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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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Hacks, Bugs and Scams   -   Sep 17, 2023 North Korea Crypto Hackers Have A Safe Haven in Mother Russia
North Korea Crypto Hackers Have A Safe Haven in Mother Russia

As relations between the Russia and North Korean governments continue to cosy up, a Chainalysis investigation has found that since 2021, Russian crypto exchanges have been laundering stolen crypto used to fund the DPRK nuclear arms program.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Adoption   -   Sep 16, 2023 As Deutsche Partners Taurus For Crypto Custody, Some Question The Need
As Deutsche Partners Taurus For Crypto Custody, Some Question The Need

The German banking giant has announced a global partnership for custody and tokenization services with Swiss infrastructure specialist Taurus. But a discussion on X has questioned whether this is a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

Jack Martin
NFT   -   Sep 15, 2023 SEC Charges Against Stoner Cats NFTs Seem to Target Any Blockchain Use
SEC Stoner Cats

The regulator’s second legal action against an NFT collection seemingly targets any use of blockchain technology by artistic endeavors, casting a shadow of uncertainty over all such projects.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Adoption   -   Sep 15, 2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index: South and South East Asia Leading the Way
India crypto adoption

The 2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index report from Chainalysis shows that South and South-East Asia are leading the way in grassroots crypto adoption. Countries with low-mid income tend to show a higher level of adoption.

Sasha Markevich
Adoption   -   Sep 15, 2023 Zodia Custody Brings Polkadot to Institutions and Itself to Singapore
Zodia Custody

Standard Chartered’s digital asset subsidiary has had a busy week, announcing that it will provide institutional support and custody to the Polkadot blockchain, and launching its custodial solutions into the Singapore market for the first time.

Jack Martin
Telegram   -   Sep 14, 2023 Much-Hyped Launch Of Telegram Bot Banana Gun’s Token Ends in Disaster
Banana Gun Telegram Crypto Trading Bot

Interest in Telegram trading bots is on the rise. While investors have been quick to jump on this new opportunity, it is evident that it can be quite a risky endeavor.

Alexander Mardar
Stablecoins   -   Sep 14, 2023 USDC For DEX, Tether For CEX: A Tale of Two Stablecoins
Tether CEX USDC DEX

While USDT dominates payments and centralized exchanges, USDC has taken the lead in decentralized markets. USDC has actively fostered relationships with DeFi dApps and is often viewed as a more secure stablecoin.

Alexander Mardar
Ethereum   -   Sep 13, 2023 After Vitalik Twitter Hack, Does Crypto Rely on Social Media Too Much?
Buterin Twitter Hack Ben Armstong X

Vitalik Buterin’s account on the X social media platform was recently hacked, and $691K stolen from unsuspecting followers. In June Bitboy Crypto’s account was similarly compromised, leading to followers losing $760K of funds. Is there something about the nature of crypto that attracts such scams?

Jack Martin
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