Okay, let's be real. That survey about DeFi security? Yeah, it stings. Almost 500,000 crypto investors, and the vast majority are making rookie mistakes. It’s tempting to throw our hands up and declare DeFi dead on arrival. I know many of you are aching to make this very counterproductive and...
DeFi promised us a financial revolution. A world where you are the bank. But revolutions have collateral damage, and in DeFi those casualties are your hard-earned crypto. I truly believe financial empowerment has the power to transform lives, particularly back in my home country of Ghana. Naiveté, too, can be...
Real estate, that ancient brick-and-mortar realm, colliding with the untamed frontier of DeFi? Sounds crazy, right? That's where the magic happens. RealT is showing the world that you don’t have to have a mountain of cash to start owning a piece of the property pie. And when you bring DeFi...
IRS repeal of those totally smothering DeFi broker rules? This decision isn’t merely a win — it’s an unequivocal declaration of independence for the future of crypto innovation. Never mind the doom and gloom on tax evasion. This isn’t just about unlocking the promise of decentralized finance, but quite honestly,...
On April 10, 2025, President Trump chose to Go Big when he signed supplement appropriations. This new law repealed the digital asset reporting requirements that DeFi brokers were subject to under Section 80603 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). This action represents a serious line in the sand...
The ink is dry. The DeFi reporting rules are dead, repealed under the Congressional Review Act. On its face, this seems like a big win for crypto advocates, a defeat of an alleged government overreach. Beneath the celebratory headlines, a more complex picture emerges – one that forces us to...
Congress has successfully overturned the Biden administration's digital asset reporting rule, signaling a notable shift in Washington’s approach to cryptocurrency regulation. This judicial action exhibits what many in our movement know to be true: the growing clout of the cryptocurrency industry to influence public policy. Then, in December 2024, regulators...
Leading this new omnichain decentralized finance (DeFi) movement is Stargate, a trailblazing protocol created by LayerZero Labs. Stargate Finance launched in March 2022. It unlocks all connected users and dApps to move native crypto assets instantly across all supported blockchains via consolidated liquidity pools. The V2 upgrade will allow Stargate...
Forget slow, clunky bridges. It’s time to get started, StargateV2 is here! This isn’t just an improvement though, it has the potential to completely change how we move assets across different blockchains. I know, I know, you’ve heard this one before. Another DeFi project promising the moon. But hear me...
BlockTraderHub.com is closely monitoring a significant development in the cryptocurrency space: BitGo's sBTC integration with the Stacks ecosystem. This integration offers to realize Bitcoin’s immense potential inside the fast-growing decentralized finance (DeFi) universe. This step would help to better align Bitcoin’s robust security with the pioneering financial applications currently flourishing...
