Let’s start with a story, Jean was just chilling on a Sunday afternoon and her phone buzzes, she picks up his phone and sees a bunch of messages by her friend who’s a so-called crypto expert.  After some more back and forth with her friend, she finds out that they offer 1% daily compound interest.…

There may be many hooks for a newcomer to start using decentralized finance or DeFi but it can be difficult to overlook the most attractive one — the fact that it is an open opportunity for anyone in the world with digital assets, a computer and internet to generate passive income. By committing their crypto…

It’s not uncommon for decentralized finance (DeFi) proponents to bring up the topic of financial inclusion, that is, to provide access to financial products and services that are needed by individuals, businesses, and organizations. At the most basic level for most people, this means the ability to make and receive payments and transactions. Building up…

When I first read about the $69M NFT being sold at Christie’s, I thought it was incredible. But I certainly did not think it was relatable. It’s literally a fine art auction. Which, for most people, is up there with yachts and islands as symbols of the ultra rich. And this is the story being…

Viewing eth2 through the lens of traditional financial tools will help the industry mature and grow. Historically, it was difficult to participate financially in the development of the interworking protocols that formed the basis of the internet. Web3.0, however, flips this on its head. Decentralization, a core tenant of most proof of stake (PoS) blockchains,…

A new web3 media platform called Mirror offers a new way for journalists to monetize their work. This past month, I set out to explore the NFT value stack – leveraging Mirror to make the essay into an NFT. The post, titled “NFT Value Capture Equation” was broken down using a fractional token called $VALUE.…

After a New Yorker profile on Beeple revealed that the NFT-megastar converted $53M worth of ETH into USD from the sale of his record-breaking “Everydays: The First 5000 Days,” some members of the crypto community seemed to feel betrayed. Betrayal “Beeple rugged us like a 2017 ICO scam,” said EthHub co-founder Anthony Sassano in a…

Successful NFT Marketing Combines Cultural Awareness With Established Skill Sets Image: Fewocious and Digital Sneakers Courtesy RTFKT The recent release by Taco Bell of a series of crypto art pieces and the deep dive by Gary Vaynerchuk into all things NFT signals the entry of corporate marketing into NFT Land. Though not the first indications of corporate…

As a developer building on the bleeding edge of the web3 ecosystem, I can’t help but feel we have just begun to explore this design space.  We are still discovering all of the completely new ways this technology will change the world. I see one trend in particular that will unlock a ton of value: Decentralized…

The last time a stranger called me a “whore” in an effort to insult me, I was standing in line outside of a grocery store, wearing what any confident woman might wear on a beautiful morning in Los Angeles. I thanked her. I knew upon entering cryptoart last fall that there was quite a task…