Tezos, MakerDAO, and Decred show signs of plutocracy, thanks to concentrated token supplies and on-chain governance. CoinMetrics surveyed three blockchains with on-chain governance and discovered that their coin supplies are highly centralized among a small number of coinholders. The survey, published on Dec. 10, examines Tezos, Maker, and Decred — three blockchains that make development decisions...Read More
The future of finance is evolving and Ethereum based DeFi is at the forefront of it. This year has seen explosive growth in decentralized finance despite bearish crypto asset performance. 2020 is set to be even bigger with bold predictions of where DeFi will go next.2020 Could Be Huge for DeFiDecentralized finance has literally exploded...Read More
It has been another largely fruitless day for the majority of crypto assets but one is powering ahead regardless. Tezos has just made it into the top ten as the fundamentals for this altcoin keep improving.All Change in Crypto Top TenTezos is on fire again today with another surge of 18% as it powers into...Read More
Lending and borrowing crypto, a subset of DeFi applications, has quickly boomed into an almost billion-dollar industry. But does it pose a threat to Proof of Stake networks? The DeFi landscape includes lending protocols, security tokens, derivatives, and exchanges, and threatens to usurp traditional financial models into trustless protocols that leverage decentralized networks. The Rise...Read More
The weekend has seen marginal gains for most crypto assets as total market capitalization claws back above $200 billion. Tezos has been the clear leader in terms of performance though as it tops $1 billion market cap and closes in on a top ten position.Tezos Outperforming Crypto MarketsThe good news is that there has been...Read More
Staking has finally come to Wanchain (WAN), and investors are getting excited. WAN prices more than doubled over the weekend as buyers began stockpiling tokens for the launch of staking rewards, which is expected to begin on September 3. Wanchain saw a significant increase in trading volumes, and token prices nearly tripled – from $0.22...Read More
The merchant payments startup Flexa will soon allow any other app to run payments in crypto just like its own SPEDN app has since May. Staking with the company’s Flexacoin (FXC) will enable apps to trustlessly provide payments to merchants without any danger of malicious apps reversing a transaction after Flexa has transferred funds. The...Read More
Cardano is currently on the road to Shelley, an upgrade that will introduce staking for the first time via its Oroborous Genesis consensus mechanism. IOHK, Cardano’s development group, has been hard at work on the upgrade. For the most part, waiting is all that is left—here’s what you should expect from Cardano’s upcoming staking features....Read More