$110 million. That figure represents the size of the bet placed on Ethereum failing. That’s a wager that this much-hyped supposed engine of crypto’s decentralized finance revolution will fail. What does that gamble truly entail, particularly for folks in the Global South that she and her fellows led astray with...
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 world of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is at a critical inflection point. As the year 2025 comes closer, an ominous shadow has been cast upon this otherwise promising development – that of greater regulation. BlockTraderHub.com is here to break down the forthcoming regulation and examine how it is likely to...
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...
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...
The DeFi Education Fund (DEF) has put forward a creative, ambitious, and precedent-setting framework to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This effort aims to foster safe and responsible innovation in the DeFi ecosystem. On April 18, the DEF intervention filed its comment letter on the SEC. In it, they...
DeFi's shackles are off. The recent bipartisan repeal of the digital asset reporting obligations for DeFi brokers, embedded within the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), isn't just a minor tweak. It's a seismic shift. It’s analogous to taking the governor off of a really amazing high-performance engine and just...
Alright, so the digital asset reporting requirements for DeFi brokers got a reprieve. Repealed. Poof. President Trump signed off on it. Bipartisan support, they say. Innovation freed from the shackles of regulation! Sounds great, right? Less regulatory burdens, room for innovation, the Old West of Finance can officially exhale. And...
Pursuant to the new legislation signed by President Trump on April 10, 2025, digital asset reporting requirements are eliminated for brokers participating in decentralized finance (DeFi) systems. The legislation rolled into Public Law No. 119-5. In particular, it aims some tough love at Section 80603 of the Infrastructure Investment and...
The space of decentralized finance (DeFi) has undergone an exciting reformation just a few months ago. Congress has done a great job in repealing IRS crypto reporting requirements aimed directly at DeFi platforms. As you might expect, this decision has sent shockwaves across the crypto community. It has fueled an...