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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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Blockchain   -   Jul 01, 2024 Secret Network Brings Confidential Computing to RWA Sector
Secret Network Brings Confidential Computing to RWA Sector

The company has partnered with XDC Network, a blockchain specifically designed to support trade finance and the tokenization of real-world assets.

Alexander Mardar
Trading   -   Jul 01, 2024 Justin Sun Beams After Winning Defamation Suit in China
Justin Sun Beams After Winning Defamation Suit in China

A news outlet's apologized after alleging that Sun was involved in insider trading, fraud and money laundering, with the piece subsequently picked up by a slew of crypto media websites.

Observers
Newsletters   -   Jun 30, 2024 Sunday Review 29/06/2024
Sunday Review 29/06/2024

Some exciting news this week coming from China. The Chang’e-6 lunar module has successfully returned to Earth, marking a historic achievement by collecting the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon. This successful mission is a significant milestone for China's ambitious space program,

Rebecca Denton
Stablecoins   -   Jun 30, 2024 Stablecoin Regime in the EU: MiCA Enters Into Force
Stablecoin Regime in the EU: MiCA Enters Into Force

The European crypto regulations concerning stablecoins has entered into force today.

Mathieu Legrand
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Jun 29, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 29/06/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 29/06/2024

The ECB issues a progress report on the digital euro, demand for the e-rupee sinks in India, while China integrates e-CNY in the insurance payment systems

Observers
Blockchain   -   Jun 29, 2024 Pull, Don’t Push - Pyth Network Introduces Pull Oracle on Solana
Pull, Don’t Push - Pyth Network Introduces Pull Oracle on Solana

The pull oracle enables users to retrieve prices on-chain only when necessary. This approach enhances existing oracles by eliminating the transaction costs that oracles and data providers typically incur, allowing Pyth to scale in ways traditional oracles cannot.

Alexander Mardar
Web3   -   Jun 28, 2024 Helium: The People's Network Expands IoT & Mobile Coverage Across U.S. Cities
Helium: The People's Network Expands IoT & Mobile Coverage Across U.S. Cities

Helium's decentralized network is rapidly expanding its footprint across the U.S., achieving extensive IoT coverage in major cities and towns while simultaneously driving innovation in mobile services.

Mathilde Adam
Trading   -   Jun 27, 2024 Don't Worry Bitcoiners: There's Light at the End of the Rainbow
Don't Worry Bitcoiners: There's Light at the End of the Rainbow

A tongue-in-cheek price model is offering a much-needed dose of comfort for Bitcoiners, and argues that BTC is "still cheap" at current market rates.

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