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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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Newsletters   -   Jul 22, 2024 Sunday Review 21/07/2024
Sunday Review 21/07/2024

Happy Monday, Observers! Blue Screen (Of Death) Friday showed the world about the dangers of depending on centralized entities. A few small errors in the upgrade code of a Microsoft program were enough to cause a digital meltdown in millions of hospitals, airports, and services. While its consequences have been

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Jul 21, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 20/07/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 20/07/2024

A key figure involved in preparing legislation for the digital euro has been accused of stalling by rival politicians—and over in Russia, Vladimir Putin wants his country to "seize the moment" and embrace the digital ruble.

Observers
Trading   -   Jul 19, 2024 First Lady of Binance, Doesn't See Many Worthy Coins on the Market
First Lady of Binance, Doesn't See Many Worthy Coins on the Market

In a recent interview, He Yi, Binance's co-founder and Chief Customer Service Officer, and the mother of CZ's children, commented on the company listing process.

Sasha Markevich
Blockchain   -   Jul 19, 2024 New Era for Polygon with Launch of $POL Token
Polygon

From September 4th, this new token will replace $MATIC as the primary medium for transaction fees and staking on the Polygon network.

Alexander Mardar
Trading   -   Jul 19, 2024 Worldcoin Tokenomics Raise Concerns Of Overvaluation And VC Dumps
Worldcoin Tokenomics Raise Concerns Of Overvaluation And VC Dumps

With the lowest MC/FDV ratio in the top 100 cryptos and insider unlocks right around the corner, Worldcoin is starting to look more and more like a pump-and-dump scheme of VC investors.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Moneytech   -   Jul 18, 2024 PayPal Pushes Its Stablecoin, Incentivizes Holding
PayPal PYUSD

Despite PayPal’s dominant position in the payments business, its stablecoin project, PYUSD, has stalled. Numerous integrations have not managed to attract users. The company is now subsidizing the stablecoin’s yield on DeFi platforms. Can this become a standard feature of private money?

Alex Harutunian
Blockchain   -   Jul 17, 2024 Who's On TOP of the New TON Layer2
Who's On TOP of the New TON Layer2

TON Applications Chain will allow Ethereum developers to access the TON ecosystem. The project is backed by The Open Platform (TOP) labs, which co-built Notcoin and Wallet earlier.

Sasha Markevich
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