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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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Blockchain   -   Jul 30, 2024 IOTA Is Opening Up To Retail Investors With Six New Hand-Picked Projects
IOTA Is Opening Up To Retail Investors With Six New Hand-Picked Projects

Focusing on institutional adoption has made one of the oldest layer-ones in the industry, the IOTA Foundation, almost unbeknown to retail users. A new L2 and a targeted acceleration program are taking it out of the shadows.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
DAO   -   Jul 29, 2024 DeFi Whales Execute $24 Million Governance Attack on Compound
DeFi Whales Execute $24 Million Governance Attack on Compound

They used substantial token holdings to pass a proposal withdrawing 5% of Compound Treasury for yield strategies. This move raised concerns as governance lost control of the treasury funds without clear returns, likely for the personal gains of a small group of people.

Alexander Mardar
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Jul 28, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 27/07/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 27/07/2024

For all the key details of new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. CBDC Updates “Forget it. There will never be CBDC while I

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Sunday Review   -   Jul 28, 2024 Sunday Review 28/07/2024
Sunday Review 28/07/2024

Hello observers! This was a week of firsts for the crypto community and the world. Monday was the world’s hottest day on record, with the global average surface air temperature rising for the first time to 17.15 degrees Celsius. On Friday, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Tokens   -   Jul 26, 2024 Airdrops: Imperfect Yet Irreplaceable, For Now
Airdrops: Imperfect Yet Irreplaceable, For Now

While the efficiency of airdrops is debated, they still play a pivotal role in the token distribution strategies of many crypto projects.

Alexander Mardar
Exchanges   -   Jul 26, 2024 Coinbase Group Entity Fined in the U.K. for Onboarding High-Risk Customers
Coinbase Group Entity Fined in the U.K. for Onboarding High-Risk Customers

'Gentle' investigation and a discounted penalty in exchange for cooperation and commitment to compliance.

Sasha Markevich
Interesting Money   -   Jul 26, 2024 Wildcat Banking Lasted For 30 Years. How Long Does Wild Crypto Have?
Wildcat Banking Lasted For 30 Years. How Long Does Wild Crypto Have?

The evolution of stablecoins mirrors that of Wildcat Banking: a period of non-federal regulation over the monetary system in the U.S. during the 19th century.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Blockchain   -   Jul 25, 2024 Alkimiya Launches First Market for Bitcoin Transaction Fees
Alkimiya Launches First Market for Bitcoin Transaction Fees

The project aims to attract large miners and key players in the Bitcoin ecosystem who need a hedging instrument to protect against Bitcoin fee volatility.

Alexander Mardar
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