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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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Regulation   -   Jan 08, 2025 Czech National Bank Signals Interest In Bitcoin Reserve

The pro-crypto governor of the Czech National Bank, Aleš Michl, is considering incorporating Bitcoin into the nation's foreign exchange reserves as part of a diversification strategy. In an interview on CNN, Michl suggested the move would be modest, introducing Bitcoin alongside traditional assets like gold. While the

Rebecca Denton
Meme-coins   -   Jan 08, 2025 Vitalik Buterin Sells Off Meme-coins

28 different meme-coins, including Doge, JShiba and Pluto, were sold by Vitalik Buterin this week. All proceeds from the almost 984,000 USDC sale were donated to his charity, Kanro. The sell-off impacted the price of the coins, including Dogecoin’s sister coin, Neiro, which plunged 3% after

Rebecca Denton
Sunday Review   -   Jan 05, 2025 Sunday Review 05/01/2025
Sunday Review Observers

Happy New Year, Observers! We hope you are well rested because 2025 is probably going to be an even bigger rollercoaster than last year—and didn’t we have quite a wild ride? If you are within European Union borders, you were probably concerned by the uncertainty surrounding Tether’s

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Bitcoin   -   Jan 04, 2025 Bitcoin: Still An Early-Bird Game
Bitcoin: Still An Early-Bird Game

A look at the changing attitudes to Bitcoin as it enters 2025 on a high, with promises of looser regulations and Wall Street's full embrace.

Rebecca Denton
Stablecoins   -   Jan 03, 2025 X Set to Launch X Money in 2025, Expanding Its Digital Ecosystem
X Set to Launch X Money in 2025, Expanding Its Digital Ecosystem

X (formerly Twitter) is slowly transforming into an "everything app" with the launch of X Money sometime this year.

Rebecca Denton
Month in Money   -   Dec 31, 2024 Month in Money 12/2024

FalconX nears deal to acquire Arbelos Markets after Trump’s victory. X CEO Linda Yaccarino announces 'X Money' payment system launching in 2025. Montenegro extradites Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to the US with Interpol's help. Syria proposes legalizing Bitcoin under transitional government. Switzerland explores

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Regulation   -   Dec 28, 2024 Global Crypto Policy Update - 12/2024
Global Crypto Policy Update - 12/2024

December 2024 saw significant crypto policy developments worldwide, with the U.S. appointing a new SEC chair and approving Bitcoin ETFs, the EU implementing its MiCA legislation, and several countries introducing new rules on mining, transactions, and taxation.

Mathilde Adam
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