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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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Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Sep 09, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 08/09/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekly Roundup: 08/09/2024

Russia's biggest bank is stepping up support for the digital ruble. Meanwhile, a new Citi report suggests demand for CBDCs among financial institutions is waning... and fast.

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Newsletters   -   Sep 08, 2024 Sunday Review 08/09/2024
Sunday Review 08/09/2024

Hello Observers! How is your glass, half full or half empty? Crypto prices kept falling all through the week, with Bitcoin even tickling the $53K panic level on Saturday following the release of U.S. job data. Despite this, the progress of the blockchain industry during the past seven days

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Events   -   Sep 07, 2024 Who Are The Duo Behind KBW2024? Meet Factblock and Hashed
KBW2024

As Korean Blockchain Week 2024 comes to its end, we salute the two companies that have been organizing the event since 2018 and also accelerating the growth of local and international startups.

Sasha Markevich
Metrics and Signals   -   Sep 06, 2024 How MVRV Ratio Explains The Current Bitcoin Price?
How MVRV Ratio Explains The Current Bitcoin Price?

The Bitcoin MVRV ratio has decoupled from the price of Bitcoin and stands at exactly its all-time average. What does this signal to Bitcoin investors?

Observers
Prediction Markets   -   Sep 06, 2024 Polymarket is Riding High. Will It Last?
Polymarket is Riding High. Will It Last?

The prediction market giant racked up record trading volumes in August, and is now on Bloomberg Terminal. But can it survive once the election betting frenzy is over?

Observers
Events   -   Sep 05, 2024 As KBW Takes Places, Do You Know What South Korea's Blockchain Landscape Is?
As KBW Takes Places, Do You Know What South Korea's Blockchain Landscape

What makes Korea Blockchain Week one of the most important events of the year for the industry?

Eva Senzaj Pauram
L2   -   Sep 05, 2024 Big In Asia: Sony, Samsung, and Newcomer Startale Gang Up To Develop New Blockchain
Big In Asia: Sony, Samsung, and Newcomer Startale Gang Up To Develop New Blockchain

As tech evolves, so do business relationships, and old rivals Samsung and Sony are now partnering to develop blockchain Soneium.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
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