Ethereum
November 24, 2021

Rising Fees on Avalanche Trigger Scramble for Solutions
Avalanche's transaction fees are rising, triggering a push for solutions and setting up a contest with Ethereum.
November 23, 2021

Twitter Fight Between VC and Devs Stirs Angst Over Ethereum Gas Fees
A Twitter fight spotlights the simmering tensions over Ethereum's high gas fees and the rise of Layer 2 blockchains.
November 18, 2021

Smart Contract Platform NEAR Gains Momentum with Plan to Distribute 40M Tokens
This research piece explains NEAR, a smart contract protocol that uses a sharded public Proof-of-Stake blockchain.
November 12, 2021

How DAOs are Challenging VCs in the Race to Fund Web3 Projects
Lukas Schor writes about how DAOs are challenging the traditional model venture capitalists have long used to invest in tech startups.
November 12, 2021

Markets Roundup: Ethereum Burn Rate Surges as DeFi Tokens Post Mixed Performance
This week's markets roundup reports on Ethereum's burn rate and the mixed performance of top tokens like Solana and Aave.
November 11, 2021

How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Became Ethereum's Magic Bullets
Zero knowledge proofs are powerful cryptographic instruments that accelerate innovation on Ethereum, writes Alex Shipp.
November 05, 2021

Calling all NFT Haters: Put Your Money Where Your Tweet is and Short That CryptoPunk
Derek Alia, CEO of Futureswap, lays out the case for trading NFTs like securities.
November 05, 2021

MakerDAO’s Update is a Pure Expression of DeFi 2.0
IntoTheBlock explores how MakerDAO's update will allow it to interact with the secondary market with more control over DAI.
November 03, 2021

Eric Wall of Arcane Assets: "Bitcoiners Protect BTC Against 'Shitcoinism' But They're Also Keeping it From Valid Technical Ideas"
In this week’s episode Camila Russo speaks with Eric Wall, chief investment officer at Arcane Assets. Eric has many claims to fame. One is the now renowned Bitcoin rainbow chart which overlays the color scheme over the bitcoin price in a way that would imply it helps predict future prices. But that’s exactly what he wanted to debunk. After diving…
November 02, 2021

Balancing Crypto's Carbon Footprint with Its Social Utility is Key to Sustainable Finance
Global Digital Finance argues that digital assets' carbon footprint is outweighed by its social utility.