At first glance, it may seem too good to be true — some DeFi protocol you’ve used before just sent you thousands of dollars in their token as a thank-you for being an early adopter. Believe it or not, this happens frequently and is one of the most common ways…

During the bull market of 2021, blockchain experienced a stress test like no other, leading to high fees, slow transaction times, and complex user experiences — not to mention numerous scams, hacks, and exploits. For blockchain to ever achieve mass adoption, there must be a fundamental shift in how we…

Ethereum’s becoming closer to its goal of being the global compute layer, but it’s not coming as we thought. Instead of execution taking place using expensive on-chain resources, transactions are being moved off-chain, and Ethereum is being used as a data availability layer. Layer 2s are becoming the new Layer…

As we continue through the digital revolution, new forms of organizational structures and mediums for collaboration are beginning to surface, disrupting conventional business paradigms. Among these cutting-edge innovations, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) stand out, combining the power and trustlessness of blockchain technology with the principles of democratic governance. Leveraging these…

Cosmos was once the king of interoperability thanks to its revolutionary Tendermint consensus mechanism and Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) standard. However, several years after its release, the Cosmos ecosystem has grown without needing the ATOM token. Let’s analyze the value proposition of ATOM, its newfound competitor Ethereum, and if the Cosmos…

It’s no secret that Ethereum has a usability problem: transaction fees can cost several dollars and take around fifteen minutes before they are considered confirmed and finalized. While the fee problem is being solved by danksharding and Layer 2s like Optimism and Arbitrum, the issue of finality remains. Fortunately, a…

This week, thought leaders, enthusiasts, and experts in the Ethereum ecosystem converged in the world capital of Paris, France for the EthCC conference. As expected, the week was filled with massive announcements and revelations from some of the most well-known projects building on Ethereum, including Chainlink, Uniswap, Lens Protocol and…

After nearly three years of legal battles in the most high-profile lawsuit in cryptocurrency history, Ripple Labs has finally proven in the US court system that the XRP cryptocurrency is not a security, as the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged. This outcome will have vast and significant impacts on the…

Over the past few months, one of the hottest narratives in the blockchain space has been Layer 2s and Ethereum scalability. Optimism and Arbitrum’s airdrops attracted a lot of attention and helped them soar to billions of dollars in total value locked, while ZkSync’s recent release has many speculating…