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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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Meme-coins   -   Oct 25, 2023 Uniswap Founder Wants Out of Namesake Meme-coin so Burns $650 Billion
hayden adams haycoin burn

Hayden Adams created HayCoin for testing five years ago (before Uniswap was launched) and only ever issued a tiny fraction as a liquidity pool. In the past few weeks it has been jumped upon and traded as a meme-coin, so to distance himself, Adams burned the 99.99% he still held.

Jack Martin
Scam   -   Oct 24, 2023 Another Day, Another Meme-coin Rug-Pull: Stay Safe Out There
Another Day, Another Meme-coin Rug-Pull: Stay Safe Out There

The developers of Safereum appear to have pulled an exit scam, stealing over $1 million from users. Many were deceived by its influencer promotions and crypto exchange listings.

Alexander Mardar
L2   -   Oct 23, 2023 Key Lightning Network Developer Quits Over Newfound Vulnerability
Key Lightning Network Developer Quits Over Newfound Vulnerability

The vulnerability could allegedly impact multiple applications. With no immediate fix on the horizon, the Lightning Network community may face significant challenges ahead.

Alexander Mardar
Regulation   -   Oct 23, 2023 France Passes Blockchain Gaming Law and Certification for Finfluencers
France Passes Blockchain Gaming Law and Certification for Finfluencers

Is France redefining how it views NFT and Web3 games? A groundbreaking law approved this week signals a potential shift in the nation's digital landscape.

Mathilde Adam
Newsletters   -   Oct 22, 2023 Sunday Review 22/10/2023
Sunday Review 22/10/2023

The heirs of the late Silvio Berlusconi have been wondering what to do with the former Italian Prime Minister's collection of over 25,000 largely worthless pieces of art. According to the BBC, "Woodworms have already destroyed part of the collection. In some cases, the cost of

Jack Martin
SEC   -   Oct 22, 2023 SEC Retreats Against Ripple Founders but Continues Crypto Assault
SEC Ripple

The SEC has dismissed charges against Ripple, but the days of legal certainty for the crypto community in the U.S. are still far ahead.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Litigation   -   Oct 22, 2023 Sam Bankman-Fried Trial - Week Three: Lawyers Should Do Better Than This
FTX SBF Sam Bankman-Fried Trial

The key witness this week was former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh. Subsequent witnesses called by the prosecution were less relevant, earning them a ticking-off from the Judge.

Sasha Markevich
FTX   -   Oct 22, 2023 Form an Orderly Queue: FTX Submits Confusing Customer Settlement Plan
FTX retur

The FTX Debtors proposed a settlement of customer property disputes this week, but it was so badly (or cleverly depending on how cynical you are) worded that most media outlets reported the wrong facts.

Sasha Markevich & Jack Martin
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