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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   -   Aug 18, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 18/08/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 18/08/2024

Apple opens NFC and SE. An association of German banks questions the value of the digital euro, while the only financial institution offering a wallet for Jamaica's CBDC claims it adds friction to the user experience.

Observers
Coins and tokens   -   Aug 17, 2024 Trump Owns Crypto, But Bad News for Bitcoiners
Trump Owns Crypto, But Bad News for Bitcoiners

The Republican nominee has talked the talk when it comes to pro-Bitcoin policies, but it seems the 78-year-old is yet to put his money where his mouth is.

Observers
Bridges and Interoperability   -   Aug 16, 2024 Stretching Wrapped Bitcoin: The $9 Billion Bridge Project Enters Into a Controversial Partnership
Wrapped Bitcoin WBTC

The combination of Justin Sun’s reputation and the existing troubles at Bitgo, Wrapped Bitcoin's (WBTC’s) custodian, is causing alarm within the crypto community. Many fear that this mix could lead to instability and credibility issues for the largest Bitcoin to Ethereum bridge.

Alexander Mardar
ElSalvador   -   Aug 16, 2024 Bitcoin City Might Benefit from Maritime Investor, But Is It Enough?
Bitcoin City Might Benefit from Maritime Investor, But Is It Enough?

El Salvador secured the largest private investment in its history, which might benefit the Bitcoin City infrastructure. Volcano Bonds, which were supposed to finance its construction, are in the state of limbo.

Sasha Markevich
Gaming   -   Aug 15, 2024 Decentraland: A Virtual World Abandoned
Decentraland: A Virtual World Abandoned

Much like all other metaverses, on-chain and centralized, Decentraland activity levels have been continuously declining.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Regulation   -   Aug 15, 2024 Is Kamala Harris Changing Her Tune on Crypto?
Is Kamala Harris Changing Her Tune on Crypto?

While there had been assumptions that her stance would be a continuation of current White House policy, we're starting to get signs that the opposite might be true.

Observers
L1   -   Aug 14, 2024 The Struggle for Transparency and Reform in Cosmos Leadership
Cosmos blockchain

The Interchain Foundation faces growing scrutiny as allegations of opaque leadership and mismanagement surface within the Cosmos community.

Alexander Mardar
Gaming   -   Aug 14, 2024 Hamster Kombat's Whitepaper, Tokenomics, Airdrop and Rejected Investors
Hamster Kombat's Whitepaper, Tokenomics, Airdrop and Rejected Investors

The team shared that they have rejected some of the biggest VC firms' offers, putting users' interests in the first place. They also disclosed some details about the highly anticipated airdrop and the future of the ecosystem.

Sasha Markevich
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