"We fundamentally don't trust other institutions to fulfill their promises." Sergey Nazarov’s words carry the weight of a knockout blow. They are declaring war on the status quo, seeking to change a financial ecosystem that most think has failed them. It’s not merely a matter of faster transactions or lower...
Chainlink. That name is on everyone’s lips as it rings through the auditoriums of crypto conference after crypto conference and even, somewhat miraculously, the White House. Its co-founder, Sergey Nazarov, paints a picture of impending mass adoption, a blockchain love affair blossoming before our very eyes. He might be right....
Las Vegas. Crypto. Kidnapping. Teenagers. Individually, each word carries weight. Taken together, they paint an unsettling scene. This ought to send chills up the neck of anyone who works with—or participates in—decentralized finance (DeFi). Step aside rug pulls and smart contract exploits for a second. This is not a story...
We’ve all seen the scary stories of online scams, phishing scams, and exchange hacks that plague the crypto space. You’re super careful with your private keys, practice two-factor authentication, and perhaps even keep some of your assets on a hardware wallet. You think you're safe, right? Think again.The digital frontier...
You believe your funds are secure enough held in USDC, don’t you? Something like a stablecoin, pegged to the dollar, backed by… I don’t know. But what if I told you the safety illusion isn’t real? We’ve all been seduced into complacency, reassured by the comforting promises of security. But...
You've probably heard it all before: USDC is the good guy, the transparent, regulated stablecoin. USDT—the Wild West dollar-pegged operator, surviving on market share even as its previous misdeeds come back to haunt it. What if I told you that this black-and-white narrative is not just misleading, but actually very...
The numbers don't lie. Centralized finance (CeFi) lenders imploded and brought billions of customer deposits with them. At the same time, DeFi lending went to work recreating itself. We’re no longer just debating lending protocols—most of which have deployed inflationary governance/utility tokens to boot—that are comparable in TVL to DEXs....
The numbers don't lie. DeFi lending’s Total Value Locked (TVL) is through the roof! It’s overtaken decentralized exchanges (DEXs), proved that sustainable yields are possible and reanimated the crypto lending scene. Can we, at the very least, question whether we’re seeing the complete picture? While DeFi lending's growth offers legitimate...
Bitcoin’s been doing the limbo – how low can it go? You see headlines about $81,000 being a "stabilization" point, but let's be real: that's not the moonshot we were promised. We’re getting the advice to sit tight, that the smart money is deleveraging and cultivating market buy-in. But patience...
Bybit’s new strategic partnership with Ghaf Labs in the MENA region is being hailed as a driver of global Web3 adoption. Hold off on uncorking the champagne. While the promise of a decentralized, democratized financial future shimmers like heat haze on the Dubai desert, we need to ask: democratization for...
