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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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Jul 31, 2022 US Treasury Research Office Studies Implications Of CBDC On Private Bank Deposits
Todd Keister of Rutgers University and Dr Cyril Monnet of the University of Bern

The Office of Financial Research of US Treasury commissions a study about implications of CBDC on bank’s deposits, possible effects on bank…

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Jul 31, 2022 Dubai’s Metaverse Strategy
The Higher Committee for Future Technology and Digital Economy in Dubai.

Crown Prince of Dubai Hamdan bin Mohammed has launched the Dubai Metaverse Strategy. The strategy “aims to turn Dubai into one of the…

Observers
Jul 31, 2022 Microsoft’s Minecraft Bans NFTs
Minecraft NFT

The sandbox-style video game Minecraft, owned by Microsoft, is prohibiting the use of NFTs on its servers and NFTs that are based on the…

Observers
Polkadot   -   Jul 29, 2022 Polkadot Presented the New Governance System
Dr. Gavin Wood, Polkadot co-founder

Polkadot has presented their vision of a new governance system. It’s called Gov2.

Alex Harutunian
Jul 28, 2022 Key Points of the European Central Bank’s Report on Crypto-Financial Risks
 Market capitalisation-indexed growth of selected segments of the crypto-asset ecosystem.

The new report was prepared by Alexandra Born and Joseph M. Vendrell Simon, in which they described the risks associated with…

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Jul 27, 2022 Yuga Labs Opens Otherside for the First Voyagers

Otherside, a metaverse gaming platform from the creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, opened for 4300+ users for its first demo and a tour…

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Jul 26, 2022 Coinbase Seem to Struggle But Try to Play It Cool

Current market downturn strongly destabilises crypto exchanges positions. Problems vary from regulation issues to liquidity shortages. Even…

Observers
Ethereum   -   Jul 26, 2022 The Merge is Approaching (Again)
 Goerli-prater merge projections.

The Merge — the complete transition of Ethereum to Proof-of-Stake — will happen very soon. We present you the latest news on this process.

Alex Harutunian
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