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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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Ethereum   -   Nov 12, 2024 Ethereum Name Service Plans to Launch Its Own Layer 2 Network
Ethereum Name Service Plans to Launch Its Own Layer 2 Network

The new Layer 2 network aims to make the ENS project more decentralized and open to new use cases and connections, solving the issues previously caused by the Ethereum mainnet.

Alexander Mardar
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Nov 11, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 11/11/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup Observers.com

China releases a hard wallet for the digital yuan, as Amazon trials a tokenization concept that sees small businesses paid faster.

Mathieu Legrand
Newsletters   -   Nov 10, 2024 Sunday Review 10/11/2024
Sunday Review Observers

A new age is upon us. Donald J. Trump's election as the next president of the United States is a history-defining moment set to impact the lives of everyone around the globe. Trump's pro-crypto stance during the presidential campaign led the crypto world to regard the

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Tokenization   -   Nov 10, 2024 Singapore's Project Guardian: Swift, UBS, Chainlink Pilot Connects Tokenized Assets with TradFi Systems
Singapore's Project Guardian: Swift, UBS, Chainlink Pilot Connects Tokenized Assets with TradFi Systems

The pilot successfully proved that tokenized funds can settle through Swift's traditional payment network, while Project Guardian gets more trials and members.

Mathilde Adam
Adoption   -   Nov 09, 2024 Polkadot Partners with São Paulo for Education as Brazil's Crypto Market Surges
Municipality San Paolo Sao Paolo Blockchain education

The free blockchain course targets local entrepreneurs and developers, aiming to boost Brazil's crypto tech hub.

Mathilde Adam
L1   -   Nov 09, 2024 Eclipse Launches First Layer-2 Network Combining Ethereum and Solana Tech
Eclipse Launches First Layer-2 Network Combining Ethereum and Solana Tech

The project seeks to bridge the gap between the two leading smart contract blockchains and develop a network that integrates the advantages of both Ethereum and Solana.

Alexander Mardar
L1   -   Nov 08, 2024 Ethereum Unveils Mekong Testnet Ahead of Pectra Fork
Ethereum Unveils Mekong Testnet Ahead of Pectra Fork

Pectra aims to enhance the user and developer experience on Ethereum and will lay the groundwork for future scalability improvements.

Alexander Mardar
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