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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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Newsletters   -   Oct 20, 2024 Sunday Review 20/10/2024
Sunday review Observers

Happy Sunday, Observers! The narrative of a Bitcoin “Uptober” is in full swing now that its price has finally broken the $65,000 resistance level it has been stuck on for the past seven months. The breakthrough has been largely due to the institutional interest in cryptocurrency coming from the

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Coins and tokens   -   Oct 18, 2024 deBridge Unveils $DBR with Airdrop to 491,000 Wallets
deBridge Unveils $DBR with Airdrop to 491,000 Wallets

The token represents an important step towards decentralization. It empowers token holders to make key decisions regarding the governance of the protocol.

Alexander Mardar
Coins and tokens   -   Oct 18, 2024 Hamster Took A Break From Its Kombat: Can Season II Change It?
Hamster Took A Break From Its Kombat: Can Season II Change It?

After the massive airdrop, Hamster Kombat's user base has cooled off. As the game is about to embark on a new season, it remains to be seen if the team can bring utility and value to its token and keep the users engaged.

Sasha Markevich
Litigation   -   Oct 17, 2024 Ripple: SEC Files Last-Minute Appeal, $1M XRP Donation to Harris Campaign
Ripple: SEC Files Last-Minute Appeal, $1M XRP Donation to Harris Campaign

XRP prices rose as the SEC missed its October 16 deadline. Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen made a significant XRP donation to the Kamala Harris campaign.

Mathilde Adam
Adoption Tools   -   Oct 17, 2024 How Is Durov's Arrest Connected to Telegram's Crypto Expansion?
How Is Durov's Arrest Connected to Telegram's Crypto Expansion?

Telegram's founder was arrested in August in France. While the reason given was his connection to criminal activity on the platform, Telegram's activities in Web3 could be the real cause. Like Facebook's Libra/Diem, authorities can be sensitive to private money initiatives by large social networks.

Sasha Markevich
Ethereum   -   Oct 16, 2024 Vitalik Buterin: Possible Futures of the Ethereum Protocol
Vitalik Buterin Ethereum improvement

Buterin ponders the necessary infrastructural changes that should be implemented in Ethereum to enhance its decentralization and reduce its time to finality.

Alexander Mardar
Metrics and Signals   -   Oct 16, 2024 Is Bitcoin Not Popular Anymore?
Bitcoin google search google trends

Bitcoin hit its lowest search interest level on Google last week. The simplest reason—that it might be losing its popularity—is not the right one.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
L2   -   Oct 15, 2024 Layer 2 Blockchains or Just Advanced Servers? Uniswap Migrates To Its Own Infrastructure
Layer 2 Blockchains or Just Advanced Servers? Uniswap Migrates To Its Own Infrastructure

Uniswap launches "Unichain" - a Layer 2 blockchain with promises of lower costs and faster trades. But where is the line that divides decentralized networks from proprietary servers?

Alexander Mardar
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