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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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Worldwide   -   May 14, 2023 UAE Leading Way in Crypto, Coinbase Interested
UAE Leading Way in Crypto, Coinbase Interested

At the Dubai Fintech Summit many executives expressed their discontent with the US crypto regulation and gave credits to the UAE legal framework. Coinbase CEO even suggested that the UAE could serve as an international crypto hub for Coinbase.

Sasha Markevich
Adoption   -   May 13, 2023 Privacy-Enabled Canton Network Boasts Big-Name Institutional Players
Privacy-Enabled Canton Network Boasts Big-Name Institutional Players

Digital Asset’s “network of networks” allows normally siloed financial systems and institutional assets to interact and synchronize in previously impossible ways. Participants include BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Cboe Global Markets, Microsoft and many others.

Jack Martin
NFT   -   May 13, 2023 Sports Illustrated Launches NFT Ticketing Platform
Sports Illustrated Launches NFT Ticketing Platform

Sports Illustrated, the US sports publication, is launching an NFT ticketing platform on the Polygon network.

Alex Harutunian
Update   -   May 13, 2023 UPD: Apple's 30% Tax on IOS NFTs Ruled Illegal
UPD: Apple's 30% Tax on IOS NFTs Ruled Illegal

The US Court of Appeals ruled that Apple’s 30% tax on in-app purchases of NFTs was illegal, a decision that could have major implications for the crypto industry.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   May 12, 2023 Ordinals and BRC-20: Making Bitcoin Fun Again or Breaking the Network?
Ordinals and BRC-20: Making Bitcoin Fun Again or Breaking the Network?

Bitcoin transaction fees are currently sky-high, as the generally drama-free network is hit by a recent craze for NFTs and dodgy meme-coins on the platform. There have even been calls to patch the ‘bug’ that made such ‘abominations’ possible…

Jack Martin
Exchanges   -   May 12, 2023 SEC Vs. Coinbase, What’s New?
SEC Vs. Coinbase, What’s New?

Recently SEC was legally obliged to respond to Coinbase's writ of mandamus. Meanwhile, the regulator deleted a possible first-ever definition of digital asset from its rule and the exchange started an open letter to Congress to support pro-crypto legislation.

Sasha Markevich
NFT   -   May 12, 2023 P2P Lending Platform from Blur Originated $100M in Loans in 1 Week
P2P Lending Platform from Blur Originated $100M in Loans in 1 Week

Leading NFT marketplace Blur rolled out a a peer-to-peer NFT lending protocol that allows collectors to buy blue-chip NFTs with a smaller upfront payment. And it has surpassed all of its peers in loan volume over the past week.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   May 10, 2023 PayPal Customer Crypto Holdings Jump Over 50% to Nearly $1B in Q1 2023
PayPal Customer Crypto Holdings Jump Over 50% to Nearly $1B in Q1 2023

The online payment processor is now holding almost half a billion dollars worth of bitcoin on behalf of its customers, along with ether, litecoin and bitcoin cash.

Jack Martin
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