DeFi, Blockchain Opinions
by Arun Krishnakumar. These are interesting times with Brexit around the corner, an Indo-Pak (China) war looming, and a disastrous trade relationship between the two largest economies of the world....
For those already familiar with Proof-of-Stake (PoS), we decided that it could be interesting to shed a light on its variants. Proof-of-Stake, often described in comparison to Proof-of-Work (PoW), is...
by Ilias Louis Hatzis. Banks started around 2000 BC in Assyria and Sumeria, were merchants, made grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. Over time, banking evolved to the...
by Bernard Lunn. Here is the Chapter in The Blockchain Economy digital book on Real Time Settlement, updated with this post. Until recently, there were 2 horses in the race for Real Time Settlement...
We are observing the emergence of a boom in the security token (STO: Security Token Offering) sector of the digital asset market. Although some optimists forecast that the security token market value...
by Ilias Louis Hatzis. All week long, Bitcoin’s price has been on the rise, giving hope to investors that the bear market could finally be over. In the last twelve months, Bitcoin’s price has been...
by Arun Krishnakumar. I am trying to book a Eurostar holiday, and I get told on their site that, I can't travel on Eurostar because I missed my credit card payment last week - Imagine a world where...
by Ilias Louis Hatzis. Bitcoin has been in the longest bear market in its 10-year history. In 2013, the crypto market had 410-day bear market, when the Bitcoin price dropped from around $1,100 to...
The foundation of commerce is trust. Without a secure, accurate method of assessing the trustworthiness of participants in any economic system, a plethora of factors such as buyer and seller...
by Arun Krishnakumar. After a busy day, I sat down to have a late lunch at 3 PM on Thursday, and I saw a Whatsapp message pop up - and I stood up from my chair saying "Ohhh Ehhmmm Geee". That was my...
