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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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Aug 30, 2022 Talos Can Be a Success
Talos Can Be a Success

Talos as a provider of institutional digital asset trading technology which also offers a huge variety of services is extremely successful…

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Ethereum   -   Aug 30, 2022 The Merge. Who Would Win and Who Would Lose?
The Merge. Who Would Win and Who Would Lose?

The Merge will happen very soon. We’ve been waiting for years, and now we’re almost at the finish line. But not everyone is happy that this…

Alex Harutunian
Worldwide   -   Aug 30, 2022 Just Text It. Bitcoin Outside the Internet
Machankura SMS commands

Machankura, the new SMS-based service which uses Lightning Network, could make BTC available to millions of users from South Africa…

Sasha Markevich
Regulation   -   Aug 30, 2022 South Korea to Combat Unregistered VASPs
Financial Services Commission building

South Korea is taking action against foreign VASPs for operating in the country without registration. KoFIU reported 16 cryptocurrency exchanges for working illegally.

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Aug 28, 2022 HUSD What Happened?
HUSD What Happened?

On August 18, HUSD stablecoin began to lose its peg to the dollar, which caused great concern to the community. But thanks to Huobi’s quick…

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Aug 27, 2022 “$FEI Protocol Is Shutting Down”
“$FEI Protocol Is Shutting Down”

Independent crypto researcher Ignas announced on his Twitter account why the Fei protocol will be closed.

Alex Harutunian
Aug 27, 2022 SEC Requires Hedge Funds to Report Crypto Exposure
SEC Requires Hedge Funds to Report Crypto Exposure

SEC has approved amendments to hedge fund reporting requirements. Among increased scrutiny, the regulator requires disclosure to crypto…

Observers
Aug 27, 2022 South Africa’s Central Bank Encourages Banks to Deal With Crypto
South African Reserve Bank. Source

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) — the country’s central bank — issued a Guidance Note that allows banks to act as an intermediary between their customers and crypto assets.

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