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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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Blockchain   -   Nov 10, 2022 Synonym.to: Bitcoin, not Blockchain
Synonym logo. Source: synonym.to

Synonym is a bitcoin open-source software company that is developing peer-to-peer protocols and applications for global Bitcoin adoption. It promotes “hyperbitcoinization” - a future state where Bitcoin is more widely used as a default value and payment system.

Sasha Markevich
Business   -   Nov 09, 2022 Is Elon Musk Ready For Taking Over Another Business?
Elon Musk buys Twitter. Source: techcrunch.co

Elon Musk becoming the CEO of Twitter has made a lot of noise in the media. Still, his net worth keeps taking a hit. As well as his other businesses. Elon Musk finalized the deal for purchasing Twitter for $44 billion on October 27, which made him the largest shareholder

Observers
Exchanges   -   Nov 09, 2022 FTX, Alameda. Binance
Screenshot of Coinmarketcap page amid FTX Alameda Binance saga

We present the timeline of events surrounding Alameda's $14.6 billion assets and the mysteries behind their ties with FTX and how Binance stepped into the game.

Alex Harutunian
Update   -   Nov 09, 2022 UPD: Tether accuses Bloomberg of spreading disinformation

At the end of October, Bloomberg, citing its sources, published an article stating that a new investigative team is taking over looking into the alleged fraud of the Tether leadership. Tether's reaction followed very quickly. In a message on the official website, the company accused Bloomberg of lying

Alex Harutunian
Litigation   -   Nov 09, 2022 New Charges and an Appearance on the Air. Do Kwon
New Charges and an Appearance on the Air. Do Kwon

According to the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), the South Korean prosecutor's office has received evidence of price manipulation of the collapsed stablecoin by Do Kwon. Against the background of these events, Kwon appears live on Twitch.

Alex Harutunian
Regulation   -   Nov 08, 2022 LBRY's Unfortunate Odyssey
A screenshot from LBRY Odysee platform with LBRY logo

The blockchain project LBRY that is developing “decentralized” Youtube, Odysee, lost the court case against SEC. Observers see a precedent for the Ripple case.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Nov 08, 2022 Stablecoin USN as an Example of How you Can Collapse a Small Project Without Harming the Company and Users
Coins NEAR and the inscription closed

NEAR Foundation will help to safely stop the operation of a stable USN coin. The project ceases its operations due to insufficient provision of stablecoin and high risks.

Alex Harutunian
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