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...
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...
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...
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 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,...
The hype machine for crypto presales is still churning, promising astronomical returns. BlockDAG, Cold Wallet, Unstaked, and Web3 ai – these are the names being whispered in online forums and shouted from crypto influencer rooftops. But before you mortgage your house and dive headfirst into these "opportunities," let's pump the...
Okay, let's cut the BS. Bitcoin NFTs are back, baby! Today we’re reading stories of sales doubling, volumes reaching up to a million, and phrases like “revival” being bandied about. Oh, and sure enough Bitcoin itself is flirting with all time highs, but more on that below, riding this wave...
The Doodles' DOOD token launch on Solana? If we’re being candid, it was more of a disappointment. Unfortunately, the market cap has crashed from more than $100 million at its all-time high to about $60 million. Yikes, that’s not the victory lap they were hoping for! You see the headlines:...
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 (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...
