Opinion


Политика

How DeFi Can Avoid the Irrelevance of P2P Lending and Crowdfunding

To avoid the fate of other p2p projects, DeFi protocols need incentives and feedback loops so users choose open-source over closed systems.

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Технологии

Money Reimagined: How Ethereum 2.0's 'Lockup' Will Drive DeFi Innovation

As Ethereum's 2.0 upgrade locks up serious ether volume, we're likely to see financial ideas that unlock value without undermining mission.

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Технологии

Five Machine Learning Methods Crypto Traders Should Know About

Quantitative crypto finance has a wide array of machine learning techniques to call on. Here are five, explained for their characteristics.

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Политика

China’s Digital Yuan Blurs the Lines Between CBDCs and Crypto

An in-depth analysis of China's digital yuan project reveals more similarities to crypto than you might think. Upshot: seismic disruption to the financial system.

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Политика

The Inevitability of 'Big Blockchain'

The blockchain industry already exhibits signs of the same forces that have driven over-consolidation in the broader economy.

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Технологии

High Gas Fees Prevent Ethereum From Being Ethereum

Miners are incentivized to keep Ethereum gas fees high, and in doing so limit one of the network's principal use cases.

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Рынки

Tokenized Staked ETH Will Replace ETH – And That's a Good Thing

Ethereum's shift to proof-of-stake will take conventional ETH out of circulation, replaced by a tokenized version of itself, says the CEO of Staked.

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Технологии

Ethereum Enhancers, Not Ethereum Killers

The new competitive arena in the so-called scaling wars is between Ethereum enhancers, not Ethereum killers.

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Технологии

Ethereum Is Building the Internet of Value

The original internet was built without money in mind. The next internet will be different. Change, albeit small, is already here.

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Рынки

Your Wallet in 2030 Will Be Full of Free Money

Real freedom will come when monetary stimulus goes directly to the people, writes Yoni Assia, founder and CEO of eToro

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