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Regulation   -   Feb 19, 2026 How US Equity Is Being Woven Into the Blockchain Mesh
US equity stock in the blockchain mesh

After years of legal uncertainty, U.S. regulators have opened the door for on-chain shareholder records. From Galaxy and Securitize to DTC’s pilot, equity is moving into the blockchain mesh—reshaping settlement, trading, and the future architecture of capital markets.

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
US equity stock in the blockchain mesh
Regulation   -   Feb 19, 2026 How US Equity Is Being Woven Into the Blockchain Mesh

After years of legal uncertainty, U.S. regulators have opened the door for on-chain shareholder records. From Galaxy and Securitize to DTC’s pilot, equity is moving into the blockchain mesh—reshaping settlement, trading, and the future architecture of capital markets.

Alex Harutunian
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CBDC   -   Mar 27, 2023 China Digital Yuan. A Lethargic Take-up or a Carefully Planned Trajectory?
e-CNY digital renminbi China CBDC

China, the first major economy to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), is experiencing stagnation in its adoption plans. Hitting the wall of the well-developed domestic mobile payments, e-CNY undergoes criticism while the government explores ways to adapt it to people's needs.

Observers
Regulation   -   Mar 27, 2023 Upcoming HK Regulatory Change Gives Chinese State Banks Backdoor Into Crypto
Hong Kong with Crypto

Hong Kong’s recent proposals for a crypto-friendly licensing regime in the region have seen Chinese state banks offering their services to the city’s crypto companies, despite a blanket ban on the mainland.

Jack Martin
Bitcoin   -   Mar 27, 2023 Bitcoin Goes with U.S. Stock
Bitcoin Goes with U.S. Stock

Bitcoin has passed a long way from a libertarian money concept to a speculative trading asset. Can crypto technology adoption drive Bitcoin further into a reserve commodity position?

Observers
Ethereum   -   Mar 26, 2023 Ethereum Shapella Upgrade Is Coming, zkSync Era Mainnet Is Live
April Calendar, Shanghai TV tower, Ethereum logo

Ethereum's eagerly anticipated Shapella upgrade is finally on its way. Already implemented on the Goerli testnet, the upgrade is scheduled to go live on the mainnet on April 12. Meanwhile, the world's first zkEVM mainnet, the zkSync Era, is now accessible to all users.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Mar 26, 2023 Binance Continues to Get Rid of BUSD
Binance Continues to Get Rid of BUSD

Binance continues to get rid of BUSD by converting its own stablecoin into other crypto assets in the Industry Recovery Initiative and the SAFU funds.

Alex Harutunian
Regulation   -   Mar 25, 2023 SEC Charges Justin Sun for Unregistered Crypto Security Offerings
SEC Charges Justin Sun for Unregistered Crypto Security Offerings

The US SEC charges Justin Sun and his companies for unregistered offers and sales of TRX and BTT, market manipulation of TRX, and undisclosed compensation to celebrities for promoting TRX and BTT.

Observers
Banks   -   Mar 24, 2023 The Tiny Bank Laundering Seized Crypto for the German State of Hesse
Bankhouse Scheich bank Frankfurt

Frankfurt-based Bankhaus Scheich has created a profitable sideline for itself in cleaning up blacklisted cryptocurrency assets seized during law enforcement operations carried out by the local authorities.

Jack Martin
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