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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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Apr 22, 2022 Digital finance: Pilot regime on distributed ledger technology market infrastructures (DLT)

EU Pilot regime on distributed ledger technology market infrastructures (DLT).

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Apr 22, 2022 Bitcoin Eyes Weekly Loss Ahead of US CPI, surprisingly?

Macroeconomic fears resurfaced this week, putting pressure on risk assets, including bitcoin. The top cryptocurrency traded at $43,300…

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NFT   -   Apr 22, 2022 The First Metaverse Fashion Week: “Yay” or “Nay”
Metaverse Fashion Week

The first-ever digital fashion week hits Decentraland Metaverse. Do NFTs follow fashion trends or does fashion follows NFT tech?

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Worldwide   -   Apr 22, 2022 The U.S. Government to Delve into Digital Dollar and Cryptocurrency Risks

The world’s reserve currency may be about to go digital.

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Apr 22, 2022 Bitcoin Stuck: Support at $40K-$43K; Resistance at $48,000 and $50,000

Bitcoin (BTC) is stuck in a tight range with occasional price swings. The cryptocurrency is approaching a support zone between $40,000 and…

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Blockchain   -   Apr 22, 2022 The next step of blockchain to academic circles

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Apr 17, 2022 FDIC Asks All Banks to Report Crypto Activities

On Thursday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a financial institution letter — a letter sent to CEOs of…

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Ethereum   -   Apr 17, 2022 Uncalm before the storm: “The Merge” is coming

Ethereum miners have inflated the hashrate to a historic peak. It’s all the fault of “The Merge” discussed in the last decade — the…

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