Tag: decentralization

Web3's $1 Trillion Mistake TVL Traps Value, TVU Frees It

Web3's $1 Trillion Mistake TVL Traps Value, TVU Frees It

Web3 currently sits at a peak TVL of over a trillion dollars. Sounds impressive, right? How much of that value can you truly access today at the point you need it? Probably a fraction. That, my friends, is the trillion-dollar mistake. We're celebrating hoarding, not flow. In doing so, we’re...

Pi Squared Emerges to Tackle Fragmentation and Trust in Web3

Pi Squared Emerges to Tackle Fragmentation and Trust in Web3

Founded in 2023 by Grigore Roșu, Pi Squared addresses the growing issues of fragmentation within blockchain infrastructure. The company rounds this out by emphasizing the importance of trust to address existing barriers. Roșu, the founder of Runtime Verification and a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois, has...

TVU: Can This New Metric Finally Unlock Web3's True Potential?

TVU: Can This New Metric Finally Unlock Web3's True Potential?

We’ve all been seduced by the allure of high APYs. We go all in on crypto only to find out its collateralized and stranded in a DeFi protocol, leaving us feeling more like digital serfs than financial revolutionaries. This isn't the Web3 we were promised. The dream behind that ideal...

This One Blockchain Law Could Unlock $64 Trillion & Change Finance

This One Blockchain Law Could Unlock $64 Trillion & Change Finance

Are you tired of waiting for the big bad world to change the way you think it should? Like the "house" always wins? I get it. I really get it. You work hard, save diligently, but the returns seem paltry compared to what the real players are making. They’re tux,...

Web3's TVL Obsession Is Killing Innovation: Here's a Better Way

Web3's TVL Obsession Is Killing Innovation: Here's a Better Way

Imagine this scenario – you walk into a typical bank and are offered an opportunity to put your money in savings. You can only use that money at their own retail branches! Sounds ridiculous, right? That’s exactly what’s going on in Web3—unproductive capital deployment toward the boom and bust cycle....

TVL is Dead, Long Live TVU: Unlocking Web3's True Potential

TVL is Dead, Long Live TVU: Unlocking Web3's True Potential

TVL has traditionally been the metric used to measure adoption in Web3 projects. It's simple: add up all the assets locked in a protocol, and boom, you have a number that supposedly reflects its value. But here at FakeBollinger.com, we don’t do that flimsy junk surface analysis. TVL is broken,...

DOOD Token Frenzy Is This NFT's 'People's Crypto' Moment?

DOOD Token Frenzy Is This NFT's 'People's Crypto' Moment?

The Doodles NFT space is buzzing. With DOOD token launching tomorrow, the hype is real. We would be okay even with Doodles NFT sales volumes skyrocketing – a 368% increase week-over-week is insane. But beneath the frenzy, a critical question emerges: Is this just another speculative bubble waiting to burst,...

Space and Time Mainnet Launches, Integrating Web3 with Major Cloud Providers

Space and Time Mainnet Launches, Integrating Web3 with Major Cloud Providers

Particularly, Microsoft-backed Web3 data platform Space and Time has officially launched its mainnet. This recent change bridges the platform’s ecosystem of partners with leading financial institutions and top cloud providers. The launch allows developers to build on-chain applications with built-in security features, bridging the gap between cloud databases and smart...

Space and Time Mainnet Goes Live: What it Means for Web3

Space and Time Mainnet Goes Live: What it Means for Web3

Space and Time (SXT), a Microsoft-backed blockchain for zero-knowledge (ZK)-proven data, has just announced the official launch of its public, permissionless mainnet. This marks a significant step forward in the evolution of Web3, empowering developers to create sophisticated, data-driven onchain applications secured by cryptographic proofs. The launch opens the door...

Web3 Goes Mainstream in 2025: What It Means for You

Web3 Goes Mainstream in 2025: What It Means for You

By 2025, it’s ready to take the leap from the edges of the technology universe to the hearts and minds of millions. What does that really mean to the average person out there? This is not only a problem for cryptocurrency or NFTs. It’s a very big deal though —...