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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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Worldwide   -   Jan 04, 2023 Brazil’s PIX: the End of Paper Currency in the Country
Brazil’s PIX: the End of Paper Currency in the Country

Pix, a well-developed unified instant payment system, is moving the South American giant towards digitalization.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Jan 04, 2023 A Record 2022. Transactions in Stablecoins Exceeded $7 Trillion
A Record 2022. Transactions in Stablecoins Exceeded $7 Trillion

Coin Metrics released a review on the state of the network, the data showed that 2022 was a record year for payments in stablecoins on the network. The amount of transactions in stablecoins amounted to $7.4 trillion.

Alex Harutunian
Regulation   -   Jan 02, 2023 DAOs Go Legal On Marshall Islands
DAOs Go Legal On Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands, where DAOs were previously recognized as legal entities, have now passed a law making DAOs limited liability companies.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Jan 01, 2023 Palau, together with Ripple, Will Launch a National Stablecoin
Palau, together with Ripple, Will Launch a National Stablecoin

The President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr., spoke about the upcoming launch of a national stablecoin pegged to the dollar. Ripple will help the island state to implement its plans.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Dec 31, 2022 Green Light for Foreign Stablecoins in Japan
Green Light for Foreign Stablecoins in Japan

From 2023, the Financial Services Agency of Japan will legalize the distribution of foreign stablecoins in the country. At the same time, Kraken crypto exchange is shutting down work on the Japanese crypto market.

Alex Harutunian
Exchanges   -   Dec 31, 2022 The Battle for Voyager Digital
The Battle for Voyager Digital

Binance.US is to purchase Voyager Digital assets for $1 billion. Previously, FTX US had won the auction for the assets of Voyager Digital.

Alex Harutunian
Bitcoin   -   Dec 31, 2022 Holiday patterns. Bitcoin price
Bitcoin price monthly performance chart 2013-2022

In this year-end post we want to pay tribute to the single most important trigger in #moneytech development of the last decade - Bitcoin.

Alex Harutunian
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