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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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Regulation   -   Jun 09, 2023 SEC Sues Coinbase In Its Hunt For Major Crypto Exchanges
SEC sues Coinbase

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Coinbase, the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, for operating as an “unregistered broker, exchange and clearing agency”.

Sasha Markevich
Regulators   -   Jun 08, 2023 The SEC Claims Binance Moved $70 Billion Through Failed ‘Crypto’ Banks
The SEC Claims Binance Moved $70 Billion Through Failed ‘Crypto’ Banks

In support of its emergency action to freeze Binance.US’s assets, the SEC filed additional details showing that the company had moved $70 billion through Silvergate and Signature banks from 2019 to 2023.

Jack Martin
Adoption Tools   -   Jun 08, 2023 Ledger Stumbled, Trezor Mumbled: Hardware Wallet Troubles
Ledger Stumbled, Trezor Mumbled: Hardware Wallet Troubles

The top hardware wallets Ledger and Trezor are among the strongest advocates for the self-custody of assets. Is absolute self-custody actually possible though?

Alex Harutunian
Coinbase   -   Jun 08, 2023 ‘Stand With Crypto’ NFT Campaign Gains Momentum Thanks to SEC Lawsuits
Stand with Crypto NFT

The campaign, which called for sensible crypto policy from the U.S. authorities, instead saw the SEC sue major exchanges, Binance and Coinbase. As a result, ‘Stand With Crypto’ is trending on Twitter, and almost 140,000 NFTs have been minted.

Jack Martin
Adoption   -   Jun 07, 2023 Cboe Digital Gets Thumbs Up From CFTC to Launch Margin Crypto Futures
Cboe Digital Gets Thumbs Up From CFTC to Launch Margin Crypto Futures

The crypto arm of major options exchange Cboe has received approval to launch leveraged Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts from the U.S. commodities regulator.

Jack Martin
Banks   -   Jun 06, 2023 “Sorry, No Speaky Crypto!”: Anglosphere Leads Way in Crypto Debanking
Anglosphere no crypto

Following the recent suspension of Binance’s local bank deposit and withdrawal functionality in both Australia and the UK, why does it seem to be the majority-English-speaking countries whose banks are coming down hardest on crypto?

Jack Martin
Regulation   -   Jun 06, 2023 SEC Sues Binance and CZ for Multiple Alleged Securities Violations
SEC Sues Binance and CZ for Multiple Alleged Securities Violations

The SEC filed a suit against Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao for various alleged securities law violations.

Sasha Markevich
Exchanges   -   Jun 06, 2023 Leading Brazilian Crypto Exchange Gains Payment Institution License
Mercado Bitcoi

Mercado Bitcoin, the leading crypto exchange in Brazil, officially launched MB Pay after being granted the Central Bank’s approval to act as a payment institution.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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