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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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Coins and tokens   -   Oct 24, 2024 AI x Crypto Trend Ignites New Meme Coin Frenzy
AI x Crypto Trend Ignites New Meme Coin Frenzy

AI-run Twitter accounts are the newest trend in the meme coin world. Some people think it is the next big thing in crypto, while others are wary, believing it could just be another way to scam traders.

Alexander Mardar
Coins and tokens   -   Oct 23, 2024 Is It Time To Take Meme Coins Seriously?
Meme coins

There is growing talk that the right kind of meme coins could become more popular, influential, and valuable than altcoins in the long term. Wishful thinking, or is there more to it?

Rebecca Denton
L2   -   Oct 23, 2024 Yuga Labs Aims for a Comeback with the Launch of ApeChain Layer 3
Yuga Labs Aims for a Comeback with the Launch of ApeChain Layer 3

The chain has generated significant excitement within the Yuga Labs community. In just a few days, it has attracted over 100,000 users, while the value of the $APE token has nearly doubled.

Alexander Mardar
Ethereum   -   Oct 22, 2024 Heavy Choice: Ethereum To Allow More Space In Blocks For Layer 2 Networks
Ethereum blobs full

Large-scale adoption of Ethereum by Layer 2 chains led to a quick fill-up of blob space. Vitalik Buterin urged to allow for more cheap space for L2 usage in the closest upgrade.

Alexander Mardar
Monetary Economics   -   Oct 22, 2024 Russia Talks DLT On BRICS Forum
Russia Talks DLT On BRICS Forum

Russia is taking the lead in developing a common financial infrastructure for the BRICS intergovernmental organization. Russia's initiatives feature distributed ledger technology.

Sasha Markevich
Adoption Tools   -   Oct 21, 2024 dGEN1: Half Phone, Half "Start Trek Communicator", 100% Ethereum
dGEN1: Half Phone, Half "Start Trek Communicator", 100% Ethereum

A new hardware designed to look like a "communicator from Start Trek," allows users seamless access to all corners of the Ethereum ecosystem with zero experience breaks.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Prediction Markets   -   Oct 21, 2024 Trump is Leading on Polymarket: Manipulation or Another Opinion?
Trump is Leading on Polymarket: Manipulation or Another Opinion?

The betting odds on the platform indicate a much higher probability of Trump’s victory than traditional polls. A French whale might be responsible for pushing the market odds.

Sasha Markevich
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Oct 21, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 21/10/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup Observers

A new paper warns Russia's digital ruble may struggle to attract global adoption, as Mastercard teams up with an African bank so tokenized transactions can be made using wearable devices.

Observers
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