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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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Sam Altman   -   Nov 26, 2023 With Altman Back In Power, Is Worldcoin All AI Skeptics Have Left?
With Altman Back In Power, Is Worldcoin All AI Skeptics Have Left?

In trying to halt Sam Altman’s accelerationism, AI skeptics got kicked out of Silicon Valley. With no other means to restrain the frantic development of technology, is Worldcoin the last hope to curb the harm artificial intelligence might do to society?

Eva Senzaj Pauram
DoKwon   -   Nov 26, 2023 Do Kwon Extradition Approved, But to South Korea or the United States?
Do Kwon Extradition

The court of Montenegro has approved the extradition of the former Terraforms Labs CEO. The Minister of Justice has yet to decide which country will get him.

Sasha Markevich
Exchanges   -   Nov 26, 2023 What Next for Binance After Historic Deal With U.S. Authorities?
What Next for Binance After Historic Deal With U.S. Authorities?

The settlement might have been the best possible outcome for the exchange: no bank run, no more compliance issues, a fresh start. Meanwhile, the potential outcome for CZ is to be kept in the U.S. until his sentencing hearing.

Sasha Markevich
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Nov 25, 2023 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 25/11/2023
Observers.com Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 25/11/2023

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. Two big international banks have opened up crypto trading to (at least some of) their customers

Jack Martin
Bitcoin   -   Nov 25, 2023 Bitcoin User Mistakenly Pays Highest Ever $3.1M Fee for Transaction
Bitcoin User Mistakenly Pays Highest Ever $3.1M Fee for Transaction

A simple Bitcoin transfer turned costly as a user inadvertently paid an 83.66 BTC fee, possibly due to a misstep with the Replace-by-fee feature.

Alexander Mardar
Bitcoin   -   Nov 25, 2023 City of Lugano Plan ₿ Adds Polygon dApps to Local Crypto Payment Wallet
Lugano Plan B Polygon Yuri Catania

The Swiss city’s ongoing Bitcoin project has lured in the public with its free and simple crypto cashback scheme… then exposed them to the greater joys of dApps and Web3 with the integration of the Polygon blockchain.

Jack Martin
Layer2   -   Nov 24, 2023 Blast: New Layer 2 Project by Blur Founder Sparks Crypto Frenzy
Blast L2

Blast has quickly attracted over $320 million in deposits, promising high APYs and an upcoming token airdrop. Its unique approach positions it as a notable new player in the Layer 2 field.

Alexander Mardar
Litigation   -   Nov 24, 2023 Gemini Vs Genesis: Genesis Countersues Over ‘Preferential Transfers’
Gemini Genesis

The now-bankrupt сrypto lender claims that the cryptocurrency exchange withdrew approximately $689,302,000 during the 90-day period prior to the bankruptcy, benefitting at the expense of other creditors.

Sasha Markevich
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