2025 Web3 goes mainstream, cementing a historic new stage in its existence. Thanks to new technology and manufacturing processes, our moment of breakthrough has arrived. Having addressed key scalability and usability challenges, there are now extremely compelling use cases in multiple sectors. Finance and gaming have emerged as frontrunners in...
NFT art. The same term you were likely just using to summon visions of pixelated apes and overnight millionaires. The gold rush is over. The dust has settled. What’s left behind is a deep, rich, ever-changing multimedia crosscurrent where genuine, world-class artistic creativity and experimentation is just beginning to flourish....
It's a cacophony, isn't it? A bullying campaign pitting meme coins against authentic creative practice. And yet, everyone’s screaming like they’ve found the next great hope, talking over a not very exciting, but real buzz of innovation. You're probably tired of the noise. I am. It’s a digital Wild West...
Mantle on Coinbase's roadmap. Big deal, right? Just another token seeking an international donor ex-boyfriend funding stream. But scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll find something much more promising and important. This isn’t merely focused on Mantle. It’s not so much about the specific case, but the crypto industry as...
The crypto world is changing every minute, and being ahead of the curve requires learning what’s trending and what you should be avoiding. FakeBollinger.com is all about cutting through the hype and getting you the straight dope. Today, we’re examining Mantle (MNT) after its recent inclusion in the Coinbase listing...
Mantle (MNT) recently witnessed a massive price rally following its inclusion on Coinbase’s listing roadmap. The token serves as the native asset for Optimism, which operates as a modular Layer-2 Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain. After news of the announcement broke, the related token soared 9.5% overnight. This announcement adds...
Theo's $20 million funding round is making waves, promising to bring "Wall Street grade trading strategies to everyday investors." Are we really democratizing finance after all? Or are we just building a fancier, flashier, more expensive version of the status quo? Are we talking about gourmet street food, or a...
The promise of decentralized finance (DeFi) is alluring: a financial system free from the grip of centralized authorities, where power rests in the hands of the community. Retro Shiba Inu’s WOOF Wars, armed with its “Farming 2.0” catchphrase, places itself front and center as a defender of this digital infrastructure...
On April 24, 2025, Tuur Demeester—one of the crypto sector’s foremost thought leaders—expressed alarm. He recently raised concerns over durability and integrity when storing NFT image files in the Bitcoin blockchain ecosystem. Demeester’s observation, posted through Twitter, incidentally kicked off a larger Twitter NFT framework conversation regarding the permanence and...
The moniker itself should be enough to summon up pictures of Shiba Inus duking it out for yield. That wild world of DeFi, innovation always meets hype. With so much great work happening all around, it’s hard to tell what’s the most innovative from what’s a simple marketing gimmick of...
