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Oracles   -   Feb 28, 2026 Reputation Is Not Static. It 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. It 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 11, 2023 MakerDAO Votes to Keep USDC as the Main Reserve
MakerDAO Votes to Keep USDC as the Main Reserve

On March 20, a vote was opened for the MakerDAO community to ‘normalize’ the parameters of the Price Stability Module (PSM). As a result, USDC remained the main reserve asset of PSM.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Apr 11, 2023 Ticketmaster Tests NFT Ticket Presales
Ticketmaster Tests NFT Ticket Presales

Ticketmaster now allows event organizers or vendors to make a sale available primarily or exclusively to owners of a specific NFT.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Apr 10, 2023 Gucci and Yuga Labs Otherside-themed Fashion Collaboration
Gucci and Yuga Labs Otherside-themed Fashion Collaboration

Yuga Labs partners with Gucci to create Otherside-themed jewelry – a limited-edition series of physical Gucci products and associated NFTs tied into the lore of the metaverse game.

Alex Harutunian
Web3   -   Apr 09, 2023 Checking on Urbit
Checking on Urbit

Recently we’ve got an e-mail from Urbit, the alternative version of the internet that’s been under development for the last decade, with their latest achievements. Now we want to share them with you.

Sasha Markevich
Regulation   -   Apr 09, 2023 Key Points of EU DLT Pilot Regime

The European Union's Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Pilot Regime, effective from March 23, 2023, established a controlled environment for trading and settlement using Distributed Ledger Technology. Our Observer summarized the key points of the new regulation

Observers
Banks   -   Apr 08, 2023 What Happened Next - The Fallout From Last Month’s US Banking Crisis
What Happened Next - The Fallout From Last Month’s US Banking Crisis

After the failure of three U.S. banks (with varying degrees of crypto exposure) in the space of a week last month, the sector seems to have settled back into relative calm, at least for the time being. So it would seem like the perfect opportunity for a recap.

Jack Martin
NFT   -   Apr 08, 2023 Major League Baseball Launches Dynamic NFTs
Major League Baseball Launches Dynamic NFTs

Major League Baseball (MLB) is releasing new 2023 season digital collectibles with Candy Digital, the NFT startup that has been an official MLB partner for 3 seasons in a row.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Apr 08, 2023 UPD: Ex Terra Employee, Daniel Shin, Remains at Large
Daniel Shin on the background of crossed out handcuffs

On March 27, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office requested an arrest warrant for Daniel Shin for the second time and was again refused by the court.

Alex Harutunian
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