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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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Centralized stablecoins   -   Nov 29, 2023 Circle Partners SBI Holdings to Promote USDC Circulation in Japan
Usdc circle japan

The initiative will focus on USDC circulation within the country's regulatory framework, a banking relationship, and the promotion of Circle’s Web3 services.

Sasha Markevich
Ethereum   -   Nov 29, 2023 Blast L2’s Aggressive Marketing Under Scrutiny Despite $575M TVL Surge
Blast L2’s Aggressive Marketing Under Scrutiny Despite $575M TVL Surge

Despite Blast’s impressive TVL increase, concerns arise over its aggressive marketing and the centralization of fund control. These worries are magnified by the lack of essential Layer 2 functionalities, raising questions about the platform’s technical maturity and future prospects.

Alexander Mardar
Bitcoin   -   Nov 29, 2023 Lightning Network Faces Existential Crisis. What Does Future Hold?
lightning network

Yet to become the payment network for the masses it was designed to be, the Bitcoin layer-2 scaling solution faces increasing security, centralization, and censorship-resistant challenges.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Cosmos   -   Nov 28, 2023 Cosmos Co-Founder Jae Kwon Proposes Chain Split and ATOM1 Airdrop
Cosmos Co-Founder Jae Kwon Proposes Chain Split and ATOM1 Airdrop

Jae Kwon, co-founder of Cosmos, plans to launch a fork of the Cosmos chain, distributing ATOM1 tokens to existing ATOM holders. This move, spurred by disagreements over inflation reduction, could significantly impact ATOM's market dynamics.

Alexander Mardar
Stablecoins   -   Nov 27, 2023 Tether and Bitfinex Stop Fighting Freedom of Information Request
Tether and Bitfinex Stop Fighting Freedom of Information Request

Tether and Bitfinex won't appeal against the latest FOIL request from a group of journalists but outlined that this does not mean a wholesale release of all their documents.

Sasha Markevich
DAO   -   Nov 27, 2023 Aragon DAO Votes to Take Legal Action Against Its Founders
Aragon DAO Votes to Take Legal Action Against Its Founders

The team behind Aragon has decided to shut it down and force users to redeem their tokens. Its DAO, however, voted to take legal action to against this move.

Sasha Markevich
Newsletters   -   Nov 26, 2023 Sunday Review 26/11/2023
Observers.com Sunday Review 26.11.2023

A select group of wealthy pensioners faced extreme disappointment this week, as they discovered that the three-year world cruise they were looking forward to had been canceled. Some members of the group had sold or rented out their homes and possessions ahead of the trip, which was originally scheduled to

Jack Martin
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