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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   -   May 27, 2023 Meme-coins Displace Stablecoins from Ethereum
Pepe, Ethereum logo, USDT logo, BUSD logo, DAI logo, USDC log

Stablecoin usage has migrated outside of Ethereum due to the high transaction fees triggered by meme-coin hype. In light of this, the second-tier blockchains are now getting increased traction.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   May 26, 2023 DRW and SocGen Execute Intraday Repo Transactions Using Broadridge DLR
DRW and SocGen Execute Intraday Repo Transactions Using Broadridge DLR

The two companies and a third unnamed global tier 1 bank carried out the repurchase agreement transactions on Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo platform. The functionality enhances the possibilities for intraday liquidity management.

Jack Martin
Stablecoins   -   May 25, 2023 Terra Community Wants It Back
Terra logo, recycle sign, Terra Repeg Proposal screenshot

A year after the collapse of the Terra UST, its followers still retain hope for its revival and actively propose new schemes. Is this a new forum for innovations or a victim club?

Alex Harutunian
Regulation   -   May 25, 2023 UK Parliament Suggests Crypto Trading Should be Regulated as Gambling
House of Commons Treasury Committee Regulating Crypto

The Treasury Select Committee says unbacked “cryptoassets” have no intrinsic value or useful social purpose and retail trading is more like gambling than financial services. Bad news for the UK Government’s plan to make the country into a crypto hub.

Jack Martin
Scam   -   May 24, 2023 Amazon Token Scam is Back and Spoofing CoinMarketCap’s YouTube Channel
Amazon AMZ token presale scam AMA44X AMA55X az44t scam AMX59K

Scam videos purporting to be from CoinMarketCap or Youtube bloggers are tempting viewers with access to an Amazon token presale… which obviously isn’t real, so please, please, please don’t send any cryptocurrency if you ever want to see it again.

Jack Martin
Stablecoins   -   May 24, 2023 Tether Bets on Bitcoin
USDT logo, Bitcoin logo

Tether has announced its new investment strategy. To strengthen and diversify reserves, the company plans to regularly buy bitcoin with realized profits.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   May 24, 2023 Tether On Strike
Tether logo, Strike logo, handshake emoj

Tether and Strike money app have merged their user bases by adding USDT to the bitcoin-only platform.

Alex Harutunian
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