems instead to have kicked into overdrive. We sift through the noise to give the full picture.

Jack Martin
Solana   -   Jan 12, 2024 Solana’s Developer Check-Up Promises a Healthy Prognosis for 2024
Solana’s Developer Check-Up Promises a Healthy Prognosis for 2024

The latest report by the Solana Foundation accounts for a prolific network in regards to developer activity.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Bankruptcy   -   Jan 12, 2024 Celsius Reclaims User Funds Subject to Withdrawal Preference Exposure
Celsius Reclaims User Funds Subject to Withdrawal Preference Exposure

Clients who withdrew over $100,000 in the 90 days prior to bankruptcy must pay back the creditor 27.5% of this amount to receive distribution payments under the settlement plan.

Sasha Markevich
Scam   -   Jan 11, 2024 Recent Success of Solana Blockchain Attracts Rug Pulls and Drainers
Recent Success of Solana Blockchain Attracts Rug Pulls and Drainers

The MangoFarmSOL exit scam is part of a fresh wave of attacks targeting the Solana blockchain. The network has also seen a surge in drainer kits sold online that are helping inexperienced hackers profit from Solana's wave of success.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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