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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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Update   -   Mar 18, 2023 UPD: DAOMaker Builds Logan Paul’s Abandoned Game in 30 Days
UPD: DAOMaker Builds Logan Paul’s Abandoned Game in 30 Days

Chris Zaknun, CEO of DAOMaker, built an alternative game to Logan Paul’s CryptoZoo project in just 30 days.

Alex Harutunian
Bitcoin   -   Mar 18, 2023 Fortune Can Be With Solo Miners Too
Fortune Can Be With Solo Miners Too

A solo miner added a block to the Bitcoin blockchain and received a reward of 6.25 BTC.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Mar 18, 2023 UPD: The National Bank of Australia Made an Intrabank Cross-border Transaction Using a Stablecoin.
Logo NAB on blockchain background.

On March 14, the completion of the first pilot transaction using a stablecoin issued by the bank was announced on the official website of The National Australia Bank (not to be confused with the Reserve Bank of Australia).

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Mar 17, 2023 USDC Depegs and Pegs Back, Exchanges and Users React
USDC Depegs and Pegs Back, Exchanges and Users React

USDC depeged from USD after US Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. Exchanges paused their conversion as users rushed into other assets. Now the stablecoin has got back to 1:1 ration, but what’s done is done…

Sasha Markevich
Regulation   -   Mar 17, 2023 US Banking Consortium Urges Congress to Ease Restrictions on Use of Blockchain Technology
USDF consortium member banks

At a Subcommittee hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services last week, the USDF Consortium asked for a reduction in regulation on blockchain use by federally-insured banks, arguing that the technology should not be unfairly conflated with cryptocurrency.

Jack Martin
Update   -   Mar 17, 2023 UPD: First Starbucks Paid NFTs Sell out within 20 Minutes
UPD: First Starbucks Paid NFTs Sell out within 20 Minutes

Starbucks Odyssey Web3 loyalty program released its first collection of 2,000 limited-edition NFTs, each priced at $100. They sold out in 18 minutes.

Alex Harutunian
Web3   -   Mar 16, 2023 The Pokémon Company Is Hiring a Web3 Expert
The Pokémon Company Is Hiring a Web3 Expert

The Pokémon Company posted a listing for a Corporate Development Principal, a role that would advise the company’s leadership on strategy and explore new innovations, including Web3.

Alex Harutunian
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