Crypto is booming. Since its creation in 2008, cryptocurrencies, other crypto assets, and blockchain technology have disrupted the way we think about money and decentralized systems. There’s been growing widespread adoption of the technologies, more investments poured into crypto projects, and increasing legitimization of the industry. Big companies have been incorporating crypto into their portfolios,…
Whilst investigating potential investments, I look at the team, its background, and skill set. I then determine whether all of that seems complimentary or not. In instances where that’s not easily visible and accessible, I look at the project’s stakeholders. As with anything else in life, if enough people support you–in your mission, vision, and…
Cryptocurrency will be a major piece of technology in the so-called ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’, also called ‘The Great Reset.’ The World Economic Forum (WEF) foresees it benefiting supply chains. But, we’ve also seen early implications for the Internet of Things and Smart Cities. During the first Industrial Revolution in the 1750s, people went from manufacturing…
With its record-breaking bull run, Bitcoin stole the public spotlight from the equally explosive DeFi. To be sure, Bitcoin represents a simpler affair compared to DeFi’s cyberbanking, but it too has just started to grow out of its birthing pains. 2020 had many peculiarities. Mostly, they were negative, but some were positive. For cryptocurrency enthusiasts,…
DeFi was the hottest topic of the year in the 2020 crypto realm. It has ruffled feathers and disrupted the financial world as blockchain technology transcends simple value transfer to include other financial services. DeFi is a game-changer, innovation at the forefront, a promise, the next step to a global financial ecosystem where anyone, anywhere,…
It’s undeniable: 2020 is the year of DeFi. Everyone in crypto knows it. If you’ve got a friend interested in crypto, you’ve probably heard them raving and ranting about DeFi this year. Even if you’re not engaged in the crypto realm, you’ve probably seen the word DeFi littered around the news or gleaned whispers of…
There’s no more hopeful image than an oasis in a desert. But what about a warm greenhouse in a Nordic winterscape? There’s a greenhouse in Northern Sweden that may be the future of sustainable, year-round farming, and the heat is coming from an unlikely source: Cryptocurrency mining. Crypto Mining Excess and Opportunity Mining for cryptocurrency…
Innovation across all sectors has long been supported by investors. Many of the world’s most transformative ideas were powered by venture capital, capital that’s becoming increasingly important as software continues to “eat the world”. As nascent industries like blockchain and crypto create a new class of specialized founders, specialist VCs are also claiming formidable capital…
The security aspect of cryptocurrency exchanges remains an ongoing concern. Numerous companies take this matter too lightly or aren’t transparent about how they approach it. That situation needs to change if this industry wants to achieve mainstream adoption. Crypto Exchanges Still Ignore Security It is not the first time the topic of security brings more…
Just ahead of the long-awaited Ethereum 2.0 upgrade, Andre Cronje of Yearn Finance prepares for the next phase of DeFi growth with a flurry of mergers. What does it say about the state of DeFi? Since its launch on July 17th, 2020, Yearn Finance had been envisioned as an aggregator platform encompassing various lending protocols,…