Opinion by: Michael Rovner When US President Donald Trump called for America to become “the crypto capital of the planet,” he acknowledged a growing sentiment among his supporters. Crypto is no longer simply an asset class or subculture to this group; it’s a parallel financial system being shaped b
Advancements in cloud computing, data storage and artificial intelligence have transformed how businesses operate and manage information. However, this transformation has also led to challenges because these technologies are highly centralized and in the hands of a few tech giants The cloud comput
Debt-to-equity shift in Bitcoin mining The 2022 crypto winter caused major Bitcoin miners over exposed to debt financing to file for bankruptcy. Most publicly traded miners had debt-to-equity ratios over four, with values above two generally considered unsustainable. Starting in the third
The synthetic stablecoin market is a dynamic part of decentralized finance (DeFi), and Ethena has left a significant mark with its innovative product. With high yields on its synthetic dollar, USDe, Ethena has captured a total value locked (TVL) of $2.7 billion, demonstrating demand for synthetic st
A hacker-turned-defender warns that most of the industry is asleep on crypto’s existential threat: quantum computing. David Carvalho, CEO of post-quantum infrastructure firm Naoris Protocol, began hacking at the age of 13, experimenting with spam emails to attract job offers and gain attention
The rapid growth in global crypto adoption (up 34% based on the number of holders since 2023) has increased the demand for stable, low-risk digital assets. Tokenized United States Treasurys give users access to government bonds within the crypto ecosystem. The figure below illustrates the rapid grow
Web3 venture firm Hashed Emergent and policy advisory group Black Dot have released a model crypto law aimed at clarifying India’s regulatory framework around digital assets. Announced Monday, the Crypto-systems Oversight, Innovation and Strategy (COINS) Act offers a legislative blueprint to
Monad is a new layer-1 smart contract platform that recently raised $225 million in funding from venture capital firm Paradigm Although Monad has not launched yet, it is expected to be live on its public testnet in late 2024, with mainnet deployment planned for early 2025. Monad is a parallel
Blockchain-based investment products and compliance tools are poised to become more than 10 times faster and cheaper than traditional finance (TradFi) offerings, spurring increased digital asset adoption among financial institutions. Traditional financial compliance products are often fragmented an
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) met with industry players to discuss a token standard that could support the compliant issuance and transfer of tokenized securities The SEC’s Crypto Task Force met with Ethereum-aligned organizations last Thursday, including the ERC-3643
Ethereum core developers have tentatively chosen November to release the protocol’s next major hard fork, called Fusaka, aimed at making the network more efficient and scalable. Meanwhile, feature upgrades in the Glamsterdam hard fork, the next upgrade after Fusaka, are set to be confirmed on
Ethereum’s throughput ticked up on Sunday as more validators signalled their support for increasing Ethereum’s gas limit to 45 million units, which will reduce transaction fees and enable improved network scaling. Ethereum’s gas limit rose to over 37.3 million units on Sunday, according to
The UK is reportedly eyeing the sale of over 5 billion British pounds ($6.7 billion) worth of seized Bitcoin to help fill a deficit in the country’s budget. The Home Office and the head of the country’s Treasury, Rachel Reeves, are working with law enforcement to sell off its stockpile of seized Bi
Consensys, the blockchain firm behind MetaMask, has confirmed it will be “imminently” releasing a fix for its MetaMask browser extension after users reported it has been writing hundreds of gigabytes of data per day into their solid-state drives, potentially shortening their lifespan Speaking to C
Key points: Bitcoin market participants expect a resistance trend line breakout, with nearby targets including $125,000. Attention continues to focus on altcoins while Bitcoin consolidates, with Ether reaching seven-month highs. Upside potential across altcoins remains, with many not yet