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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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FTX   -   Nov 22, 2022 FTX Made the Crypto Winter Even Colder. Technical Analysis Overview
BTC/USDT chart

The FTX crisis fuelled the current downtrend on the charts of the most liquid cryptocurrencies.

Sasha Markevich
Exchanges   -   Nov 21, 2022 FTX Was Hacked. Or Not?
FTX Was Hacked. Or Not?

Earlier it was reported that the entire collapse of FTX could have been the result of hacking. But, is it true? Let's figure it out.

Alex Harutunian
Web3   -   Nov 20, 2022 Will Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Survive the Price Drop?
Will Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Survive the Price Drop?

After the FTX liquidity crunch crypto prices are down, which is affecting the NFT market. “Blue chip” BAYC NFTs are seeing sinking prices as ETH falls and owners potentially panic-sell their assets.

Alex Harutunian
Web3   -   Nov 19, 2022 StepN Creator Launched NFT Marketplace with Mandatory Royalties
Find Satoshi Lab launched a new NFT marketplace MOOAR

The creators of move-to-earn game StepN, Find Satoshi Lab, launched an Ethereum and Solana NFT marketplace called MOOAR. It enforces creator-set royalties and has a monthly subscription fee.

Alex Harutunian
Business   -   Nov 19, 2022 TwitterPay Is On The Way?
Twitter Payments.

Under the direction of Elon Musk Twitter, which he took over a couple of weeks ago, might launch its own payment processing platform. The company filed registration paperwork with the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network last week, according to The New York Times.

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Exchanges   -   Nov 18, 2022 FTX Bankruptcy Reveals The State Of A Major CEX
FTX

Today we are discussing the news around FTX. In particular, about the bankruptcy procedure of the company.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Nov 18, 2022 HUSD and USDD Lose Their Peg
HUSD and USDD Lose Their Peg

The FTX crisis, like the fall of Terra, affected a lot of crypto projects, against this background, HUSD and USDD stablecoins lost their binding to the dollar.

Alex Harutunian
Web3   -   Nov 18, 2022 Was Burning a Frida Kahlo Drawing for NFT Project a Bad Idea?
Was Burning a Frida Kahlo Drawing for NFT Project a Bad Idea?

Crypto businessman Martin Mobarak destroyed a Frida Kahlo drawing worth $10 million for his NFT project. Sadly, the project has so far sold NFTs for only $11,000, and Mobarak has broken Mexican law with his stunt.

Alex Harutunian
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