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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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Newsletters   -   Jun 04, 2023 Sunday Review 04/06/2023
Sunday Review 04/06/2023

After a tense period of negotiations, this weekend Joe Biden finally signed into law a bill to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling until January 1, 2025. The eleventh hour agreement means that the world no longer has to worry about the potential ramifications of a first-ever U.S. debt

Jack Martin
Banks   -   Jun 04, 2023 Apple Savings Account Customers Can’t Withdraw Due to Security Measures
Apple Savings Account Customers Can’t Withdraw Due to Security Measures

Apple’s Goldman Sachs-run savings account attracted 240,000 new customers in its first week of launch, but many have complained of problems withdrawing their money. Experts have suggested that this may be down to the over-zealous application of anti-money laundering measures.

Jack Martin
Web3   -   Jun 04, 2023 GameStop Collaborates with the Telos Foundation to Boost Web3 Gaming
GameStop Telos

The famous game retailer GameStop has partnered with the Telos Foundation, creator of the layer 1 blockchain Telos, to pilot a new Web3 game launchpad called Playr.

Alex Harutunian
CBDC   -   Jun 03, 2023 Sweden's CBDC project unveils findings from its third pilot stage
Sweden CBDC

The third round of the e-krona project's practical tests, which were completed in April, focused on the practical implementation of the Riksbank's potential CBDC.

Alex Harutunian
Decentralized Governance   -   Jun 03, 2023 Tornado Hacker Seizes Control, Drains Loot, Votes Control Back to DAO
Tornado Cash logo, hacker

The hacker relied on users not reading an update proposal that essentially placed the DAO's governance under their personal control

Alex Harutunian
CBDC   -   Jun 02, 2023 ECB Market Research/Prototyping Confirms Feasibility of Digital Euro
Digital euro ECB report on prototype

The European Central Bank has published reports on its recent market research and prototyping activities, during which it was both told, and shown, that launching a digital euro CBDC to its currently proposed specification is inherently possible.

Jack Martin
Litecoin   -   Jun 01, 2023 Litecoin Price is on a Rollercoaster Ride Ahead of Halving
Litecoin

With Litecoin’s halving approaching and the new hype surrounding LTC-20 tokens, its price reached new highs in the first weeks of May. It has since dropped again, but for how long?

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Exchanges   -   May 31, 2023 Binance’s Payment Partner Scores In Brazil, But The Game Is Far From Won
Binance logo, Latam Gateway logo, Brazil flag

Binance's payment gateway in Brazil received Central Bank approval to act as an electronic money issuer, marking the first victory Binance has had for a while.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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