So, you've seen the headlines. "These 5 Altcoins Are Poised to Skyrocket!" Qubetics, Chainlink, Hedera, Helium, Quant – your typical 15 minutes of fame suspects! And the justification? Strong developer activity, apparently. But hold on a second. Wait just a minute before you shell out your hard-earned dollars on that...
"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....
Sergey Nazarov, the co-founder of Chainlink, sometimes describes blockchain adoption as moving in a “slowly, then all at once” dynamic. This analogy implies a long, slow stretch of research and infrastructure development, which is soon followed by a dramatic boom in adoption. Is blockchain finally reaching its inflection point? When...
USDT and USDC are currently the two dominant stablecoins in the cryptocurrency market. They both intend to maintain a one-to-one peg with the U.S. dollar, but they approach transparency, regulatory compliance, and market approach in strikingly diverse ways. USDT first launched in 2014, providing it a robust first-mover advantage. USDT...
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 DeFi (Decentralized Finance) landscape is ever-changing, with new sectors of the space rising to the forefront and making noise on various weeks. Most recently, DeFi lending protocols took the lead over Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) in Total Value Locked (TVL). As of October 2023, DeFi protocols have climbed to a...
In recent years, stablecoins have become a bedrock of the entire cryptocurrency market. They produce an important conduit between established monetary and the burgeoning world of digital belongings. Of all the different types of stablecoins, USD Coin (USDC) and Tether (USDT) have emerged as the top two beacons of stability....
