Let’s all admit that the Bitcoin maxi-pologists are perspiring. They continue to hoard their digital gold bars, muttering “store of value” under their breath like it’s some hopium incantation. The children are currently constructing sandcastles in their front yard, and those castles are… DeFi.For years, the Bitcoin narrative has been...
Bitcoin is indisputably hot, with a market cap of over $1.9 trillion. It accounts for almost 60% of total digital asset market capitalization, which is $3.12 trillion. Its relatively recent development as a digital gold standard has made it immediately popular as a trustworthy store of value.This favorable institutional adoption...
Bitcoin. It's the king. The OG. The digital gold standard. For many, it just sits there. Behind that simple user interface lies an impressive, immutable rock tucked safely in a digital vault. Frankly, that's not enough anymore.Beyond Store of Value Alone?For years, the Bitcoin narrative was laser-focused: digital gold. A...
Franklin Templeton, one of the biggest players in traditional finance, has over $1 trillion of assets under management. Today, it is digital gold stealing the headlines in the crypto universe! The firm is taking a big step into the quickly expanding universe of Bitcoin Decentralized Finance (DeFi). This new decision...
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...
The ticker is definitely buzzing around Crypto Twitter, and people are already talking about “the next Velodrome.” Before you go all FOMO on Aerodrome (AERO) on Base, let’s pump the brakes and front-run these hard questions. Is this really such an innovation for DeFi after all? Or, are we just...
A fabulous $3.5 billion jigging on over to Unichain? When that date came around on May 1st, 2025, the DeFi community collectively held its breath. Enso, Stargate and LayerZero are the latest to promise you a one-click magic trick that teleports your Uniswap v2 and v3 liquidity. No more nine-step...
The Fed is cornered. Inflation is sticky, the economy is sputtering, and the stock market is already in correction territory. That said, the pressure to cut rates is mounting. Is this a savvy play to rescue a faltering economy, or an irresponsible bet that would send the already precarious DeFi...
Naturally, the siren call to unshackle Bitcoin’s $1.6 trillion market cap boon for on-chain DeFi ventures is quite tempting. Sui Network has onboarded sBTC, a Bitcoin-backed native asset from Stacks. This latest addition is an attempt to connect the crypto king with the booming universe of decentralized finance. Is this...
Okay, y’all, I wouldn’t call this breaking news, but it’s still pretty thrilling! Sui Network recently made a big splash into the Bitcoin DeFi space with the launch of their new sBTC. On the surface, it sounds kinda cool. Unlock Bitcoin's $1.6 trillion potential? Wen Lambo, right? Under the gloss...
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Resolv Stablecoin Is It the Next Big Thing Or Just Another Crypto Fad?
Okay, crypto fam, let's get real. My DMs are blowing up about Resolv. Everyone's asking, "Sokha, is this the next moonshot, or just another shiny object to distract us from the real gains?" My spidey senses are tingling, so get your popcorn, and let’s dig in!Delta-Neutral? More Like Delta-Meh-tral?I don’t...
Resolv Protocol: The True-Delta Stablecoin Revolution Explained
With these issues of stability, yield, and security in mind, the DeFi space continues to rapidly innovate with new protocols popping up all around to solve these issues. One such platform is Resolv Protocol, whose stablecoin USR provides for stabilization. What sets USR apart is its design: it aims to...
Resolv's Delta-Neutral Stablecoin A Genius Innovation Or a Recipe for Disaster?
The crypto community has been abuzz over Resolv and its allegedly game-changing $USR stablecoin. A stablecoin backed only with crypto, using a delta-neutral strategy to keep its peg? That all may sound too good to be true, like the way to finally escape the oppression of fiat once and for...
5 Crypto Giants Poised to Dominate 2025 (And Why You're Sleeping On Them)
Let's be real. The crypto space resembles a screaming toddler throwing spaghetti at the wall, praying something sticks. Everyone’s running after the latest new fad, the latest new meme coin, the latest celebrity endorsement, the latest empty promises of self-driven wealth. Where innovation is really happening. True innovation is quietly...
NEAR Protocol: 46M Users – Solana's Challenger or Just a Flash?
It’s no secret that the Layer-1 blockchain landscape is a competitive, ever-changing space. New challengers are trying to break the incumbency power of well-established players like Ethereum and Solana. Among these, NEAR Protocol has garnered significant attention, particularly after achieving a remarkable milestone: 46 million monthly active users (MAUs) as...
NEAR's 46 Million Users Are NOT Solana's Problem (They're the Solution!)
Alright, now let’s deal with the shark-and-the-squid-sized elephant in the room. Now everybody’s losing their minds and yelling “NEAR is a Solana killer!” 🙄 Seriously? That’s akin to arguing that pizza with pineapple on it is the real pizza killer. Controversial, maybe. But fundamentally misunderstanding the bigger picture.Competition Breeds Innovation,...
NFTs Are Dead? 5 Digital Art Gems That Will Prove You Wrong
The obituaries have been written. The eulogies delivered. Mainstream media loves to declare NFTs dead. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes (or a meme resurrected for the millionth time), the digital art scene is far from a graveyard. It’s just evolving, baby! To be honest, a lot of us...
Jack Butcher: NFT Royalties Are Just 'Getting Paid on Churn'
Further, Jack Butcher, NFT influencer extraordinaire and the creator of the hit NFT project Visualize Value, has joined the fray by encouraging debate with his take on NFT royalties. He says that getting paid based on royalties is equivalent to “getting paid on churn.” Here’s why this system isn’t better...