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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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Jun 03, 2022 Portuguese Congress Rejects Two Bills Seeking to Tax Crypto

The proposals were submitted by two leftist parties. The government, which also seeks to apply taxes, hasn’t submitted a proposal so far.

Observers
Jun 03, 2022 eBay and Web3 Company OneOf Drop First NFT Collection for Non-crypto Buyers
OneOf

Global e-commerce giant, eBay, launched a series of exclusive NFTs through a strategic partnership with green NFT platform for sports…

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Stablecoins   -   Jun 03, 2022 After Listing on Binance the New Terra Luna Token Grew by Almost 40%

The updated Terra Luna (LUNA) token rose by 39.41% on Tuesday after the token was registered on the Binance cryptocurrency exchange…

Observers
Stablecoins   -   Jun 02, 2022 The Collapse of Terra as a Catalyst for New Laws for Stablecoins around the World

The collapse of Terra and the huge losses of investors from all over the world attracted the attention of lawmakers from different…

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Jun 02, 2022 Tether Launched Stablecoin Pegged to the Mexican Peso

The new token from Tether — MXN₮ — will be pegged to the Mexican Peso. Initially, the stablecoin will support the Ethereum, Tron and…

Alex Harutunian
L1   -   Jun 02, 2022 Solana Drift: Behind The Real Time

There was a malfunction in the Solana blockchain clock. The time on the network is half an hour behind the real time. The problem does not affect the operation of the network, but it can lead to a decrease in the rewards for staking.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Jun 01, 2022 ‘Move-to-earn’ Solana App StepN: the Latest Crypto Gaming Craze
Nft sneakers

StepN is a Web3 lifestyle app with Social-Fi and Game-Fi elements that allows players to earn by walking, jogging or running outdoors with…

Alex Harutunian
May 31, 2022 Digital Karma Coming after You, Buterin’s Vision
social recovery

The other day Vitalik Buterin and two other researchers, E. Glen Weyl and Puja Ohlhaver, published a huge article about the concept of Decentralized Society — DeSoc — introducing some analogue of “digital karma” or “social rating”, which they call Souls and Soulbound Tokens.

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