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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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Base   -   Aug 23, 2023 Going Viral: Friend.tech Makes Waves on Base Layer 2 Blockchain
Going Viral: Friend.tech Makes Waves on Base Layer 2 Blockchain

Another potentially dodgy project gets pumped on the newly launched blockchain. Why does Base seem to attract so many of these chancers?

Alexander Mardar
Adoption   -   Aug 23, 2023 Tether Hosts 3Achain Validator Node: Doubles Down on Lugano Plan ₿
Lugano Plan B 3Achain Tether

The stablecoin issuer has reaffirmed its commitment to the Swiss city of Lugano’s Plan ₿ initiative, by hosting and managing a validator node on the project’s 3Achain blockchain.

Jack Martin
Stablecoins   -   Aug 23, 2023 USDC Stablecoin Consortium Dissolved as Coinbase Acquires Direct Stake in Circle
Coinbase Circl

Coinbase is increasing its support for USDC with an investment in Circle, which will take full control over the second largest stablecoin issuance and governance.

Sasha Markevich
Meme-coins   -   Aug 23, 2023 Meme Coin, Not Meme Tech: What Went Wrong With Shibarium Launch?
Meme Coin, Not Meme Tech: What Went Wrong With Shibarium Launch?

The highly anticipated launch of the Shiba Inu token's own Shibarium chain experienced a major hiccup. The solution, intended for scaling the Ethereum blockchain, could not handle the massive influx of transactions.

Observers
NFT   -   Aug 23, 2023 Yuga Labs Leaves OpenSea Due to Removal of Royalties Enforcement
Yuga Labs Leaves OpenSea Due to Removal of Royalties Enforcement

The NFT studio behind BAYC announced it would take its collections off OpenSea after the marketplace’s decision to wind down “Operation Filter”, a tool that gave creators the power to enforce royalties.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Banks   -   Aug 22, 2023 FTX-Linked Farmington State Bank Shut Down by Federal Reserve
FTX-Linked Farmington State Bank Shut Down by Federal Reserve

The Fed Board issued an enforcement action against 136-year-old Farmington State Bank, which has previously been associated with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research.

Sasha Markevich
CBDC   -   Aug 22, 2023 Mastercard Convenes Key Industry Players for CBDC Partner Program
Mastercard Convenes Key Industry Players for CBDC Partner Program

The payment processor has brought together a group of leading blockchain technology and payment service providers, including Ripple, Consensys and Fireblocks, to drive innovation and efficiencies in the CBDC space.

Jack Martin
Stablecoins   -   Aug 21, 2023 Former Modeling Agent and Singapore MP Introduces Euro and Swiss Franc Stablecoins
Former Modeling Agent and Singapore MP Introduces Euro and Swiss Franc Stablecoins

The Swiss Franc-backed stablecoin (ACHF) and the Euro-backed stablecoin (AEUR) will be issued on the Ethereum and BNB Chain blockchains

Observers
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