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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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Regulation   -   Sep 10, 2022 Wyoming Crypto Banks are Still Without FR Master Accounts
The flag of Wyoming

The Fed published long expected guidelines that makes it theoretically possible to connect cryptobanks to the US banking system, no timing set

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Adoption   -   Sep 10, 2022 Bank of Russia: Impossible to Do without Cross-Border Crypto Payments
Central Bank of Russia Office

Due to the current geopolitical situation Bank of Russia and the Ministry of Finance are reconsidering their approach to cross-border crypto payments.

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Sep 08, 2022 Is Using Ad Blockers helpful?
Is Using Ad Blockers helpful?

Ad blockers are designed not only to remove annoying ads from your browser but also to protect against potentially malicious 3rd parties…

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Sep 08, 2022 UPD: Kyle Roche has started to withdraw from court cases filed by his company Roche Freedman.

Kyle Roche has started to withdraw from court cases filed by his company Roche Freedman. According to court records, the lawyer called off cases against Tether, Solana Labs, the Tron Foundation, and several other crypto companies. A couple of days prior he posted in his blog that he considers the

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Exchanges   -   Sep 07, 2022 Who Takes Huobi?
Huobi acquisition mem

Huobi’s founder may consider selling a majority stake in the crypto exchange company for $3 billion. FTX and Justin Sun are mentioned among some potential investors.

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Regulation   -   Sep 07, 2022 Here We Go Again: Ethiopia-Based Crypto Service Providers Are to Register
INSA logo

The Information Network Security Administration (INSA), an agency in charge of Ethiopia’s cyberspace security, called all entities that perform transfers of crypto and mining services in Ethiopia to register.

Sasha Markevich
Blockchain   -   Sep 07, 2022 ‘Solana Program Close’ Or How to Delete a Project by Clicking a Button
‘Solana Program Close’ Or How to Delete a Project by Clicking a Button

Due to a developer error, a Solana based Dex project OptiFi lost $661 thousand. Funds are blocked.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Sep 06, 2022 USDN Once Again Loses Its Peg to the Dollar
neutrino USD

On August 26, 2022, the algorithmic stable coin USDN lost its peg to the dollar once more. This time its value dropped to $0.90. This…

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