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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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Ripple   -   Oct 07, 2023 SEC Loses Motion for Appeal Against Preliminary Ripple Judgement
SEC Loses Motion for Appeal Against Preliminary Ripple Judgement

In another victory for Ripple, a federal judge has dismissed the SEC's appeal request, paving the way for a final trial in April. Ripple has also recently secured a Singapore license, solidifying its commitment to the Asia Pacific expansion.

Mathilde Adam
Litigation   -   Oct 07, 2023 Sam Bankman-Fried is Finally in the Dock and Accusations are Flying
Sam Bankman-Fried is Finally in the Dock and Accusations are Flying

Here is what we have learned from the first few days of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's high-profile trial.

Sasha Markevich
Adoption Tools   -   Oct 06, 2023 Friend.tech Clone Hit With Non-Profitable Exploit in Revenge Attack?
Friend.tech tiger

In its under two months of existence, Friend.tech has pumped, died and been revived, then been cloned, hacked, and the clone reportedly hacked at a loss to protect its monopoly. Safe to say that our original skepticism towards the project is yet to have softened.

Jack Martin
Investments   -   Oct 05, 2023 Ethereum Futures ETFs Fail to Set the World on Fire: Back to Bitcoin?
Ethereum ETF

Just $6.6 million worth of volume was seen across the first day of trading across nine different Ethereum ETF products, prompting some analysts to suggest investors “rotate back” into Bitcoin.

Jack Martin
Adoption   -   Oct 04, 2023 UBS Launches Tokenized Variable Capital Company Fund in Singapore
UBS tokenization

The fund is part of Project Guardian, an initiative led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to bring multiple real-world assets onto the blockchain.

Jack Martin
Audit   -   Oct 04, 2023 FTX Auditing Firm Charged With Hundreds of Violations by SEC
FTX Auditing Firm Charged With Hundreds of Violations by SEC

Prager Metis, the firm that audited FTX accounts in 2021, was charged by the SEC with multiple auditor independence violations.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Litigation   -   Oct 04, 2023 What Do We Know About the Upcoming Sam Bankman-Fried Trial?
Sam Bankman-Fried

Today, on October 4th, SBF will spend his first day in court almost one year after FTX collapse. He faces seven charges and if found guilty might spend his whole life in prison.

Sasha Markevich
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