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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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Web3   -   May 30, 2024 Failed Scam: ZKasino Founder Guides Investors on Recovering Stolen ETH
Failed Scam: ZKasino Founder Guides Investors on Recovering Stolen ETH

There is a potential solution for those impacted by the ZKasino debacle. The founder has taken to X to explain how investors can recover their full ETH investment.

Alexander Mardar
Trading   -   May 29, 2024 U.S. Company Bets Two-Thirds of Cash Reserves on Bitcoin
U.S. Company Bets Two-Thirds of Cash Reserves on Bitcoin

Despite Bitcoin's impressive performance over the past five years, few publicly listed companies have opted to add this cryptocurrency to their balance sheet.

Observers
Web3   -   May 28, 2024 Trump's Huge U-Turn on Bitcoin as Crypto Becomes Election Issue
Donald Trump vs Joe Biden crypto

Back in 2021, he had described Bitcoin as a "scam" — telling Fox Business that he didn't like it "because it's another currency competing against the dollar."

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Trading   -   May 27, 2024 Hush Money and Huge Purchases: FTX Saga Laid Bare in New Report
FTX HKG office

All of this will be a moot point for FTX customers, who are still awaiting to be compensated. While much has been made of the fact that they'll be repaid in full, this doesn't tell the whole story.

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Blockchain   -   May 27, 2024 Ethereum in 2024: Too Comfortable with Centralized Infrastructure
Erhereum centralized

With many parts of the Ethereum network centralized in the hands of a small number of large-scale actors, the integrity of the protocol might be at risk.

Alexander Mardar
Newsletters   -   May 26, 2024 Sunday Review 26/05/2024
Observers Sunday review

All eyes have been on France this weekend. South of the country, the 77th Cannes Festival drew to a close on Saturday with Anora, a drama-comedy by U.S. filmmaker Sean Baker, taking home the festival's most important prize, the Palme d'Or. The French Open,

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Banking CBDC Roundup   -   May 25, 2024 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 25/05/2024
Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup: 25/05/2024

There's new legislation designed to prevent a digital dollar from intruding on consumer privacy — with a report also revealing how central banks could enhance CBDC adoption.

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