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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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Web3   -   Feb 22, 2023 New YouTube CEO Is into Web3
Youtube new CEO Neal Mohan

A newly appointed YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is bullish on Web3 tech like NFTs and the metaverse.

Alex Harutunian
Adoption   -   Feb 22, 2023 Visa Continues Active Development of Blockchain Based Solutions
Visa logo on the background of blockchain

During the StarkWare Sessions 2023 conference, Cuy Sheffield shared plans to introduce cryptocurrency payments into Visa's services. Other projects are also ongoing.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Feb 21, 2023 Tether Has Transferred Part of Its Reserves to the Management of a Wall Street Firm
Tether and Cantor logo

The Wall Street Journal published an article on February 10, according to which a large Wall Street firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, will manage the reserves of Tether invested in US T-bills.

Alex Harutunian
Exchanges   -   Feb 21, 2023 Mt. Gox Saga Overview and Latest Updates
Mt. Gox Saga Overview and Latest Updates

The Mt. Gox saga continues. The repayment registration deadline was moved to March 2023. We propose revisiting this story and going through its main stages.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Feb 20, 2023 Digital Euro Or Euro Digitalized?
Digital Euro, Spanish stablecoin EURM, Finnish Stablecoin EUROe

Spanish and Finnish regulators independently approved their national fintech companies to develop Euro backed stablecoins. The "digitalization" of fiat currencies is pushed concurrently by CBDC research and by stablecoins.

Observers
NFT   -   Feb 20, 2023 Hermès Wins MetaBirkin NFT Lawsuit
Hermès Wins MetaBirkin NFT Lawsuit

A jury in New York has sided with Hermès in the brand's protracted legal battle with MetaBirkin NFT creator Mason Rothschild.

Alex Harutunian
Regulation   -   Feb 19, 2023 Will Staking Be Banned?
Will Staking Be Banned?

The SEC is paying close attention to staking and the crypto industry in general. There are rumors circulating among major personalities that staking may be banned by regulators in the United States.

Alex Harutunian
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