Tag: decentralization

Coinbase Data Breach Exposes Customer Data, Sparks Decentralization Debate

Coinbase Data Breach Exposes Customer Data, Sparks Decentralization Debate

In June 2025, Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, suffered a significant data breach. Unfortunately, this breach put the sensitive data of nearly 70,000 customers at risk. The exposed data is what they collected during the Know Your Customer (KYC) process. With this dramatic disclosure further questioning the safety...

Is Crypto Regulation Protecting You, or Just Big Finance?

Is Crypto Regulation Protecting You, or Just Big Finance?

Now meet Ama, a dynamic small business owner from Accra, Ghana. She started using crypto to get paid by her European clients for her handmade jewelry. It’s quicker and less expensive than standard international money transfers. By eliminating expensive bank fees, she’s able to chip the savings right back into...

BlockDAG's $304M: Is This the Crypto Savior TAO & Pi Need?

BlockDAG's $304M: Is This the Crypto Savior TAO & Pi Need?

Is your crypto portfolio looking a little…deflated? Or, are you just sitting on TAO or Pi and feeling the bite of the recent downtrend? You're not alone. The world of crypto is an exhilarating ride, brimming with tremendous opportunities and pitfalls alike. In order to find the next big idea,...

UK Crypto Regulation: A Trojan Horse for Financial Freedom?

UK Crypto Regulation: A Trojan Horse for Financial Freedom?

The UK’s ambition to be a global crypto hub. Laudable ambition, right? Are we really sleepwalking into such a nightmarish scenario? These rules meant to encourage innovation and ensure consumer safety may indeed be thwarting both. Are we giving up on innovation under the guise of security? Further, I worry...

DeFi's $5B Bet on Solana Freedom or Fool's Gold?

DeFi's $5B Bet on Solana Freedom or Fool's Gold?

Decentralized finance is a pretty seductive song. It provides a permissionless, borderless environment where anyone, anywhere can participate in financial services, cutting out the old guard and traditional gatekeepers and promoting global economic prosperity. For those left behind by legacy systems, the draw is inarguable. All the above sound great,...

Bitcoin's $100K Crash: A Necessary Evil for True Decentralization?

Bitcoin's $100K Crash: A Necessary Evil for True Decentralization?

Okay, let's talk about the elephant in the crypto room: that looming $100,000 Bitcoin crash everyone's whispering about. We know—you’ve read the headlines, you’ve looked at the charts, you’ve heard the analysts pointing to geopolitical tensions and fractal patterns that are making them shout “bearish.” Believe me, I understand the...

Zora vs. Deloitte: A David and Goliath Battle for the Soul of Web3?

Zora vs. Deloitte: A David and Goliath Battle for the Soul of Web3?

The Web3 space was all about decentralization and empowerment of creators, right? The ensuing lawsuit between Zora, the Etsy of Ethereum tokens, and Deloitte, the Big Four multinational professional services network, seems ethically wrong. Here’s a look at why that’s the case. Here’s why this is not simply a trademark...

5 Ways Ethereum Can Save Crypto From Itself

5 Ways Ethereum Can Save Crypto From Itself

Crypto's got a problem. We're all so obsessed with the price that we're forgetting the point. It’s like focusing on the stock ticker rather than creating a great business. Bitcoin's great, a digital store of value, but it's not enough. We need more. Powering the next generation of the internet,...

Beyond the Hype: Why Crypto's True Value Isn't Just the Price

Beyond the Hype: Why Crypto's True Value Isn't Just the Price

As you are probably beginning to see, the cryptocurrency world can be deeply engrossed in price charts and ruby red speculative forecasts. Price alone can be a false friend. As Salim Ismail once said, "Just as you can't judge a book by its cover, you can't determine the true value...

CryptoZoo's Cautionary Tale: Web3 Accountability or Decentralized Wild West?

CryptoZoo's Cautionary Tale: Web3 Accountability or Decentralized Wild West?

After all, we all like the underdog story, aren’t we? Democratized finance through technology has lots of attractive features, including freeing us from the clutches of those Wall Street fat cats. It returns the decision-making power to you! That’s the siren song of Web3 and it’s super seductive. But CryptoZoo?...