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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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NFT   -   Dec 17, 2022 Chinese Court Recognises NFTs as Virtual Property Protected by Law
Chinese Court Recognises NFTs as Virtual Property Protected by Law

A Chinese court has found that NFTs share the same characteristics of property, such as value, scarcity, disposability, and tradability. Hence NFTs should have the same protections as physical property under Chinese law.

Alex Harutunian
Bitcoin   -   Dec 16, 2022 New Users Follow Bitcoin Price Peaks and Loose Money. BIS Research
New Users Follow Bitcoin Price Peaks and Loose Money. BIS Research

Recently BIS published a working paper on crypto trading and retail adoption. The main idea was “to provide cross-country evidence that retail investors enter the market following Bitcoin price increases”.

Sasha Markevich
Blockchain   -   Dec 16, 2022 Charles Hoskinson on Cardano's Suppression, Developments and Future
Charles Hoskinson of Cardano on AMA session 10 December 2022

Charles Hoskinson is a bright and active speaker that frequently turns up on social media to answer questions from the community and share his views on industry developments. Our Cardano Observer, Jonatan Blum, watched his recent 2-hour-long AMA session in search of clues.

Observers
Exchanges   -   Dec 16, 2022 Crypto.com Assures Your Funds Are More Than 100% Safe
Crypto.com. Source: crypto-insiders.nl

Crypto.com published its Proof-of-Reserve that shows that they have over 100% reserves for major tokens. FTX Collapse has shattered the market. Crypto users have become more cautious. Crypto.com gave cause for concern when they paused withdrawals on the Solana network after the FTX crash. Now, to

Observers
Stablecoins   -   Dec 16, 2022 Tether vs. Wall Street Journal. Goodbye Secured Loans!
Tether vs. Wall Street Journal. Goodbye Secured Loans!

After another critical article from the Wall Street Journal, Tether announced that it would get rid of “Secured loans” by the end of next year.

Alex Harutunian
Binance   -   Dec 15, 2022 Binance Crypto Indices: What Does BlueBird Track?
Binance Crypto Indices: What Does BlueBird Track?

Crypto indices trading can be a good alternative to trading individual coins. Here is an overview of Binance Indices.

Sasha Markevich
Ethereum   -   Dec 15, 2022 Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade. What’s New?
Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade. What’s New?

A major update of the Ethereum network will take place in the near future. The developers said that they plan to carry out the Shanghai Network Upgrade in March 2023.

Alex Harutunian
CBDC   -   Dec 15, 2022 Digitalization by Restrictions. A Local's Perspective on Nigeria’s CBDC Push.
eNaira application and Naira cash banknotes

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a new cash withdrawal limit policy with effect from January 9, 2023, to push eNaira.

Alex Harutunian
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