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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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Adoption   -   Oct 17, 2023 Ferrari will Accept Bitcoin, Ether and USDC for New Car Purchases
Ferrari sold bitcoin crypto

The Italian supercar builder has started accepting cryptocurrency payments at dealerships in the U.S. with plans to extend the scheme to Europe following requests from customers. But what else can you buy using bitcoin?

Jack Martin
Litigation   -   Oct 17, 2023 Circle Assists Binance vs SEC Litigation, but Parties Still Can’t Agree
Circle Assists Binance vs SEC Litigation

As the Binance vs SEC hearing lumbers on, the parties struggle to agree on discovery requests and dispositions, and Circle was admitted as a 'friend of the court'.

Sasha Markevich
CBDC   -   Oct 16, 2023 China’s CBDC, the e-CNY, Continues Expansion Beyond National Borders
China’s CBDC, the e-CNY, Continues Expansion Beyond National Borders

China is making progress on expanding the use of its e-CNY beyond national borders, announcing new partnerships and R&D programs.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Newsletters   -   Oct 15, 2023 Sunday Review 15/10/2023
Observers.com Sunday review

It's go big or go home this week, with two record breaking human achievements to start your Sunday. The "world's largest offshore wind farm" generated its first electricity for the U.K. national grid... although currently only one of the planned 277 turbines is

Jack Martin
Litigation   -   Oct 15, 2023 Sam Bankman-Fried Trial - Week Two: That's What She Said
Sam Bankman-Fried Trial - Week Two: That's What She Said

Another week of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial has passed. All eyes were on star witness Caroline Ellison, who claims that there was indeed a fraud and blames Bankman-Fried for setting it all up.

Sasha Markevich
SEC   -   Oct 14, 2023 No Grayscale ETF Appeal: Is the SEC Tiring of its Crypto Crusade?
No Grayscale ETF Appeal: Is the SEC Tiring of its Crypto Crusade?

The deadline for the SEC to appeal against the court’s ruling on the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF application passed without event yesterday. Last week its appeal against the preliminary Ripple judgement was denied. Could the regulator finally be accepting defeat in its war on crypto?

Jack Martin
Trading   -   Oct 14, 2023 Staked Ether Arbitrage: Profiting in an Inefficient Crypto Market
Staked Ether Arbitrage: Profiting in an Inefficient Crypto Market

Crypto is associated with crazy price swings and multi-million dollar profits. However, when the market goes sideways, traders are looking for arbitrage opportunities, catching tiny discrepancies. Can this market evolve given blockchain gas fees and latency?

Alexander Mardar
Trading   -   Oct 13, 2023 Meme-Stocks Trigger Biggest Change To U.S. Stock Market In Years
Meme stocks T+1 T+2

Meme-stocks are at the root of the “move to T+1” reform in the U.S. securities market, forcing financial markets worldwide to readjust how they do business.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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