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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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Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Sep 23, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 23/09/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 23/09/2024

Australia and Canada abandon retail CBDCs, as a new Atlantic Council report shows 44 countries are now piloting one. Meanwhile, HSBC buys and sells tokenized gold with the help of quantum-secure technology.

Observers
Newsletters   -   Sep 22, 2024 Sunday Review 22/09/2024
Sunday Review 22/09/2024

Happy Sunday, Observers! The Bulls are happy and excited for a new run! Jerome Powell’s half-point rate cut announced on Wednesday has cleared the path for some speculation. The good news must be taken with caution, as unemployment levels put at risk the post-high-rate soft landing that the United

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Gaming   -   Sep 22, 2024 Launch of Flappy Bird And Binance Telegram Mini-Games Shrouded In Controversy
Launch of Flappy Bird And Binance Telegram Mini-Games Shrouded In Controversy

On their first week, Flappy Bird and Moonbix have offered up a complete entertainment package: a game and a scandal.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Coins and tokens   -   Sep 20, 2024 Hamster Kombat On the Verge of Airdrop
Hamster Kombat On the Verge of Airdrop

Season 1 is coming to an end today. Users have become more active, trying to earn at the last moment. Meanwhile, the team takes on the cheats and finds new partners.

Sasha Markevich
Exchanges   -   Sep 19, 2024 Belarus Limits Crypto On and Off-Ramping to Local Exchanges
Belarus crypto htp hi tech part

The new law prohibits citizens from buying and selling crypto with fiat on foreign exchanges. By directing the flows through local exchanges, the government aims to increase its control over crypto transactions. At Observers, we imagine Russia could follow the same path.

Sasha Markevich
Regulation   -   Sep 19, 2024 DLT Science Foundation Backs MiCA Crypto Alliance to Navigate EU Regulations
DLT Science Foundation Backs MiCA Crypto Alliance to Navigate EU Regulations

Founders Hedera, Ripple, and the Aptos Foundation are driving efforts to standardize sustainability disclosures and ensure smooth compliance with the upcoming MiCA regulation.

Mathilde Adam
Sep 18, 2024 Fed Announces Aggressive 0.5% Interest Rate Cut
Fed Announces Aggressive 0.5% Interest Rate Cut

Lower interest rates increase investor's appetite for higher-risk assets such as cryptocurrencies.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
DePIN   -   Sep 18, 2024 AO Computer Brings New Waves To Arweave Decentralized Storage Project
AO Computer Brings New Waves To Arweave Decentralized Storage Project

The promise of AO Computer lies in its unique approach to decentralized computing, allowing it to handle the intensive demands of AI applications within smart contracts on top of decentralized nodes. The new project has already attracted nearly $400 million in TVL

Alexander Mardar
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