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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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CBDC   -   Jan 24, 2023 Digital Peso: Original Plans Cancelled
Banco de Mexico Banxico

On January 05, 2023, the Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) stated that the announced launch of the Central Bank’s (CBDC) digital currency was going to be delayed. According to the original plan, Digital Peso was to be released in 2024.

Observers
Hacks, Bugs and Scams   -   Jan 23, 2023 UPD: Shiba Inu’s Layer 2 Advertisement Pushed on a Hacked YouTube Crypto Blogger Chanel

We recently wrote about Shibarium – Shiba Inu's Layer 2. In an interesting development of this news is that Shibarium advertisement appeared in two stolen YouTube channels. More than half a million people were subscribed to the channels at the time of the hack.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Jan 23, 2023 LUNC Afloat Again?
LUNC logo on the background of coins.

The Terra Classic update aimed at eliminating the possibility of re-minting tokens and increasing the cost of gas by five times has been accepted by the community and supported by Binance. The price of LUNC increases.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Jan 22, 2023 BAYC Sales Rise Ahead of Skill-based NFT Game “Dookey Dash”
BAYC Sales Rise Ahead of Skill-based NFT Game “Dookey Dash”

Yuga Labs, the company behind the popular NFT collection BAYC, has announced the launch of their new blockchain game, Dookey Dash.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Jan 21, 2023 "Token of the Persian Gulf Region” from Iran and Russia
Gold coin on the background of the flags of Russia and Iran.

The authorities in Russia and Iran are discussing the creation of a stablecoin tied to gold. The "Token of the Persian Gulf region" will be used for cross-border payments, but first a legislative framework for regulating cryptocurrencies is required.

Alex Harutunian
Metrics and Signals   -   Jan 21, 2023 MVRV. A Signal to Buy Bitcoin Now?
MVRV Bitcoin BTC USD 2012-2022

MVRV, a ratio that compares the market capitalization of an asset to its realized capitalization, indicates the beginning of the accumulation phase.

Sasha Markevich
CBDC   -   Jan 21, 2023 Nigeria Non-cash Struggles
Nigeria Cash eNaira ATM restrictions cash withdrawal CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria has slightly eased the cash withdrawal limits policy announced earlier. Nigeria is still on route to a full non-cash economy

Alex Harutunian
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