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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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CBDC   -   May 23, 2023 Ripple to Demo Tokenized Real Estate Solution for Hong Kong CBDC Pilot
Ripple to Demo Tokenized Real Estate Solution for Hong Kong CBDC Pilot

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority launched its e-HKD Pilot Programme last Thursday. The scheme will involve 16 firms from the finance, payments and technology sectors, including Ripple, which will showcase a real estate tokenization solution.

Jack Martin
Adoption   -   May 23, 2023 Tether and KriptonMarket Launch Payment Collaboration in Argentina
Tether and KriptonMarket Launch Payment Collaboration in Argentina

Tether and KriptonMarket announced a collaboration which will give small businesses access to stablecoins at the Central Market of Buenos Aires.

Sasha Markevich
Bitcoin   -   May 22, 2023 Bitcoin Network's Unconfirmed Transactions Fall as Fees Normalize
Bitcoin congestion mempool

After network congestion saw hundreds of thousands of unconfirmed transactions in the mempool and fees hitting $30+ earlier this month, things appear to be getting back to normal… slowly. Have Ordinals and BRC-20 meme-coins already had their day in the sun?

Jack Martin
Newsletters   -   May 21, 2023 Sunday Review 21/05/2023
Observers Sunday Review 21.05.2023

While the leaders of the G7 countries are currently in Tokyo discussing how to deal with China's 'economic coercion', let's take a look back at some of the news stories that have 'coerced' the crypto economy over the past week. In Euro-land,

Jack Martin
Exchanges   -   May 21, 2023 CZ Out Of Binance.US Or Binance Out Of US?
CZ and Binance.US

Binance.US and CEO Changpeng Zhao are exploring strategies to reduce his majority stake in the company to ease tension between Binance and U.S. regulators and continue operations in the region.

Sasha Markevich
NFT   -   May 20, 2023 Assassin’s Creed Gets NFTs, Fans Not Happy
Assassin’s Creed Gets NFTs, Fans Not Happy

Ubisoft and Integral Reality Labs have partnered to create Assassin’s Creed Smart Collectibles, which are NFT access passes minted on Polygon and paired with physical collectibles inspired by the popular franchise.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   May 20, 2023 Advanced Digital Asset Routing (ADAR) on SORA
Advanced Digital Asset Routing (ADAR) on SORA

Barbados-based Abed Group launches its accounts payable solution ADAR on the SORA blockchain network.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   May 20, 2023 Key Crypto Founders Get Into Meme-coin Rush
Justin Sun, Charles Hoskinson, CZ PEPE

Tron’s Justin Sun and Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson use their projects’ communities to profit from meme-coin season in crypto. The head of Binance, Chanpeng Zhao, does not seem to mind the additional business either.

Alex Harutunian
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