Most retail investors are still very much interested in investing in digital assets despite experiencing what is arguably the worst bear market in crypto history. According to a recent survey report by the social trading platform eToro, more than two-thirds, approximately 69%, of retail investors revealed that they are positive or have mixed feelings about...Read More
Shiba Inu was the most popular crypto in new wallets over the past week, an on-chain analytics firm recently found. Banking was a boring subject for the Baby Boomer generation, but in the Internet of programmable money, finance is fun. If asked to guess what they thought was the most popular first coin for new...Read More
Algorithmic stablecoins are considered a safe and stable store of value. For investors, it sounds like a safe zone from the general crypto market pressure until Terra’s UST depegged in May 2022. Since the drama, Luna Classic has faced criticism. Subsequently, Frax Protocol came up with the Frax Share token. Still, that did not stop...Read More
Ethereum and Cardano have always been at loggerheads. The two blockchain network’s development activity has been pitted against each other even before the former’s transition to Proof-of-Stake (PoS). Needless to say, Ethereum and Cardano went on to become the blockchains with the most active developers in 2022, with 223 and 151 average daily devs throughout...Read More
In a significant development that indicates that the Indian government may not fully chime with the central bank’s overly hostile stance against cryptocurrencies, a junior minister explained that such activities are fine as long as they follow existing laws. This is in sharp contrast to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) ban on crypto in...Read More
Nearly everyone in the crypto space agrees that decentralized exchanges (DEX) are the future of crypto trading. That is because, even now, in 2023, trading digital assets on centralized crypto exchanges can be a headache. Let us dive deep into the finer details of these three top decentralized exchanges: UniSwap, Chainlink, and BudBlockz. After reading...Read More
2022 has been a turbulent year. One good thing to come out of it is that – ransomware earnings are significantly down. Attacks on the crypto industry remain rampant. However, data suggests that victims are increasingly refusing to pay ransomware attackers. Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis, in a new report, shed light on the changing dynamics...Read More
The US-based cryptocurrency exchange – Coinbase – reportedly doubled down on its agreement with one of the most successful German soccer teams – Borussia Dortmund (BVB). The deal, which turned the platform into a Premium Partner of the Bundesliga club, will last until the end of June. Making the Collaboration Public Coinbase started its partnership...Read More
Chapter 10 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...Read More
