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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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Newsletters   -   Dec 15, 2024 Sunday Review 15/12/2024
Sunday Review 15/12/2024

Happy Sunday Observers! It has been almost a year since Bitcoin spot BTFs were approved, but still, nothing excites the crypto community more than seeing the big sharks from traditional finance and international politics validate their industry. The market surged on Thursday following World Liberty Financial's crypto Christmas

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Hacks, Bugs and Scams   -   Dec 15, 2024 Trust An Influencer And Get Scammed
Trust An Influencer And Get Scammed

Every day now, hundreds of crypto users are falling victim to scams and rug pulls that either derive from cyber attacks on unsuspecting influencers or from influencers themselves.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Adoption Tools   -   Dec 13, 2024 One Ring to Store Them All: Do We Need the Twelve Words?
One Ring to Store Them All: Do We Need the Twelve Words?

Tangem offers a fancy ring-shaped crypto custody device and argues against seed phrases. But what alternative does the hardware wallet firm suggest? Our observer discusses crypto custody practices with the team.

Sasha Markevich
Institutional Adoption   -   Dec 13, 2024 Trump's World Liberty Financial Spends Big On AAVE, Chainlink & ETH
Trump's World Liberty Financial Spends Big On AAVE, Chainlink & ETH

The purchases have stirred market activity and set the stage for possible future expansions in WLF's DeFi operations.

Rebecca Denton
Stablecoins   -   Dec 13, 2024 Binance With USDC Circle
Binance With USDC Circle

What lies beneath the alliance of the two crypto behemoths?

Sasha Markevich
L2   -   Dec 12, 2024 Movement Labs Launches New Layer 2 to Tackle Smart Contract Hacks
Movement Labs Launches New Layer 2 to Tackle Smart Contract Hacks

The new network will leverage the Move programming language, originally developed by Meta, to enhance security, performance, and user experience for blockchain developers.

Alexander Mardar
Blockchain   -   Dec 11, 2024 Solana Attracts Ethereum Talent as Max Resnick Joins Development Team
Solana Attracts Ethereum Talent as Max Resnick Joins Development Team

Despite his role at Consensus, Max Resnick has been vocal on crypto Twitter, criticizing Ethereum’s scaling roadmap for lacking ambition and suggesting that the platform has taken the wrong path.

Alexander Mardar
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