For the DeFi landscape, a significant fork in the road looms. We aren’t discussing a routine protocol upgrade here. This is a bet on the future soul of decentralized finance. Are we building an inclusive future of open, permissionless finance? Or are we nervously bumbling our way into a new...
The current DeFi landscape is akin to playing chess blindfolded. Regulators are making their moves, and the question is: can DeFi adapt and thrive, or will it be checkmated? I think a victorious 2025 is very much possible. We need to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, but tenacious in our pursuit...
The idea of Panama City accepting crypto for taxes and fees isn’t quite as far-fetched as it seems. Bitcoin, Ethereum, even stablecoins like USDC – it’s a headline grabber. Before we uncork the champagne and declare Panama the new El Salvador – hold on a second. Unsurprisingly, this action does...
Panama City accepting crypto? Sounds futuristic, right? Wrong. It’s more bureaucracy on top of a system that’s already flushed with cash. Oh, double, as in, they aren’t even really accepting crypto, they are just immediately cashing it back into USD! It’s akin to throwing a great new paint job on...
Remember the early days of the internet? The dream of this decentralized utopia, untethered from the whims of gatekeepers? DeFi was the latest iteration of that fantasy, saying it could offer financial freedom for all. Unfortunately, dreams and ideas rarely match up with reality. The Q1 2025 market crash has...
We know the first quarter of 2025 was the worst for crypto. Put aside the late 2024 hype. Market cap disintegrated, trading volumes cratered, and even Bitcoin, the perennial darling of all things crypto, didn’t hold up—underperforming gold and USTs. While the crypto-evangelists will scream "volatility" and "buying opportunity," I...
Has OpenSea completely sold its soul for a lackluster quick buck? This is something I’ve been want to write about ever since I listened to them integrate Solana first. That very first pitch centering around memecoins still burns brightly in my memory. You know the types – $WIF and, ahem,...
The news is out: OpenSea is diving back into Solana, this time with tokens leading the charge. Dogwifhat and Fartcoin are just the opening act, with Solana NFTs primed and ready to take us to the main event. Let's cut through the hype. Or is this the latest in a...
Sounds like a recipe for disaster. We’ve watched this film before – the consequences of deregulating our markets into financial disaster. Remember the 2008 crisis? That wasn’t due to overregulation, people. It was caused by too little. Now, they’re proposing a “token safe harbor” and it smells like a Trojan...
The SEC’s current approach to crypto regulation is like trying to break a wild mustang with a public library card. For that, we need a better, broader approach that recognizes the promise and threat of this developing sphere. Crypto isn’t just about digital coins. It democratizes finance, empowers the people,...