Are we actually doing any good for Yemen, or just driving them deeper into the darkness? The story that DeFi will be a liberating force in sanctioned countries such as Yemen is extremely tempting. If we’re being real, it’s foolishly idealistic. While proponents tout financial freedom, we're potentially fueling a...
Cathie Wood went on record recently calling DeFi a “financial services revolution,” and the statistics certainly support her assertion. Ark Invest's research shouts it from the rooftops: DeFi is growing, resilient, and disrupting traditional finance. For revolutions—especially financial ones—rarely come without bloodshed. For Africa, this revolution holds great promise —...
Are we on the cusp of legitimizing the next evolution of finance? Or will we go the route of strangling it in its crib? Well, that’s the question populating the airwaves in Washington D.C. as legislators race to craft stablecoin regulations. To make matters worse, the GENIUS Act and the...
DeFi is maturing. The TVL figures are on the rise. Protocols are establishing deeper roots, and traditional finance is climbing a higher wall, looking at what’s being cultivated with curiosity and interest at the other side. Let’s not go overboard in being impressed with the impressiveness. The question isn’t whether...
Bitcoin blasting past $90,000. It’s a click-bait headline, but it should be. Whoa there—before you hop on this bandwagon, stop and think. The siren song of instant fortune and immunity from it all is seductive, but hold up, we need to rethink the approach. So, are we really experiencing the...
Forget the naysayers. Dismiss the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt). Bitcoin going above $100,000 — that’s not only possible, that’s a pretty much guaranteed home run. And you, dear reader, ought to be positively giddy over it.Why? Well, because this isn’t about the dollar amounts just increasing. It’s not just...
On the surface, revolutionary Bitcoin does appear to be leveling the playing field. Yet is it just another gilded cage that ensnares the underserved? We’re all susceptible to the hype, I know—as was everyone with Bitcoin recently flirting with that $85,000 ceiling. Let’s pump the brakes for a second and...
The potential of decentralized finance (DeFi) is usually accompanied by the tempting promise of democratized access, especially for the unbanked around the world. XenDex, which is launching on the XRP Ledger, aims to put itself at the center of this narrative. Is it really a financial liberator, or rather a...
DeFi. Decentralized Finance. The dream of unlimited permissionless cash available to everyone in the world and totally governed by computer code. What do we do when that “all” includes whales? AAVE’s recent price pump, driven in part by massively bullish whale movement, brings this question to focus. Should we celebrate...
Is Australia's embrace of cryptocurrency a path to financial liberation, or are we chasing a mirage, glittering fool's gold that promises riches but delivers only risk? And with WhiteBIT’s recent launch of WhiteBIT.au into Australia, this question needs a clear-eyed, frank response. We remain optimistic about the promise of crypto,...
