defi

Let's be honest. Another DeFi token promising the moon? It's easy to roll your eyes. Arguably, the most dangerous aspect of the current crypto space is the tendency of projects to overpromise and underdeliver, resulting in users being confused, frustrated, and frankly poorer. And perhaps a bigger challenge is that...

$0.06 for HOME token? Ambitious, isn't it? We have bullish sentiment everywhere right now, with Bitcoin flexing its muscles and DeFi tokens looking like they’ve got major upside. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. A near 2.5x from the current $0.025? Is it really in the cards?Data Speaks, But Does...

DeFi is at a crossroads. What we’re witnessing is a boom in fixed-yield products, closely resembling structures from TradFi. Zero-coupon bonds or interest rate swaps – they’re all coming onto the blockchain. The allure? Bringing in institutional investors and providing a level of stability. In doing so, are we abandoning...

The world of DeFi, or Decentralized Finance, was once a bit of the wild west. At the same time, early DeFi yields were mostly a function of protocol incentives, supply-demand imbalances, and other market inefficiencies. This new approach is a sharp departure from the old world of traditional finance (TradFi)....

Is DeFi doomed to make the same exclusionary mistakes as TradFi? That’s the 27 billion dollar question that has me waking up at 3am. Of course, now we are in the washout phase and experiencing the rise of fixed-yield DeFi protocols. Structures reflecting real world traditional finance (TradFi) such as...

In decentralized finance (DeFi), fixed-rate financial instruments are gaining more traction. They are a response to the changes and growth we’ve all witnessed in more traditional fixed income markets. Pioneering platforms such as Notional Finance, 88mph, and Yield Protocol are leading the way in the DeFi fixed income world. Each...

Look, I get it. We know the crypto market is a wild ride at times. One minute Bitcoin is reaching new all-time highs, the next minute Litecoin is going down the toilet. In all of this noise, it’s easy to lose track of the important signals. Trust me when I...

The DeFi revolution, too, promised us a new financial system that belonged to all. Not just the privileged few who’ve got the right connections and the right capital, but everybody. Yet, too often, we see echoes of the old world creeping into this new one: gatekeepers, centralized control, and permissioned...

As a market strategist who's been knee-deep in the crypto trenches since, well, let's just say before "DeFi" was even a buzzword, I've seen a lot of projects promising to change the world. Most fizzle out. A few genuinely disrupt. A couple unique finds will have your arms greased to...

Resolv has recently released its own cryptocurrency token. Second, it fuels an alternative DeFi protocol with an on-chain asset recovery system and the USR stablecoin. This year, Ivan Kozlov, Tim Shekikhachev, and Fedor Chmilevfa connected to create Resolv. Their aim is to encourage further innovation in the relatively new stablecoin...