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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   -   Apr 28, 2023 Are LUNA Tokens Securities? South Korean Court Says No
Flags of the USA and South Korea, Terra logo.

In the courts of different countries, the opinion on whether the tokens of the Terra ecosystem are securities differs. At the same time, Do Kwon is trying to clear himself of the SEC charges.

Alex Harutunian
Banks   -   Apr 28, 2023 Japan’s SBI Holdings Buys Into Standard Charter’s Zodia Crypto Custody
Zodia custody by standard chartered bank

The financial services firm led a $36 million series A funding round to become Zodia’s second-largest shareholder. The money will fund geographic expansion, increased token coverage and enhancements to its settlement product, Interchange.

Jack Martin
Exchanges   -   Apr 27, 2023 Our Turn! Coinbase Responds Wells Notice and Sues SEC
Our Turn! Coinbase Responds Wells Notice and Sues SEC

Coinbase publicly responded to the SEC’s Wells notice and now is trying to force the regulatory agency to respond to a petition for rulemaking that the company filed last summer aiming to get proper regulation rules for digital assets.

Sasha Markevich
Litigation   -   Apr 27, 2023 SEC Wins Hydro Market Manipulation Case
SEC Wins Hydro Market Manipulation Case

Hydrogen Technologies and its former CEO have been found guilty of market manipulation in a case brought by the SEC. The court ordered Hydrogen Corporation to pay damages of approximately $2.8 million.

Mathilde Adam
Regulation   -   Apr 27, 2023 India 'Sleeping' on Crypto and Blockchain Economic Opportunities: Kavin Mittal
Hike CEO Kevin Mittal on state of crypto in India

India is one of the biggest cryptocurrency markets in the world. However, the authorities' wait-and-watch approach to crypto regulation risks leaving the country behind as other countries tap into the sector's potential.

Observers
NFT   -   Apr 27, 2023 UPD: Nike .Swoosh First NFT Drop
UPD: Nike .Swoosh First NFT Drop

Several months after launching its Web3 community platform .Swoosh, Nike releases its first batch of NFT digital sneakers on the platform.

Alex Harutunian
Blockchain   -   Apr 27, 2023 China Blockchain Infrastructure
China Blockchain Infrastructure

China is actively developing what it calls 'a second generation internet' based on blockchain technology. Unlike Western Web3, Chinese Web2 is developing under the supervision of State agencies.

Observers
Stablecoins   -   Apr 27, 2023 UPD: The Cross-Chain Protocol for the Transfer of Stablecoins from Circle Has Started Working
Circle logo, the principle of operation of the CCTP protocol.

On April 26, the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol from Circle was launched. The new protocol allows moving USDC between Ethereum and Avalanche.

Alex Harutunian
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