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Tokenization   -   Oct 09, 2026 Tokenization for Everything: Where Did We Actually Get?
Tokenization for Everything: Where Did We Actually Get?

Tokenization was supposed to disrupt global capital markets, but it ended in an unexpected compromise: permissionless rails carrying permissioned finance. A deep dive into SEC equity rules, European wholesale settlement, and why crypto’s plumbing is being absorbed to reinforce legacy finance.

Alex Harutunian
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
Layer1   -   Oct 16, 2025 Conflux: Blockchain Development Behind the Wall — and Beyond
Conflux: China’s State-Backed Bridge to the Blockchain World

While crypto remains banned, China’s state-backed blockchain ecosystem — led by Conflux — is expanding across Asia and into global finance. Conflux Network bridges China’s academic research, state strategy, and open blockchain innovation.

Alex Harutunian
Tokenization for Everything: Where Did We Actually Get?
Tokenization   -   Oct 09, 2026 Tokenization for Everything: Where Did We Actually Get?

Tokenization was supposed to disrupt global capital markets, but it ended in an unexpected compromise: permissionless rails carrying permissioned finance. A deep dive into SEC equity rules, European wholesale settlement, and why crypto’s plumbing is being absorbed to reinforce legacy finance.

Alex Harutunian
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Regulation   -   Feb 17, 2025 Binance Executive vs. Nigerian Government: Accusations and Counterclaims
Binance Executive vs. Nigerian Government: Accusations and Counterclaims

Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive once imprisoned in Nigeria, accuses the government of bribes and money laundering.

Rebecca Denton
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Feb 17, 2025 Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 17/02/2025
Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 17/02/2025

U.S. Fed drops the wholesale CBDC term, Russian banks resist digital ruble push, China adds scenarios for state payments with e-CNY

Leo Chao
Hacks, Bugs and Scams   -   Feb 17, 2025 Argentina’s Milei Faces Impeachment Calls Over Cryptocurrency Scandal
Argentina Milei president

The $LIBRA scandal has the president in hot water after he promoted the now-worthless coin, leading to huge losses for local investors.

Rebecca Denton
Newsletters   -   Feb 16, 2025 Sunday Review 16/02/2025
Sunday Review Observers

Happy Sunday, Observers! Buterin’s bad joke about communism threatened to be the major event in crypto this week but the Ethereum co-founder ended up being overshadowed by CZ’s pet dog Broccoli. The former CEO of Binance caused meme mayhem after he published some pictures of his Belgian

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Web3   -   Feb 15, 2025 Pump Drops More Fun
Pump Drops More Fun

Pump.Fun token launchpad released its mobile versions moving closer to its goal of becoming a social app. The powerhouse of meme coins is as busy as ever, but mounting criticism is taking a toll on the chances of long-term success.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
L2   -   Feb 14, 2025 Uniswap’s Unichain Goes Live, Setting the Stage for Unified Cross-Chain Swaps
Uniswap’s Unichain Goes Live, Setting the Stage for Unified Cross-Chain Swaps

The new layer 2 network aims to solve the Ethereum fragmentation problem and become a key player in the Ethereum L2 space.

Alexander Mardar
Blockchain Ownership   -   Feb 13, 2025 Story Protocol Launches Public Mainnet
story protocol

The purpose-built blockchain aims to support decentralized management of intellectual property rights, addressing among others the issue of unauthorized use and infringement by generative AI

Rebecca Denton
Ethereum   -   Feb 13, 2025 Ethereum Raises Gas Limit: Will All Transactions Fit Now?
Ethereum Raises Gas Limit: Will All Transactions Fit Now?

The world's largest blockchain increases limits to allow more transactions in the block. Is this something driven by its short-term needs or a forward-looking strategy?

Alexander Mardar
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