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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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Stablecoins   -   Jul 18, 2023 Major Stablecoins Embrace Transparency But TUSD Favors the Opaque Look
Major Stablecoins Embrace Transparency But TUSD Favors the Opaque Look

Binance-supported and Justin Sun-linked True USD has bucked the trend for more transparency in the stablecoin market, as full control of reserves and private keys has now passed to mysterious offshore owner Techteryx. Should we be concerned?

Jack Martin
Regulation   -   Jul 18, 2023 IMF Warns the Marshall Islands About Risky FinTech Initiatives
IMF Marschal islands RMI DAO SOV

The Republic of the Marshall Islands has supported blockchain-based initiatives. Now the IMF suggests imposing a moratorium on the registration of DAOs and says that the launch of a stablecoin in the RMI is 'especially concerning'.

Sasha Markevich
Newsletters   -   Jul 16, 2023 Sunday Review 16/07/2023
Sunday Review 16/07/2023

It's been a real week of contrasts, and none more so than the London premieres of two of the summer's biggest movie releases: Barbie vs Oppenheimer (now that's a cross-over we'd love to go and watch). On Wednesday, Barbie's star-studded

Jack Martin
Digital Yuan   -   Jul 16, 2023 Bank of China Introduces New Hardware Wallet For Digital Yuan
Bank of China Digital Yuan

China is doubling down on its efforts to increase the use of the digital yuan. The Bank of China has started testing offline no-battery mobile payments.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Crypto Crime   -   Jul 15, 2023 Crypto Criminals Take a Hit, But Ransomware Rakes it In: Chainalysis
chainalysis crypto crime report

In its mid-year update Chainalysis announced a 65% drop in crypto crime overall, although there were notable gains in ransomware revenues over those in the first half of 2022.

Jack Martin
Regulation   -   Jul 15, 2023 LBRY: Free Speech, Crypto, And Other Sins
LBRY: Free Speech, Crypto, And Other Sins

The LBRY project for free media on the blockchain has lost its appeal against the U.S. SEC. There were concerns that the court ruling may have set a precedent for larger crypto disputes by the SEC.

Alex Harutunian
Regulation   -   Jul 15, 2023 Ripple Secures a Partial Win Against the SEC
Ripple Secures a Partial Win Against the SEC

A U.S. judge ruled yesterday that Ripple's XRP token is not a security for programmatic sales. Several exchanges are planning to relist XRP on their platforms following the ruling, and many major crypto prices saw a boost.

Mathilde Adam
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