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Gate.io, one of the world’s longest-standing and innovative cryptocurrency exchange platform, has gradually transformed its operations from a simple “tool platform” to a more elaborate “infrastructure” provider. Gate.io has changed a lot in the last 12 years. From a simple job-matching platform, it quickly evolved into a robust crypto-financial ecosystem...

Consider the plight of a single mother in rural Kenya trying to send her kids to school. While the fees are low, bank transfers are very costly and highly unreliable. Middlemen siphon off their profits, and delays inevitably cause her children to lose out. It’s painful, inconvenient, and wholly unnecessary...

The NFT Lending Dapps market is poised for substantial expansion, driven by the increasing demand for understanding client needs and adapting to potential market changes to enhance its appeal. Worldwide Market Reports recently came out with a detailed report, which helped navigate through the changing market scenario. It’s an essential...

Are NFT lending dapps really democratizing access? Or do they just build another gilded cage for the rich? We hear the buzzwords – decentralization, financial freedom, empowerment – but let's be brutally honest: who is actually benefiting from this so-called revolution?I joined UPS after spending years advising millennial entrepreneurs in...

Particularly in the rapidly evolving and innovative space of decentralized finance (DeFi). Perhaps the most exciting trend of all is the rise of NFT lending dapps. These platforms enable users to take out loans using their NFTs as collateral. They make it possible for users to lend out their crypto...

Sam is a senior reporter, based in Asia. He’s a member of the CoinDesk team that won the 2023 Gerald Loeb Award for breaking news coverage of FTX’s collapse, and he’s most recently covered the latest developments around the $TRUMP token. He’s done a lot of work reporting at the...

The political complexities of cryptocurrency have been fraught for some time, especially when they involve bigger-than-life figures such as Donald Trump. Currently, most controversy is focused on the $TRUMP meme coin. It does raise very real questions about possible conflicts of interest, financial enrichment, and the ethics behind celebrity-promoted digital...

We can trust Donald Trump when he says he doesn’t directly profit from the TRUMP token? Color me shocked. But truthfully, if he never sees a dime directly, that’s almost beside the point. This whole saga exposes a far more insidious problem plaguing the crypto world: the dangerous intersection of...

Here’s one of the more interesting things I’ve been witnessing in the market as of late. It’s leading to some serious thinking about the future of financial innovation. And no, we’re not referring to Bitcoin’s halving or Ethereum’s recent Shanghai upgrade. I'm talking about POPCAT, ZBCN, and AVA. Yes, you...

They’re hoping to keep you in ignorance. The suits on Wall Street, the talking heads on TV – they hate when regular people like you and me start figuring things out for ourselves. Especially when it comes to money. And right now, they’re sweating bullets over half a dozen or...