Crypto Rollercoaster — Trouble on the ETH2.0 Testnet, Volatile Markets, The Fed Talks CBDCs
DDI Crypto Newsletter | Week of August 20 | With Alpha Trades Is it just me, or are things getting bullish out there? From Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy pumping his favorite altcoins to governments around the world taking...
AI, blockchain and smart contracts: why we all need to embrace innovation
As we march towards an unknown future, there appears to be a swift change coming. A technological transformation of the way businesses and citizens go about their daily activities. AI, blockchain, robotics, and automation are a...
Analyzing high interest rates on borrows in DeFi protocol
Looking into blockchain data to know how a DeFi protocol can have more than 100% of interest for borrow assets We have recently seen that the interest rate to borrow a loan in BAT in...
Is It Now the Time to Replace the Banks with DeFi?
DeFi a.k.a. decentralized finance is here to over throne traditional banks, yet the billions of dollars worth institutions are still blind to the new age of finance. What are the services that come to your...
Why Engaging With Right Crypto Exchange Matters
Cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoins, have shown tremendous growth so far when compared to gold and the U.S.Dollar. In June 2020, the price of bitcoin has increased by 27.8% year-on-year, while gold and the U.S.dollar have...
Is the Coronavirus pandemic reshaping blockchain and how can the tech help tackle the...
The current coronavirus pandemic has significantly affected aspects of the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. Industry events such as crypto conferences have been cancelled and postponed due to the outbreak, resulting in less movement and...
Is this the time to change the systems that underpin society?
Be the change that you wish to see in the world ~ Mahatma Gandhi Firstly, I want to thank the The5CsofBusiness, who inspired me to write this article on creating a better world by providing thought-provoking...
Can a Stablecoin Jeopardize the Position of Bitcoin in the Crypto Space?
Stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency designed primarily to maintain a stable market value. It’s recognizable by the fact that it’s tied to something that has a relatively stable price. It can be related...
The Future of Blockchain
It has been almost over a decade since Nakamoto invented the first ever blockchain. At that time, he did not explicitly mention blockchain, but the concept was about peer to peer electronic transactions of...
A Novel Economic System To Respond To The Novel Coronavirus?
Economics is not governed by laws of nature or the physical universe but rather by rules created by human beings to organise their lives. It is an emergent system not directly constrained by base...
Bitcoin Roadmap to 2025
Ten years until mainstream adoption. In this article I’ll map out exactly how I see Bitcoin price action unfolding for the next several weeks, months, and years, all the way to 2025. I’ll show how current...
The Rise of European Fintech Startups
Startups are now the future, and it's in the fintech industry where this growth is most evident. While places like Silicon Valley and Palo Alto come to mind for all things tech, Europe has...
Digital Currency – What does it take to launch a CBDC?
China’s digital yuan has been in the WORKS SINCE 2014. The launch date, however, still remains unknown The Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, has announced the launch of a YEAR-LONG PILOT PROJECT of its proposed e-krona. A digital dollar has...
Three Simple Questions (And One Difficult One) To Ask Before Investing In A Blockchain
There has never been a better time to be learning about blockchain. Between the rate of growth amongst currencies like Bitcoin or Litecoin and the wide-reaching applications outside the financial sector, distributed ledger technologies...
5 Potential Blockchain Use-cases that can save the environment
Blockchain technology has become synonymous with innovation and disruption. While several sectors like healthcare, education, and finance have significantly benefited from blockchain-integration, one of the more promising use-cases may catch you completely by surprise....
Digital Currencies, Blockchain and the Future of Money
“Blockchain”, “cryptocurrencies”, “tokenisation”, and now “central bank digital currencies” have made it into the technology hype cycle vocabulary, but what’s the difference between all these terms and what do they mean for the future...
Thoughts on the Long Term Winner
Today we are going to discuss how the long term survivability of a prospective crypto asset is the single best indicator of its investment quality. We will also consider capital’s role in this model...
Observations on Token Derivatives – Part Two
In Part 2, we continue discussing how to use the MOVE Contract by understanding how does the buyer operate. Further, we discuss the practical results of the strategy and before we conclude, we discuss...
Observations on Token Derivatives – Part One
In Part 1, we introduce FTX’s MOVE Contract with profit and loss visualisation, and how to use the MOVE Contract. Derivatives have become a competitive field in cryptocurrency trading. Whether it's traditional complex derivatives like...
The Blockchain Industry is in a Tight Spot, How to Break Out of the...
In Part 1, we discuss the reasons for the perplexity, industries that disappeared in history, and difficulties in investing in an emerging industry. BTC has risen steadily from $3k USD at the beginning of the...