Aave, the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform, hit a new milestone! It has now notched an impressive $40 billion total value locked onchain. That’s a historic jump, up an astounding 60% from just last month. It pretty much plants Aave’s flag even more strongly into the DeFi landscape. The increase...
$40 billion locked. Sounds impressive, right? Or Aave’s TVL reaching a new all-time high which is being overhyped across the crypto news. Smart contract analysts are rejoicing, the AAVE token is on a tear, and everyone is literally self-congratulating themselves. I'm here to tell you something they don't want you...
DeFi's always been about disrupting traditional finance. In all seriousness, the emperor has gotten away with not wearing clothes when it comes to privacy. Everything is out in the open. Every Uniswap trade, every compound smart contract state – it is all public for anyone to see. This is not...
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has promised a very alluring vision. It opens up a future in which anyone, anywhere, has access to financial services, without the need to use or trust traditional institutions. If we’re being real, what’s actually been delivered sometimes hasn’t lived up to that promise. This ecosystem fragmentation...
TOKEN2049 in Dubai felt different this year. The shisha smoke had begun to swirl, but the mood began to change. Remember the ICO craze? The meme coin mania? Those days now seemed like a distant, somewhat mortifying, memory. This year, the VCs weren’t just asking about “disruptive innovation” – they...
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...
Tired of the same old doge-eat-doge world of crypto? I am. Honestly, I’m going brain dead from all these fucking Shiba Inu versions and Pepe-themed pump-and-dumps. Where's the innovation? Where's the soul? At this point, it truly seems like all of crypto has turned into one large, cruel, inside joke...
Within a few years’ time, Solana has cemented itself as one of the top blockchains out there. It’s well known for high throughput and ultra cheap transactions. It has run into trouble, most notably with network congestion at busy times. With Ethereum getting clobbered by high transaction fees, a new...
This is definitely an interesting Solana growth story and a sign of potential future market leadership. This increase is driven by increased activity across its network and the creation of its Layer-2 solution, Solaxy. In terms of performance metrics, the network has received accolades from around the globe. Analysts think...
Okay, let's be real. Solana sometimes feels like that friend who always said he’d be there in five minutes. Unfortunately, it often comes two hours tardy, blaming traffic for the delay. We love the promise, the energy, but the congestion complaint? Ugh. Recall those NFT mints that would slow or...
