Mobile mining? Bitcoin Solaris? My first thought: Did Dogecoin and Solana have a baby? And is it wearing a Bitcoin costume? I won’t lie, the entire endeavor smells like “too good to be true.” Well, you know, I could just be a bitter Gen-Xer holding onto my beloved energy-consuming blockchain-transaction-creating...
Imagine wading through molasses. Exorbitant fees and burdensome processing delays leave users exasperated. We hear all the time how the financial system is rigged against everyday Americans. It's a mess. We’re not just speaking about remittances, the economic lifeblood for so many immigrant families, being devoured by predatory fees. When...
Zora. The name is on everyone's lips. A new token, a new wave of FOMO, and the familiar sell of “decentralization.” Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. We've seen this movie before, haven't we? Remember the ICO boom? The NFT craze? Hype is a powerful opiate, and it will...
Okay, let's talk about something that should make your blood boil, especially if you're venturing into the world of NFTs and DeFi. Forget the shiny new iPhone 15 with its USB-C port and marginally better camera (for real, apple, another incremental upgrade! There's a far more pressing issue demanding our...
Now picture a global financial system where sending money from one country to another is no longer a costly, multi-day ordeal, but a smooth, almost instantaneous process. Or a world where developing country smallholder farmers are paid fairly for their crops, without having to go through exploitative rent-seeking middlemen. This...
$449 million. That's a hefty sum. A 62% increase in crypto and DeFi fundraising even though, quite frankly, waves hands wildly at literally anything and everything. We hear that it is a sign of resilience, a testament to the lasting legacy of decentralization. Below the surface, I see something more...
