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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   -   Mar 22, 2023 Swiss Bankers Propose Deposit Token as Alternative to Retail CBDC
Swiss Bankers Propose Deposit Token as Alternative to Retail CBDC

With the Swiss National Bank seeing no immediate need to develop its own retail CBDC, the Swiss Bankers Association has come up with an alternative blockchain-based stablecoin for use in digital asset transactions and DLT ecosystems.

Jack Martin
Stablecoins   -   Mar 22, 2023 MakerDAO Rebrands DAI Stablecoin
Rune Christensen and logo of DAI stablecoin.

The founder of MakerDAO, Rune Christensen, said he believes that the DAI stablecoin is due for a rebrand.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Mar 21, 2023 Meta Drops NFTs for Instagram and Facebook and Continues Layoffs
Meta Drops NFTs for Instagram and Facebook and Continues Layoffs

Meta has decided to discontinue its NFT and digital collectibles features on Instagram and Facebook, and the news of a second round of layoffs has hit employees hard.

Alex Harutunian
Digital Identity   -   Mar 21, 2023 Traveling in the Urbit Universe
Urbit universe with ships galaxies stars planets moons and comets

Unlike "overpriced jpegs" and other collectibles, Urbit Planet is an NFT with a certain utility - it can provide you with a digital identity in the next internet space.

Observers
Regulation   -   Mar 20, 2023 Not Financial Advice But Emoji
Not Financial Advice But Emoji

In the documents of the trial with Dapper Labs, the court ruled that the emojis “rocket ship”, “stock chart” and “money bags” can be considered as financial advise.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Mar 20, 2023 Buterin’s NFT Drop
Buterin’s NFT Drop

An NFT collection featuring the stamp of approval from Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin, the Quadratic Funding Collection, celebrates Buterin’s contributions to a popular Web3 funding model.

Alex Harutunian
Exchanges   -   Mar 19, 2023 Copper Crypto Custody Cuts Product, People and Partners in ‘Strategic Realignment’
Copper Custody state street

Digital asset custody provider Copper has shelved its enterprise business, made staffing cuts, and ended its licensing agreement with global custody bank State Street in a move to streamline the company and focus on core product ClearLoop.

Jack Martin
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