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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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Update   -   Dec 14, 2022 UPD: Starbucks Launches Beta of the Web3 Loyalty Program
UPD: Starbucks Launches Beta of the Web3 Loyalty Program

On December 8, the highly anticipated Odyssey program, which combines customer loyalty rewards with NFT collecting and other gamified elements, launched to a small group of waitlist members including customers and employees in the US.

Alex Harutunian
Economy   -   Dec 14, 2022 BIS Discovered $80 Trillion Debt. Borrowers Are Not Yet Identified
Bank for International Settlements. Source: centralbanking.com

The BIS report has revealed an $80 trillion debt falling out of the balance sheets of financial organizations. It might be a ticking bomb for the next crisis.

Observers
Stablecoins   -   Dec 13, 2022 USDD Loses Its Peg Again, Struggles With The Low Demand
USDD stablecoin depeg

After the collapse of FTX, the stablecoin from Tron lost its peg to the dollar and has not yet returned to normal. On December 12, the USDD deviated strongly from the dollar, the price of the stablecoin was about 97 cents.

Alex Harutunian
Business   -   Dec 13, 2022 Checking Meta Health
Checking Meta Health

Recently we have discussed how Twitter is doing under the control of its new Captain Elon Musk. Meanwhile, Meta has been steering through its own storms and mists. Let’s first take a look at the chart of Meta Platforms Shares. Lately, there have been two sharp falls. The first

Observers
Exchanges   -   Dec 13, 2022 Kraken Lays Off Staff, How Come?
Kraken Lays Off Staff

Crypto exchange Kraken is facing difficulties amid the crypto downturn and taking steps to stay afloat.

Sasha Markevich
Litigation   -   Dec 13, 2022 Celsius. Resolution on the First Payments
Celsius. Resolution on the First Payments

The December hearings in the Celsius bankruptcy case brought us some important news. Firstly, the company's exclusivity period has been extended to February 15, 2023, secondly, Celsius must return $44 million to its customers, and the KERP bonus program was approved by the court.

Alex Harutunian
Exchanges   -   Dec 12, 2022 ARGOS ID and Traveler Rule
ARGOS ID and Traveler Rule

Argos KYC, the verification provider, has introduced the first travel rule solution for unhosted wallets.

Sasha Markevich
Regulation   -   Dec 11, 2022 EU-Crypto, Qatar-Cash
Eva Kaili meeting with the Minister of Labor of Qatar

European Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili, known for her active role in promoting the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCa) regulations was charged and imprisoned in Belgium, amid a police investigation into alleged corruption linked with Qatar.

Alex Harutunian
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