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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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Blockchain   -   Dec 14, 2023 COP28 Sees UAE Showcase Blockchain Alternatives to Reduced Production
COP28 Sees UAE Showcase Blockchain Alternatives to Reduced Production

UAE's strategy to showcase blockchain technology as a key solution against carbon emissions seems to have been successful, as the final draft of the COP28 summit includes enough loopholes to ensure that business for oil-producing nations can continue as usual.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Litigation   -   Dec 14, 2023 Do Kwon U.S. Trip Delayed until February and SBF Impossible to Defend
Do Kwon U.S. Trip Delayed until February and SBF Impossible to Defend

Do Kwon will be staying in Montenegro for another two months before extradition, while Bankman-Fried's lawyer calls him the worst person in cross-examination.

Sasha Markevich
Adoption   -   Dec 14, 2023 El Salvador Gives Regulatory Approval to Bitcoin-backed ‘Volcano Bonds’
El Salvador Gives Regulatory Approval to Bitcoin-backed ‘Volcano Bonds’

The Digital Assets Commission has approved the country's long-promised Volcano Bond. The issue is expected in Q1 of 2024.

Sasha Markevich
NFT   -   Dec 13, 2023 Pudgy Penguins NFT Collection is Launching a New Web3 Game in 2024
Pudgy Penguins NFT Collection is Launching a New Web3 Game in 2024

One of the top NFT collections, Pudgy Penguins, is further bridging the real and on-chain worlds with the launch of a new Web3 game - Pudgy World.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Bitcoin   -   Dec 12, 2023 Bitcoin Ordinals Listed as Vulnerability in U.S. National Database
Bitcoin Ordinals Listed as Vulnerability in U.S. National Database

Labeled as a vulnerability, Ordinals face scrutiny for increasing block sizes and congesting the network. This issue, now officially recognized, raises critical concerns about the future scalability and efficiency of the Bitcoin network.

Alexander Mardar
Blockchain   -   Dec 11, 2023 Blockchain-Powered Democracy Touted in the U.K.
Other party blockchain

A somewhat anarchist replacement of the traditional political system was introduced by the newly launched The Other Party.

Sasha Markevich
Newsletters   -   Dec 10, 2023 Sunday Review 10/12/2023
Observers Sunday Review 10/12/2023

The Grand Theft Auto VI trailer was released earlier in the week, and racked up a record 90 million views on YouTube in its first 24 hours. Set in the Miami-inspired Vice City, GTA VI will allow players to cause criminal mayhem and potentially looks set to become one

Jack Martin
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