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Surviving the period of ridiculous hype that came from Beeple’s $69 million NFT art sale, non-fungible tokens have become a mainstay of the blockchain and crypto universe. Although there are some who invest in NFTs simply to sell them at a higher price as the market heats up, the breadth and complexity of NFTs are […]

The insurance industry is a sector that no one really enjoys interacting with, but is necessary when dealing with areas of considerable risk. Despite security audits in the DeFi sphere becoming more commonplace, there are still high-profile hacks occurring. Just recently, US$600 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from the PolyNetwork, a protocol that allows […]

A recent blog post by Vitalik Buterin, Moving Beyond Coin Voting Governance, takes aim at the predominant way DeFi projects are governed; through the distribution of governance tokens, which confer voting rights based on the stake someone has in a DeFi protocol. This version of decentralized governance sounds good in theory, but Buterin points out […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s recent public enthusiasm for the metaverse has shone a spotlight on Facebook, Microsoft and various gaming platforms’ stake in this space. While mainstream media coverage continues to reflect the growing popularity and sophistication of virtual worlds, development continues as software and gaming companies expand their metaverse ambitions. What is less reported, is that […]

Seeing as stablecoins have become much more prominent as part of the crypto conversation, we recently published a general overview of the stablecoin landscape. While that blog post provides lots of great information, there was so much to write about that we decided to turn it into a two-part series, with this post giving you […]

Smart contracts have been touted as the next big thing for the better part of a decade now, becoming more well-known as blockchain gains further prominence and acceptance. There has indeed been some market penetration, with global banks and government institutions developing proof-of-concept systems and solutions to incorporate smart contracts on blockchain; however, mainstream adoption […]