The recent weeks have seen a sharp drop in price across various cryptocurrencies leading to a wave of dismissals across the industry.
Solana fell from a proof-of-stake leader to an unstable, frequently offline chain that has been the target of high-stakes, high-profile hacks.
The issue of privacy remains fundamental in CBDC design. The AEI published a vision for a financial system with the coin as its cornerstone.
Coinbase and Mastercard announced a partnership to offer users more "payment choices" on the upcoming Coinbase NFT platform.
In this conversation, we talk with Patrick Berarducci of ConsenSys, about the valuations and multiples of capital markets protocols in Decentralized Finance on Ethereum, now making up over $60B in token value. Additionally, we explore the nuances of scaling Ethereum and its solutions, such as Metamask and the emerging Layer 2 protocols.
We also discuss law and regulation, including a fascinating story about Bernie Madoff from when Pat was a practicing attorney. This leads into a conversation about the embedded compliance nature of blockchain and crypto technology, the early days of ConsenSys, the path of crypto brokerages like Coinbase, and Metamask exhibiting emerging qualities of a neobank.
The development could have a significant effect on traditional finance's adoption of DeFi and blockchain technology.
While there will likely be a change in how organizations use sanctions as a tool, their increased use looks to continue.
Since the FTX meltdown, centralized exchanges in the DeFi space are rushing to publish PoRs, but without liability data, are they relevant?
Attrace built a trustless word-of-mouth marketing system for Web3 that enables anyone with a marketing budget to automate affiliate results.
Mercado Libre launched Mercado Coin, its first-ever token that will be initially available in Brazil as part of its loyalty program.