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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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Adoption Tools   -   Oct 31, 2024 Can A Digital Wallet Be A Catalyst For Economic Change In One Of The World's Poorest Countries?
Can A Digital Wallet Be A Catalyst For Economic Change In One Of The World's Poorest Countries?

MainMoney combines digital money with digital identity to transform the Democratic Republic of Congo's payment system.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Regulation   -   Oct 30, 2024 VCs Join Beba's Lawsuit Against SEC for More Clarity on Airdrops
Vc firms beba gensler

Five major venture capital firms, including Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), Multicoin Capital, and Paradigm, are challenging the regulator's stance on digital asset airdrops, supporting a Texas apparel company's argument that free token distributions should not be classified as securities transactions.

Mathilde Adam
Month in Money   -   Oct 30, 2024 Month in Money 10/2024

Bitget wallet on Telegram reaches 6 million users just 3 days after launch. FDUSD stablecoin set to launch on Solana. Binance partners with AWS for a cloud-based machine learning solution. Kraken launches a fully customizable desktop trading application. Chainlink unveils major upgrade to boost flexibility and scalability. London PR firm

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Adoption Tools   -   Oct 30, 2024 Are Plastic Card Crypto Wallets Secure? A Deep Dive With Satochip
Are Plastic Card Crypto Wallets Secure? A Deep Dive With Satochip

Security and user experience remain paramount (and mutually exclusive) factors in the crypto industry. A plastic smartcard wallet is a handy, cheap, and familiar device for securing digital assets, but do we compromise on security? Our observer discusses it with Satochip founder Bastien Taquet

Sasha Markevich
Metrics and Signals   -   Oct 30, 2024 Hong Kong Launches Virtual Asset Index to Guide Asian DeFi Market
HKEX Hong Kong CCDATA

With the new Virtual Asset Index Series, HKEX aims to create benchmarks for Bitcoin and Ether in Asia. Administrated by CCData, the indices aim to offer real-time and settlement-oriented prices. Reliable benchmarks can boost investors' confidence and support other financial products.

Sasha Markevich
L2   -   Oct 29, 2024 The Rise of Optimism Superchain in Ethereum’s Layer 2 Space
The Rise of Optimism Superchain in Ethereum’s Layer 2 Space

Over 50 networks, including prominent ones like Base, Kraken, and Uniswap, have embraced Optimism’s technology, drawn by its simplicity and seamless interoperability.

Alexander Mardar
L1   -   Oct 28, 2024 Private Blockchain Pioneer R3 Explores Sale as Public Networks Take Over TradFi
Private Blockchain Pioneer R3 Explores Sale as Public Networks Take Over TradFi

Enterprise blockchain company R3 is exploring strategic options, including a potential sale, highlighting a broader shift in the financial sector's embrace of public over private blockchain networks.

Mathilde Adam
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Oct 28, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 28/10/2024
Banking and CBDC weekly roundu

India is once again weighing up a crypto ban in order to boost adoption of the digital rupee, while the Russian regulator warns banks of penalties. A new report suggests tokenization has little risk of jeopardizing financial stability.

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