[JUNE] UST Stablecoin Collapses Under Moderate Instability
Last month the world discovered that the “stable” in “stablecoin” is more an aspirational endeavor than planetarily ordained fact. The TerraUSD algorithmic stablecoin, or...
[MAY] Nobody Covers the Front Desk at a DeFi Lobby
Decentralized Finance is one of the more prominently utopian ideals promulgated by diehard crypto revolutionaries. At its heart is the promise of frictionless exchange,...
[APRIL] Crypto Effect Becomes Clear in Bad Times
Everyday there’s a new story of a famous person peddling NFTs to heap fresh, low-cost layers to their stockpiles of wealth. Non-fungible tokens, those...
[MARCH] Turning Economic Screws in a Time of War
In the hierarchy of news, at the top are stories of violence. At the very top of those stories are stories about war. Nothing...
[FEB] Traditional Finance is Dead. Long Live Traditional Finance?
Cryptocurrency has come a long way, and we don’t mean just price. In the beginning was bitcoin, an idea of a fungible asset, immune...
[2022 JANUARY] Teenage Bitcoin Enters Its Wonder Years
Happy 2022, dear readers! Today, January 3, marks the 13th birthday of bitcoin’s genesis block. It’s an anniversary of that mysterious but world-changing day...
[DECEMBER] The Metaverse in the Cupboard
Buzzwords tend to arrive fast and leave faster in the technology sector, but the latest one is likely to plant itself deeply into the...
[NOVEMBER] Your Experience Authenticated: NFTs Go Meta
If a luxury item is purchased but there’s no one around to envy it, did it really make a sound?
For the rapidly growing class...
[OCTOBER] China Deems Decentralized Currency a Distressing Houseguest
Just under two weeks ago, South Korea activated regulations that would dramatically reduce the footprint of foreign and domestic cryptocurrency exchanges catering to its...
[SEPTEMBER] In the Land of Crypto, Government is King
With under a month remaining before new crypto exchange regulations take effect in South Korea, it appears that there will be no reprieve, no...