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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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SEC   -   Jan 07, 2024 SEC Wants to Use Terraform Labs Ruling in Binance and Coinbase Cases
SEC Wants to Use Terraform Labs Ruling in Binance and Coinbase Cases

A recent ruling in the SEC vs Terraform Labs case could be used as a precedent to argue that the two exchanges traded unregistered securities.

Sasha Markevich
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Jan 06, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 06/01/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 06/01/2024

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. It's fair to say that in the two weeks since our last Banking

Jack Martin
Bitcoin   -   Jan 04, 2024 Ordinals Jubilee Upgrade Creates Friction Within BRC-20 Community
Domo BRC-20 vs unisat Jubilee upgrade

BRC-20 creator Domo has rallied the community to boycott Unisat following the non-custodial wallet's decision to follow the Ordinals Jubilee upgrade.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Regulation   -   Jan 04, 2024 OKX to Test Awareness of U.K. Users under Financial Promotions Regime
OKX to Test Awareness of U.K. Users under Financial Promotions Regime FCA

OKX will provide questionnaires to new and existing retail users to confirm their understanding of crypto investment risks under FCA regulations.

Sasha Markevich
Ethereum   -   Jan 03, 2024 Vitalik Buterin Wants Ethereum PoS to Become ‘Lighter and Simpler’
Vitalik Buterin Wants Ethereum PoS to Become ‘Lighter and Simpler’

Vitalik Buterin has recently suggested a PoS simplification that involves reducing the number of validator signatures required per block, which would, in turn, ease the network load.

Sasha Markevich
Observers   -   Dec 31, 2023 Observers Review of 2023
Observers Annual Review

What a year it has been. The crypto industry entered 2023 battered and bruised, still dealing with the fallout of the FTX collapse, although Sam Bankman-Fried had managed to buy his way out of prison (temporarily, at least) with a $250 million bail bond. The FTX drama hit as the

Jack Martin
Exchanges   -   Dec 30, 2023 First Mt. Gox Repayments Arrive Via PayPal… Twice for Some Users
First Mt. Gox Repayments Arrive Via PayPal… Twice for Some Users

Reportedly, some creditors have received yen payments through PayPal, marking the first funds received after almost 10 years of waiting. However, even this has been tarnished by accidental duplicate payments to some users.

Sasha Markevich
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