The crypto market continues cooling down and there are few exciting projects and news coming out. While the market is quiet, governments across the globe are busy drafting crypto regulation frameworks. A proper and clear supervision framework is key for the future development of crypto. This article summarizes crypto regulation…

Are you tired of profile picture NFTs? How about managing a real football club as an NFT holder? This week, let’s take a look at WAGMI United. WAGMI (we’re all gonna make it) United is a unique NFT project. It is probably the only one of its kind. Holders of…

Synthetix is a DeFi protocol to create synthetic assets (“synths”) such as sUSD, sETH by over-collateralizing its protocol token $SNX. It features “infinite liquidity” and zero slippage for the trading of synth. The protocol has recently taken off in terms of trading volume and protocol revenue after improving trade speed…

What do Azuki, Bored Ape Yacht Club, and goblintown have in common? Their precious jpegs are all hosted on Pinata. Have never heard of Pinata? Let’s dive in. This article serves as a follow up to last week’s recap on ERC-721. …

We compare zkSync and StarkNet — two prominent ZK-rollups scaling the Ethereum network. What are ZK-Rollups? How are zkSync and StarkNet different? What are SNARKs and STARKs? We answer these questions and more while also exploring each protocol’s respective roadmaps and ecosystems. Table of Contents Prerequisites Background Zero-Knowledge Rollups ZK vs. Optimistic Rollups …

We all know MakerDAO & $DAI stablecoin. People overcollateralize their crypto assets and borrow from MakerDAO in $DAI-denominated loans. However, since the PSM module introduced in late 2020, $DAI increasingly looks like a wrapped $USDC. Today, we take you to review MakerDAO from a balance sheet perspective and get to…

NFTs crashed after the Otherdeed public mint. Now is a good time to reflect on the past and envision the future. On one hand, current issues need to be addressed, including high trading costs, unethical trading behaviors, etc. On the other hand, future opportunities are burgeoning, such as ticketing NFTs…

Another quiet week of little NFT activity, despite the emergence of several new projects. The weird pattern of decreasing volume and increasing trader count returns this week, with weekly volume down 10.63% and trader count up 11.92%. The winter continues and there is no sign of spring yet. Hello guys, …

Optimism and Arbitrum, two of the largest layer-two (L2) solutions that utilize Optimistic rollup technology to scale the Ethereum network. I will do a full comparison in this article. Background Optimism and Arbitrum are two of the largest layer-two (L2) solutions that utilize Optimistic rollup technology to scale the Ethereum network.