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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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NFT   -   Oct 12, 2023 Changes at Yuga Labs Show the NFT Market is Still Alive and Kicking
Changes at Yuga Labs Show the NFT Market is Still Alive and Kicking

As Mark Twain once quipped, “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Adoption   -   Oct 12, 2023 JPMorgan Enables Clients to Use Tokenized Assets as Collateral
JPMorgan TCN Onyx

The financial giant has announced that its Tokenized Collateral Network is now live, with the first transaction taking place between BlackRock and Barclays.

Jack Martin
Digital Identity   -   Oct 11, 2023 Can Worldcoin Survive Its Current Existential Challenges?
Worldcoin iris scaner Orbs

Forbidden in Kenya, mindlessly adopted in Chile, soon be replaced in Argentina. Local setbacks point to existential problems for the biometrical data collection project of Sam Altman.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Trading   -   Oct 11, 2023 The Rise and Risks of Meme-coin Sniper Bots
The Rise and Risks of Meme-coin Sniper Bots

Offering high-speed trading, sniper bots play a vital role in the meme-coin trading game. However, they come with higher costs and security risks that users should consider.

Alexander Mardar
Exchanges   -   Oct 10, 2023 Kraken Among Exchanges Shifting Focus to Europe For Regulatory Clarity
Kraken Among Exchanges Shifting Focus to Europe For Regulatory Clarity

Kraken and other major exchanges are shifting focus to the European market as the new MiCA framework promises greatly enhanced regulatory clarity.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Oct 10, 2023 Frax Finance Launches “Final Stablecoin” With Its V3 Release
Frax Finance Launches “Final Stablecoin” With Its V3 Release

Frax Finance is ready to deploy the v3 upgrade. The upgrade integrates the Federal Reserve's IORB rate and abandons the stablecoin's algorithmic component for enhanced stability.

Alexander Mardar
Adoption   -   Oct 10, 2023 More Online Retailers Accept Cash than Cryptocurrency
More Online Retailers Accept Cash than Cryptocurrency

So much for Bitcoin being the currency of the internet. A recent report suggested that cash is accepted at more than twice as many online retailers as crypto, and the number is still growing.

Jack Martin
Newsletters   -   Oct 08, 2023 Sunday Review 08/10/2023
Observers.com Sunday Review

There were concerns raised with the regulators of the Peruvian film industry this week, as Paddington in Peru announced that it would be filming scenes in Colombia, due to unnecessary bureaucracy in the popular imaginary bear's actual country of origin. And while we're on unnecessary bureaucracy

Jack Martin
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