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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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Exchanges   -   Dec 04, 2023 Binance Launches Off-Exchange Pilot Bringing Safer DeFi to Institutions
Binance Launches Off-Exchange Pilot Bringing Safer DeFi to Institutions

Binance has introduced a pilot program enabling banks to custody trading collateral outside the exchange to mitigate counterparty risk for institutional investors. This initiative marks a significant step in combining traditional banking practices with blockchain tech.

Mathilde Adam
Stablecoins   -   Dec 04, 2023 Circle Refutes Alleged Links to Terrorist Financing and Justin Sun
Circle Refutes Alleged Links to Terrorist Financing and Justin Sun

Circle's CSO wrote to U.S. Senators on the Banking Committee in response to claims from the Campaign for Accountability.

Sasha Markevich
NFT   -   Dec 04, 2023 Candy Digital NFT Baseball Tickets Are A Win For Both Sport And Web3
Candy digital MLB NFT

The partnership between the Candy Digital marketplace and Major League Baseball in the U.S. is increasing both fan engagement and NFT use cases.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Newsletters   -   Dec 03, 2023 Sunday Review 03/12/2023
Sunday Review 03/12/2023

Tesla finally managed to deliver its first Cybertruck pick-ups to customers this week, and at the required glitzy 'launch' event, Elon Musk got his design chief to repeat the infamous stress test on the vehicle's window. This time the window didn't break when

Jack Martin
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Dec 02, 2023 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 02/12/2023
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 02/12/2023

For all the key details of 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. The week began with international banking giant Standard Chartered indicating that its Chinese arm would

Jack Martin
CBDC   -   Dec 02, 2023 Solomon Islands Officially Joins CBDC Club with Proof of Concept Launch
Solomon Islands Officially Joins CBDC Club with Proof of Concept Launch

The island nation moved to a pilot phase on its CBDC project together with FinTech firm Soramitsu. Bokolo Cash, the new digital currency, is intended to drive technological advancement and economic growth.

Alex Harutunian
CBDC   -   Dec 02, 2023 Evolution, Revolution, Or Nothing At All: Experts Discuss Digital Euro
EU Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs  ECON ECB

At the European Parliament this week, experts discussed the future of the eurozone's CBDC. Despite differing opinions, all those who spoke agreed that the digital euro was fairly unappealing in its current form.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Polygon   -   Dec 01, 2023 DraftKings Fails as Polygon Validator Despite Preferential Treatment
DraftKings Fails as Polygon Validator Despite Preferential Treatment

Polygon’s partnership with DraftKings, involving payment in MATIC tokens for validator status, has raised concerns over network governance fairness. The arrangement challenges the network’s principles of decentralized governance and equal participation.

Alexander Mardar
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