Partly, that’s because the arrival of USD1 on the TRON blockchain is not your run-of-the-mill stablecoin launch. It's a potential earthquake shaking the foundations of traditional finance, especially when viewed through the lens of financial inclusion and regulatory control. But is this generous benevolent tremor or a catastrophic aftershock lurking...
Nigeria has a rich and rapidly developing financial scene. The country is at a historic crossroads as it determines how it’s going to treat Bitcoin. The ongoing debate centers around whether to classify Bitcoin as a security or to recognize its potential as an economic lifeline. This ruling has severe...
Gated communities are for amateurs – traditional finance is the real gated community. For too long, the bond market has been an opaque, exclusive club. It has shut everyday investors out, preventing countless Americans from building wealth. What if we could tokenize access, break down those barriers and create a...
Now picture that same mother, living in war-torn Sana’a, Yemen—unable to provide even basic food for her kids. Now, sanctions have destroyed the Iranian banking system. Because of this, it’s almost impossible for her families overseas to send remittances—the lifeline that previously kept her family in good health and safety....
A new analysis, carried out by TRM Labs, shows an important trend among Yemeni citizens — a shift to decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. As a result, the retrospective study shows that more than 63% of cryptocurrency related web traffic coming from Yemen is going to DeFi platforms. This flood has...
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...
Now picture doing that while the very financial system that you need to support you is being weaponized against you. We know it’s a frustrating and daunting challenge. That’s the new normal for millions of Yemenis, collateral damage in US sanctions targeting the Houthi movement. These sanctions, though imposed with...
The price of APT might be waffling around $4.70, and traders are squinting at charts trying to decipher Elliott Waves, but let's be honest: that's not the story. The story with Aptos is much bigger than just a quick pump and dump. Specifically, whether or not its DeFi advancements can...
China banned crypto. We get it. So concerns about capital flight, financial instability are all totally understandable. What happens after you ban it? Supposedly, you take federal property, you liquidate it, and you use the revenues to fund shortfalls in state and local government budgets. Fine, but is that all...
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...
