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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 05, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 04/08/2024
Observers Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 04/08/2024

Offline digital euro and eSIM, low traction for digital rupee, e-CNY extends use cases, Brazil's DREX and Pix integration. Ripple and Open Eden in T-bill tokenization.

Observers
Newsletters   -   Aug 04, 2024 Sunday Review 04/08/2024
Sunday Review 04/08/2024

Hello Observers! It was a hot week, almost feverish. Following Trump’s speech at the 2024 Bitcoin conference in Nashville last Sunday, crypto Twitter and media, from inside and outside the United States, became more political and divided than ever before. Having a pro-crypto president in the United States,

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Moneytech   -   Aug 01, 2024 U.S. Treasury Bonds Dealer Voices Support for USDT, Humiliates USDC
U.S. Treasury Bonds Dealer Voices Support for USDT, Humiliates USDC

At the Bitcoin 2024 conference, Howard Lutnick emphasized Tether’s transparency, regulatory compliance, and security, contrasting it with Circle’s practices.

Sasha Markevich
Month in Money   -   Aug 01, 2024 Month in Money 08/2024

TON active addresses surpass Bitcoin and Ethereum. Cardano's Chang hard fork set to launch on September 1. Buterin has reduced his ETH holdings by 85K ETH in 3 years, stating that it was for projects and charity. CNBC reports that almost half of all corporate money raised for

Observers
tapswap   -   Aug 01, 2024 TapSwap Hype Continues Despite On-Going Token Launch Delays
TapSwap Hype Continues Despite On-Going Token Launch Delays

The latest viral mini-game on Telegram is toying around with its value proposition, hoping to "make history" with its anticipated airdrop.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Web3   -   Jul 31, 2024 Web3 Quest Platform Layer3 Rolls Out Its Native Token
Web3 Quest Platform Layer3 Rolls Out Its Native Token

The token will be used to attract more users to the platform and will offer additional rewards to long-term holders and stakers.

Alexander Mardar
Layer2   -   Jul 31, 2024 Blast Q2 Update: Thanks to Incentives, Activity Metrics Are Up, Token Value Down
Blast Q2 Update: Thanks to Incentives, Activity Metrics Are Up, Token Value Down

Despite relatively poor token performance, Blast is demonstrating strong traction, with 1.5 million users and 800,000 daily transactions.

Alexander Mardar
Exchanges   -   Jul 30, 2024 SEC Seeking Leave to Amend its Case Against Binance
Sec binance

The regulatory body could drop its charges related to ten tokens issued by entities other than Binance. The move might indicate that the SEC faced difficulties in prooving its position.

Sasha Markevich
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