This is an extraordinary moment in time. Rapid technological change and a worldwide demand for more accessible, transparent, and efficient financial services are rapidly changing the landscape. This change is fundamentally remaking how we create, exchange, and manage value. Protecting open payment standards nudges the development of cutting-edge business models...
GOAT Network is making waves, promising Bitcoin holders the holy grail: scalable yield without selling their precious sats. The hook? An BitVM2-based ZK rollup that settles natively on Bitcoin, with mega turbo-fast proofs. Sounds amazing, right? Let's pump the brakes a bit. We've seen this movie before. Recall all the...
Sonic Labs has rolled out an innovative new blockchain template that concentrates on creating more speedy transactions and better liquidity. Added to this new architecture is a system involving a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG), which implements novel token distribution and incentive structures. Most importantly, it addresses some of the biggest...
Okay, let's cut to the chase. We’ve experienced bridges go up and down in DeFi. Some develop into vital arteries, some just… look, they all can’t be vital arteries, okay? Lightec’s zkBTC bridge, the first fully ZKP-based bridge between Bitcoin and Ethereum, is the newest challenger to that throne. Here’s...
Forget direct deposit. Kiss goodbye to tedious expense reports. The future of payroll is here and it’s paved with… meme coins? Yes, you read that right. Shibarium, that layer-2 darling created for Shiba Inu, could be the digital frontier that HR’s next big breakthrough is based on. Or maybe, it's...
The world of finance as we know it today is rapidly changing, with blockchain making waves and ushering in a new era of technological advancement. As more and more businesses start adopting cryptocurrencies, the demand for efficient and reliable crypto payroll solutions is sure to grow. In this blog, we’ll...
The federal rulemaking world of cryptocurrency is constantly evolving. With boom and bust cycles across the development industry, a consistent source of funding for localities and smart capital financial management has never been more important. More recently, Amber International has been grabbing headlines with a lightning-fast and successful $25.5 million...
Fineqia International Inc. has launched the world’s first Bitcoin yield Exchange Traded Product (ETP). This new cutting-edge product harnesses the power of decentralized finance (DeFi) to increase investors’ Bitcoin returns. The new ETP, known as YBTC, aims to provide an annual yield of 6%-7% through DeFi activities conducted on the...
Put aside all your preconceived notions about Bitcoin. For years, it has been sold as digital gold, a store of value, an asset to HODL and pray increases in value. But what if your Bitcoin could do more? Fineqia's new Bitcoin Yield ETP (YBTC) listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange,...
Okay, let's be real. To most users, DeFi seems like a confusing, complicated mess. It shrouds you in confusing abbreviations, ridiculous gas fees and clunky UI clearly built by developers who couldn’t care less about user experience. It’s akin to trying to steer a spaceship using a potato. That's about...
Further Reading
NFTs Are Back? Decoding the Resurgence & What's Different Now
The NFT market reached a mind-boggling high of $24.7 billion in total traded value just last year in 2022. The measure had been under threat as the economy took a deep dive, cut in half to $11.8 billion in 2023. Digital assets are the hottest new thing! They run the...
Ethereum Is Not Silver It's The Decentralized Internet's Foundation
Bitcoin is digital gold. We all get that. Store of value. Limited supply. Boom. To suggest that Ethereum is merely the “digital silver,” is akin to describing the internet as a “just a better telegraph.” It's a gross, almost insulting, understatement. It’s the difference between deploying a single hammer and...
Ethereum: More Than Crypto Silver, It's a Decentralized Future
Ethereum is often seen as Bitcoin's younger sibling, or the "silver" to Bitcoin's "gold." While that comparison acknowledges its place as the second-largest cryptocurrency, it severely undersells what Ethereum truly is: a revolutionary platform with the potential to reshape the internet and countless industries. Anjali Mehra, DeFi opinion columnist, Anjali...
NFTs Are Back Baby! 5 Reasons Why This Time It's Different
Okay, let's be real. We've all been burned before. Remember early 2021? Beeple selling an NFT for $69 million? It seemed like all the talented folks I knew were leaving their jobs to become freelance digital artists. Then, poof, the bubble burst. Scams, rug pulls, and more pixelated apes than...
NFT Market's Second Act? 3 Crucial Factors Determining Its Fate
The NFT market is bubbling again. After years of headlines focused on growing prices, resuscitated collecting efforts, and murmurs of a return, let's be real: this isn't 2021. We've been burned before. This time, a healthy dose of skepticism is in order. The question is no longer if NFTs will...
Ethereum Isn't Crypto Silver It's The Wildest Meme Factory Ever
Bitcoin is digital gold, right? Safe, predictable, the Fort Knox of the internet. Okay, boomer. Ethereum? Forget crypto silver. That’s about as smart as calling the internet a really cool telegraph. Ethereum is the internet’s wild, wonderful, completely bonkers, subreddit-born, meme-generating progeny. It’s not so much a means of storing...
BlockDAG's $361M Presale Proves Utility is the New Hypebeast
RIP NFTs, you were entertaining while you were dying. Now the grown-ups have arrived, and we’re finally starting to construct projects that go to the root of the problem. Let's be real, the whole NFT craze was like that one TikTok trend everyone jumped on, then immediately regretted when they...
3 Reasons BlockDAG's $361M Presale Signals a DeFi Power Shift
The whispers are getting louder. The DeFi landscape may be changing, but this isn’t just the latest flash-in-the-pan meme coin. We're talking about a fundamental change, driven by projects that are actually building something, not just hyping empty promises. And BlockDAG’s $361 million presale? It’s the blaring klaxon signaling this...