Crypto pals, crypto comrades, have you sensed it. That hopeful thrum in your heart, that possibility, oh please god, just maybe… things are finally going to be different? It’s the story of Ethereum’s frustrating subordination to Bitcoin, a requiem for what-could-have-been that’s played for too long. It’s like letting a...
The buzz is undeniable. Lightspeed Faction leads $7.5M seed funding into MagicBlock Ephemeral Rollups, a new technology that offers to combine Solana’s speed with Web2’s customizability. Real-time on-chain games, high-frequency trading – this is all very cool stuff. Wait, let’s pump the brakes for a second. As someone who's seen...
Dutch Blockchain Week (DBW) 2025 is proving to be a remarkable installation. The hype around the potential melding of AI and blockchain is as palpable as it gets. Transaction times would decrease, contracts would be more intelligent, security would improve – the list goes on. Are we all, as an...
I’m going to be honest with you, galas and fundraisers and funding rounds all seem…far-away right now. Another company, another pile of cash. Yet MagicBlock’s $7.5 million seed round from this week feels more surprising. It certainly does seem like a turning point, particularly for African developers. Can Solana, through...
Let's be honest: every year, another "blockchain week" pops up, promising to finally deliver on the Web3 revolution. We see and read about decentralized finance, NFTs revolutionizing art, blockchain eradicating world hunger. It’s cool, it’s new, it’s sexy and quite frankly, 90% of the time, it’s hype. Dutch Blockchain Week...
Might Binance’s popularizing move with this airdrop of Hyperlane’s HYPER token be something more than just another crypto gimmick? Or could it truly be an African game-changer for cross-border payments? I believe so, and here’s why.Remittance Fees Eating Away Dreams?Think about this: a mother in Johannesburg working tirelessly to send...
Quinn Thompson says Ethereum is "completely dead." Okay, ouch. As someone who has a lot of skin in the game, I truly understand that gut punch. You probably do too. Nothing worse than hearing a hedge fund CIO pronounce a project you’re passionate about (and possibly put your own money...
Binance listing HYPER… A blessing from heaven, or a genius long con? We all want to be able to step into the connected, interoperable crypto future. Hyperlane delivers on that promise – it's a true bridge between blockchains, allowing data and value to move freely in all directions. Before we...
The hype around Ethereum’s Layer 2 (L2) scaling solutions is overwhelming. We’re misled into thinking they are the only means to attain mass adoption. Their hype has some people questioning if they’re really Ethereum’s salvation, or if they’re unwittingly draining the main chain’s lifeblood. Have we become so entranced by...
Traditional finance shuts people out. Let’s face it, that system was never designed to work for all. It props up a status quo that benefits those already plugged into the system while leaving millions of Americans underserved and excluded. Think about it: no bank account, no credit history, no access....
