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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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Stablecoins   -   Jul 26, 2023 Ethena Manifests Arthur Hayes’s Concept of a Bitcoin-based Stablecoin
Ethena Manifests Arthur Hayes’s Concept of a Bitcoin-based Stablecoin

Startup Ethena picked up on the crypto visionary's idea for a stablecoin that is fully collateralized, yet independent of the traditional financial system. The project has already received funding and onboarded a motivated team.

Alex Harutunian
Dogecoin   -   Jul 25, 2023 Musk Teases Dogecoin and X-Based Meme-coins Pump on Twitter Rebrand
Twitter new X logo replaces the bird

Elon Musk has added the dogecoin logo to his official Twitter… erm, X profile, causing fanboys to spontaneously combust in the street. Meanwhile, random tokens with even the most tenuous of links to the letter X have been targeted by crypto bros and meme traders out to make a quick buck.

Jack Martin
CBDC   -   Jul 24, 2023 Bank of Japan Convenes 60-Company Forum For Digital Yen Development
Bank of Japan Convenes 60-Company Forum For Digital Yen Development

The Japanese central bank has established a working group of 60 companies to gain input into its decision on launching a CBDC from a business perspective.

Jack Martin
Newsletters   -   Jul 23, 2023 Sunday Review 23/07/2023
Observers Sunday Review 23.07.2023

The FIFA Women's World Cup in New Zealand and Australia started on Thursday, with both host countries winning their opening matches on day one. Reigning champions USA also came out guns blazing with a 3-0 win over Vietnam on Saturday, but pity poor Zambian goalkeeper, Catherine Musonda,

Jack Martin
Adoption   -   Jul 23, 2023 MOON Token Community Points From r/CryptoCurrency Subreddit Pump 500%
MOON Token Community Points From r/CryptoCurrency Subreddit Pump 500%

The CryptoCurrency Subreddit's experimental blockchain-based reward token MOON surged last week as updated terms of use for the platform seemed to endorse external trading.

Sasha Markevich
CBDC   -   Jul 23, 2023 Brazilian Outcry Over Functionality to Control Digital Real Accounts
Brazlil CBDC whistleblower freeze pedro magalhães

Brazilians are concerned after functionality that gives control over CBDC wallets to the government was discovered.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
CBDC   -   Jul 23, 2023 China’s Digital Yuan Looks to Spread its Reach Beyond National Borders
China e-CNY cross border CBD

Transactions using the digital yuan have amounted to $250 billion since the start of the CBDC’s pilot phase. China’s Central Bank Governor looked to the next step to increased adoption - cross-border payments

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Ethereum   -   Jul 23, 2023 ConsenSys Unleashes Linea Mainnet Alpha, Improving Ethereum Scalability
ConsenSys Linea L2

ConsenSys, a leading software company known for its focus on Ethereum (ETH), has launched an Ethereum scaling chain Linea, integrating Zero Knowledge technology.

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