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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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Moneytech   -   Jun 24, 2024 Industry Bets On Telegram-Tether Alliance
USDT and Tether alliance

The USDT on the TON network was integrated into several global exchanges, including Binance. This is a part of the two companies' strategy to boost USDT on TON adoption. The interest in the project is reflected in the TON token price, which is soaring due to institutional and retail demand.

Sasha Markevich
Newsletters   -   Jun 23, 2024 Sunday Review 23/06/2024
Observers.com Sunday Review

It has been one more week of destructive heavy rains and heatwaves, horrific war acts, alarming reports on looming financial crises, and muddy political battles threatening to destroy the social fabric of whole societies. In the face of all the chaos around them (or to not face it), people turned

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Jun 23, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 22/06/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 22/06/2024

The IMF's been warned that it might have bitten off more than it can chew as it leads the charge on CBDC policies, as McKinsey claims the tokenization market in 2030 will be worth a lot less than previous estimates. Iran, Ethiopia and South Korea in CBDC news.

Observers
Blockchain   -   Jun 22, 2024 Ethereum’s Interoperability Puzzle: Could ERC-7683 Be the Missing Piece?
Ethereum’s Interoperability Puzzle: Could ERC-7683 Be the Missing Piece?

The standard is designed to streamline cross-chain transfers and swaps across the Ethereum network.

Alexander Mardar
Exchanges   -   Jun 21, 2024 CertiK Hacks Kraken: Funds Returned, But Questions Remain
certik hacks kraken

Although CertiK claims this was a white hat operation, how the incident was reported and the vulnerability tested raises many questions about its security auditing practices.

Alexander Mardar
Web3   -   Jun 21, 2024 How Gamification Can Foster Environmentally-Friendly Consumer Behaviour
How Gamification Can Foster Environmentally-Friendly Consumer Behaviour

In crypto, gamification is often used to promote user engagement and grow projects' adoption levels. What if game elements were deployed to make consumers behave more sustainably?

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Litigation   -   Jun 20, 2024 Montenegro's PM Invested in Terra Days After It Was Founded
Montenegro's PM Invested in Terra Days After It Was Founded

There are searing questions about why Kwon, who went on the run after Terra's demise, chose to hide himself in Montenegro — but Milojko Spajić remains tight-lipped.

Observers
Trading   -   Jun 20, 2024 What Changes Does MiCA Bring for Crypto Exchanges and Major Stablecoins?
What Changes Does MiCA Bring for Crypto Exchanges and Major Stablecoins?

The major exchanges are acting cautiously prior to the partial implementation of MiCA, which might push Euro-pegged stablecoins adoption. USDT and USDC's future in the area remains unclear.

Sasha Markevich
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