The World of Blockchain

Can decentralised finance lay the foundations for an open digital economy? | Briefing

00:32:40 - After a painstakingly slow start, the financial system is now digitising fast. Alice Fulwood, The Economist’s US finance correspondent, and host Rac…

And its many perils | Leaders

El Salvador's experiment in cryptocurrency proves the dream of decentralized finance remains elusive

A quick guide to setup a wallet and start collecting NFTs for noobs.

The only reason why NFT holders have been spared from rug pulls, and other vices common in DeFi, Qiao Wang observes, is because we are “very early on.” Malicious agents, he analyzes, are yet to explore the composability/programmability aspect of NFTs fully. This exploration could probably discover loopholes for exploitation.

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The revolution in digital money is now moving into banking, as cryptocurrency starts to reshape the way people borrow and save.

The boom in companies offering cryptocurrency loans and high-yield deposit accounts is disrupting the banking industry and leaving regulators scrambling to catch up.

Celo is a blockchain focused on making financial DAPPs and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo uses phone numbers as public keys, so sending money to phone numbers becomes easy and the unbanked population can get benefitted. The smartphone user base is growing exponentially all over the world but cryptocurrency adoption is still slow in several parts of the world. Celo wants to bridge the gap. The project was founded by industry-academic collaboration and the backers include the names like Jack Dorsey, Naval Ravikant, Coinbase Ventures etc. CELO, the native token of Celo blockchain, started to trade in the market from May 2020 onwards and the mainnet was launched in April 2020.

What do you mean you can’t print more of it?

How to make the next generation of bankers better than today’s

It’s becoming more than a systemic risk

The idea of a government-backed virtual currency has support in policy circles, but Wall Street sees a threat to its consumer-finance…

For Ethereans, maxis, yield farmers, and no-coiners, digital assets aren’t just an investment but a way of life.