Abu Dhabi is taking an ambitious step into the world of quantum-resistant blockchain technology. Without adequate consideration, this innovation could expand the promises of DeFi and international trade finance while digging itself into a gilded cage, curtailing the very freedoms it seeks to enshrine. To put it bluntly, there is...
The lure of a genuinely interoperable blockchain universe has been the unattainable dream of the crypto space for decades. We've all heard the siren song: seamless asset transfers, composable dApps spanning multiple chains, and an end to the walled gardens that currently define DeFi. With its decentralized automated exchange token...
Are we creating bridges to a decentralized future, or a highway to centralization? Ethereum’s new, proposed ERC-7930 and ERC-7828 standards, which would simplify cross-chain transactions, have been making waves. But beneath the veneer of progress, a crucial question lingers: are we solving one problem only to create another, potentially bigger...
Fantom’s latest Sonic upgrade is turning heads, with a promise of transactions in the blink of an eye and a DeFi nirvana. 10,000 TPS – that’s faster than I can hit refresh on Twitter after an Elon Musk bad tweet! Those are some huge numbers, right! I do worry that...
We’re all suckers for the underdog story, aren’t we? Until very recently, Solana—the blockchain that vowed to dethrone Ethereum thanks to its impressive speed and cheap costs—was that underdog. At some point, the whole story changed. The focus became solely on TPS (transactions per second) and DeFi yields, while a...
