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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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Blockchain   -   Jul 21, 2022 Cosmosification of Ethereum
New DApps per Month chart

Reflections about the future of Ethereum based on the Meher Roy thread.

Alex Harutunian
Bridges and Interoperability   -   Jul 21, 2022 Polygon and Fantom Blockchain Networks Attacked

On Friday, July 1st, blockchain networks Polygon and Fantom were subjected to a DNS attack. No information about the stolen funds has been released yet.

Alex Harutunian
Jul 21, 2022 How a Fake LinkedIn Job Offer Allowed Theft from Axie Infinity
Axie Infinity

The popular P2E crypto game Axie Infinity was reportedly hacked using a complex phishing scheme involving fake LinkedIn job offers.

Observers
Jul 21, 2022 OpenSea Users Involved in Customer.io Email Data Breach

An employee of Customer.io, an email vendor contracted by OpenSea, misused their access to download and share email addresses of the users…

Observers
NFT   -   Jul 21, 2022 UPD: In support of Shiti Manghani’s words, the popular “move-to-earn” app is taking major steps forward.

In support of Shiti Manghani’s words, the popular “move-to-earn” app is taking major steps forward. StepN announced that the startup will invest 5% of their Q2 earnings to buy back and remove about 7 million GMT governance tokens to ensure the stability of their game economy. Besides,

Alex Harutunian
Jul 19, 2022 Digitalization of Financial System in Cambodia
Serey Chea

In Episode 80 of DBS Kopi Time, Serey Chea, Assistant Governor at the National Bank of Cambodia shared her views on the application of…

Observers
Jul 19, 2022 MakerDAO Approves Stablecoin Loan For US bank
The better experience bank maker

MakerDAO Governance has voted to approve Huntingdon Valley Bank proposal to open a stablecoin vault with real-world loans as collateral.

Observers
Stablecoins   -   Jul 17, 2022 CoinFLEX Resumes Limited Withdrawals, Recovering From Difficult Times
Requirements for future buyers. Source: Token Issuance Whitepaper

On July 15, the CoinFLEX crypto exchange will make 10% of funds on users’ balances active for withdrawal, unfortunately, the remaining 90%…

Alex Harutunian
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