The SEC's hinting at a DeFi-friendlier stance. Cue the collective cheer, right? Promises of a DeFi Summer 2.0 are swirling, fueled by Chairman Atkins' talk of "innocence of code," the "return" of property rights through self-custody, and a regulatory "sandbox" for innovation. AAVE, UNI, LINK – they're all pumping. But...
The SEC's shift is seismic. Out with Gensler’s iron fist. Forget Gensler’s iron fist. Chairman Atkins is ushering in what could be DeFi Summer 2.0. As a Singaporean heavily engaged in academia and the broader Asian DeFi ecosystem, I’m ecstatic at the momentum. I hold up a critical lens to...
Fine, MetalphaPro just flushed close to $50 million on the ETH blockchain and jumped straight into DeFi. Headlines scream "institutional adoption!" and "game changer!" Sure, on the surface, it appears to be validation for DeFi. Before we uncork the champagne, let's ask ourselves: are we sure this is a good...
Forget the headlines recently screaming institutional crypto adoption. MetalphaPro’s $48 million ETH plunge into DeFi isn’t just them flexing to make bigger bucks. It’s a clear signal that the dam is cracking. Well, now you can finally get your slice of the financial independence pie! Think of it this way:...
The crypto market is heating up again. You experience the returns, you listen to the conversations, and that FOMO is real. Before you start on an avalanche of grant applications that seem like low hanging fruit, let’s highlight some of the landmines. These shortcomings might leave you stuck out on...
I'm gonna be straight with you. I’ve witnessed fortunes created and blown quicker than you can say “rug pull” within the meme coin house. Well, you might recall that fellow—let’s call him Dave—who invested his life savings into Shiba Inu at the height of the meme coin boom in early...
Is MEXC’s $100 million user protection fund true safety net? Or is this just the latest, most artfully choreographed crypto theater, designed to placate our nervous hearts in this wild new market? Let's be real: in the Wild West of crypto, trust is the most valuable commodity. And right now,...
I know the crypto world sounds like the Wild West at times, right? Soiled page from tree-slaughtering promises of fortunes, but hidden perils at every corner. Hacks, scams, and rug pulls are rife growing almost as fast as tweets touting the next moonshot. So when an exchange like MEXC announces...
You’ve read the news – Bitcoin is soaring, Bitcoin is crashing. I’m not referring to hype—I’m referring to cold, hard data that indicates we could see a boom by 2028. And honestly, to pretend like it’s not there would be a huge missed opportunity.Why am I so confident? That’s because...
Bernstein’s reaffirmed $200k Bitcoin price target for 2025 is causing a stir, and quite frankly it should. Although the crypto faithful are surely cheering this development, a healthy dose of skepticism is warranted. Is this even a conservative estimate? Or are we just witnessing a classic case of crypto groupthink,...
