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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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Web3   -   Jul 17, 2024 Key Figures Behind Metamax Ponzi Scheme Arrested by Authorities in Cyprus
metamax

The project was marketed as a new media tech opportunity, where users could earn high returns simply by watching videos on the internet.

Alexander Mardar
Digital Identity   -   Jul 16, 2024 Adoption Of Self-Sovereign Identities Is Skyrocketing
Self sovereign identities

The increase in sophisticated cyber security threats is driving organisations to adopt self-sovereign identity solutions.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Trading   -   Jul 16, 2024 Some Sold, Some Bought: Binance and Whales Buy Dip
Some Sold, Some Bought: Binance and Whales Buy Dip

Whales and exchanges accumulated significant amounts of Bitcoin during the recent price dip, which, along with other data, indicates bullish sentiment on the market.

Sasha Markevich
Bitcoin   -   Jul 16, 2024 OPAGO Is Enabling EU Merchants To Accept Bitcoin Payments As Easy As Fiat
Opago Pay

German start-up Opago Pay has developed a payment service that frees merchants from the technological and legislative hurdles of accepting bitcoin payments.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
USD Coin (USDC)   -   Jul 15, 2024 Blockchain Networks Embrace Circle’s ‘Bridged USDC Standard’
Blockchain Networks Embrace Circle’s ‘Bridged USDC Standard’

The standard was designed to enhance cross-chain functionality and mitigate the issues arising from the liquidity fragmentation of USDC stablecoin.

Alexander Mardar
Web3   -   Jul 15, 2024 Generative AI Has An IP Problem; Story Protocol Is Trying To Fix It
Generative AI Has An IP Problem; Story Protocol Is Trying To Fix It

The data lakes from which AI tools source their inputs are a slippery ground for intellectual property rights infringements—Story Network might be about to change that.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Newsletters   -   Jul 15, 2024 Sunday Review 14/07/2024
Sunday Review 14/07/2024 Observers.com

Beware of the fake news - disinformation experts warn. The web is flooded with incorrect information and conspiracy theories following the assassination attempt of former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania this Saturday. With both left and right weaponizing the incident for political gain, information experts

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Jul 14, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 13/07/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup observers

"Even if CBDC is not used, we still need it for interlinking", conclude Canadian researchers. Meanwhile, the digital euro overcomes a key technical hurdle, as Israel and Taiwan say they won't launch CBDC until someone else does first.

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