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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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Web3   -   Aug 27, 2022 Crypto World of Eden a.k.a. Satoshi Island
Satoshi Island Presentation

The real case of an economy completely based on blockchain is almost here. The self-sustaining island, owned by Satoshi Island Holdings…

Sasha Markevich
Stablecoins   -   Aug 26, 2022 Tether in the Thick of Things
Tether logo. Source: Tether

Due to the sanctions against Tornado Cash, the market capitalization of the Tether stablecoin has grown by almost two billion dollars…

Alex Harutunian
Exchanges   -   Aug 26, 2022 Go Crypto, Brazil, Go
Go Crypto, Brazil, Go

BTG Pactual, the sixth largest banking institution in Brazil and the largest investment bank in Latam, and has launched a crypto trading platform Mynt. Other Brazilian fintech giants are keeping pace.

Sasha Markevich
Aug 25, 2022 UPD: On August 12 Axie Infinity announced that they are completely removing token rewards from its…

UPD: On August 12 Axie Infinity announced that they are completely removing token rewards from its classic game mode to attract users to a new game mode called Axie Infinity Origin. It means that users will not be able to mint SLPs (Smooth Love Potion tokens) in the classic version.

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CBDC   -   Aug 25, 2022 The Roadmap for Adoption of CBDC in Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
The Roadmap for Adoption of CBDC in Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean central bank, RBZ sketches a plan for development of its CBDC, hires tech contractors.

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Ethereum   -   Aug 24, 2022 The Merge. Soon. Date confirmed
 Ethereum

The final test merge was performed on the Goerli network. Developers are eliminating a potentially dangerous malfunction before The Merge…

Alex Harutunian
Aug 23, 2022 Revolut Gets The First Approval to Offer Crypto Services In Europe
revolut

A Cypriote branch of the UK-based fintech bank Revolut received its first approval to provide crypto asset services, amongst which include…

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Aug 23, 2022 Crypto and CBDC panel discussion at G20 ministers forum in Indonesia
G20 finance minister and central bank governor meeting, Bali Indonesia. Source: G20 website

The G20 ministers forum panel on CBDC and crypto hosted Australian and Swiss Central bank governors, the Head of Hong Kong Monetary…

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