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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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Newsletters   -   Jul 09, 2023 Sunday Review 09/07/2023
Sunday Review 09/07/2023

This week we have witnessed the hottest day since records began... on three separate occasions. But while some have been taking advantage of the warm weather, do remember that in many parts of the world such heatwaves cause a huge amount of disruption. So grab yourself a fan and try

Jack Martin
NFT   -   Jul 09, 2023 NFT Marketplace War Sees Artist Royalties Fall to a Two-Year Low
NFT Marketplace War Sees Artist Royalties Fall to a Two-Year Low

Recent analysis suggests that the ongoing war between Blur and OpenSea's NFT marketplaces is only adding to the drain on creators’ royalty income.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Exchanges   -   Jul 08, 2023 Legal Executives Exit Binance Amid Regulatory Investigations
Legal Executives Exit Binance Amid Regulatory Investigations

Binance appears to be facing a management crisis as several executives from the legal and compliance units have resigned amid regulatory investigations.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Jul 08, 2023 Banks Cause Rpay Stablecoin Wallet To Abandon 6 Latam Countries
Reserve protocol Rpay leaves Latam

Rpay will indefinitely stop all fiat deposits and withdrawals in Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama. The founders cite banking problems.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Stablecoins   -   Jul 08, 2023 Reserve Protocol: A Refreshing Approach to Stablecoin Design
Reserve Protocol

Reserve Protocol, founded in 2018, is experimenting with decentralized asset-referencing tokens (stablecoins). With a relatively low market cap, it already has a significant transaction base in emerging markets.

Alex Harutunian
Bridges and Interoperability   -   Jul 07, 2023 $100M+ and the CEO Missing: Things Aren’t Looking Great For Multichain
$100M+ and the CEO Missing: Things Aren’t Looking Great For Multichain

Multichain saw significant outflows yesterday causing fears of an exploit, as the team urged users to revoke all contracts until further notice. Meanwhile, CEO Zhaojun hasn’t been seen since the end of May, with rumors at the time suggesting he may have been arrested in China.

Jack Martin
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