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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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Aug 07, 2022 Damien Hirst Will Burn His Art in NFT Project
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One of the richest artist in the UK, Damien Hirst, will burn thousands of his paintings at Newport Street Gallery in London this September…

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Aug 07, 2022 IMF On Kenya CBDC Paper, Commends Caution
 Central Bank

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NFT   -   Aug 05, 2022 Web3 Streaming Platform Audius Hacked For $6M
audius

Thanks to the bug in the contract initialization code, the hacker succeeded in stealing 18 billion $AUDIO tokens, which at the time of the theft amounted to more than $6 million.

Alex Harutunian
Web3   -   Aug 05, 2022 Final Fantasy NFTs Are Coming to Enjin’s Polkadot-based Efinity Platform
Final Fantasy protagonist Cloud Strife as a phygital product. NFT toys

Square Enix’s Final Fantasy has teamed up with Enjin’s Polkadot-based Efinity platform to launch NFT collectibles.

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Ethereum   -   Aug 04, 2022 Lido’s Expansion on Ethereum Layer 2
low gas staking

Lido, a multi-chain liquid staking platform, announced the launch of stETH on Layer 2.

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Bridges and Interoperability   -   Aug 03, 2022 People Get Mad, Thanks To Nomad: $190 Million Bridge Exploit
Nomad Bridge hacked People get mad

More than $190 million in various tokens has vanished due to an exploit in the cross-chain bridge Nomad.

Alex Harutunian
Coins and tokens   -   Jul 31, 2022 Wow! Great Dogecoin Update, Many Features
Dogecoin

Dogecoin has been updated to version 1.14.6. Improved efficiency, security updates and with many more features.

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