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DeFi's Risky Bet Why Prudence Demands Regulation Now

DeFi's Risky Bet Why Prudence Demands Regulation Now

I’m Sofia, and I’ve experienced the storm of financial innovation in my generation. Much of it has been good and admirable, but other changes have been downright disastrous. Decentralized Finance — or DeFi — provides a radical new framework for how finance can be structured. It wants to cut out...

DeFi's Broken Promise 3 Ways It's Failing Gen Z

DeFi's Broken Promise 3 Ways It's Failing Gen Z

DeFi.Decentralized Finance.Sounds revolutionary, right?Picture a financial system free from Wall Street’s grip. Now, it’s available to everyone with an internet connection!To a Gen Z population drowning in student loan debt and dealing with the realities of a gig economy, it looked like a lifeline.Look a little deeper, and you’ll find...

Trump's Crypto U-Turn: Freedom's Dawn or Fool's Gold?

Trump's Crypto U-Turn: Freedom's Dawn or Fool's Gold?

For most of the public, the very word itself still conjures up romantic images of rebellious innovation, a digital frontier where people—not governments—hold the keys to their fortunes. To be blunt about it, f— you to the establishment and status quo is tremendously sexy. The prospect of wresting power from...

Bittensor: Barry Silbert's AI Dream or Crypto's Next Inequality Engine?

Bittensor: Barry Silbert's AI Dream or Crypto's Next Inequality Engine?

Barry Silbert. To many the name evokes thoughts of untold 2017 crypto bitcoin riches, Grayscale’s crypto kingdom and most recently the downfall of Genesis. These days, however, he’s placing his biggest bets on Bittensor, a decentralized AI network that he believes is the wave of the future. Yet the prospect...

Bitcoin's Gold Impression: A Strategic Hedge, or Fool's Gold?

Bitcoin's Gold Impression: A Strategic Hedge, or Fool's Gold?

The clamor over bitcoin’s alleged re-invention as a safe-haven asset is growing. Today we’re reading stories about its decoupling from tech stocks and its new resilience in the face of an economic apocalypse. Are we really seeing the digital equivalent of gold forming, or are we being suckered into a...

Bitcoin's Gold Rush: Gen Z's Escape From Wall Street's Recession

Bitcoin's Gold Rush: Gen Z's Escape From Wall Street's Recession

Or, try to forget that sinking feeling you had every time you opened your student loan bill. Perhaps it was the shattering realization that the American dream of homeownership was becoming just that—a distant pipe dream. It felt like such a pipe dream and out of reach. You're not alone....

NFTs Save Us? How a Bunker DAO Could Redefine Community

NFTs Save Us? How a Bunker DAO Could Redefine Community

Could a handful of digital cartoon avatars really be our salvation? Not single-handedly, but the idea behind it – local, decentralized communities empowering themselves through action – is exactly what’s been lacking. Forget waiting for governments or corporations. The future really could be made in bunkers, paid for with NFTs,...

NFT Bunker Buy: Absurdity or Genius in a Chaotic World?

NFT Bunker Buy: Absurdity or Genius in a Chaotic World?

To state the obvious, the world has become pretty crazy these days, right? We’re still reeling from inflation, teeth-grinding geopolitical tensions, and now…this. Dead Bruv’s “Meatbags” NFT project, intended to purchase a Cold War bunker fort with cryptocurrency. 100,000 tokens, $14 a pop, a DAOfition known as the “Billionaire Bunker...

Bitcoin's 2030 Price: The Shocking Truth Nobody Wants to Hear

Bitcoin's 2030 Price: The Shocking Truth Nobody Wants to Hear

Look, let's be brutally honest. You're probably here because you want me to tell you Bitcoin will hit $500,000, $1 million, or some other ludicrous figure by 2030. You deliberately tell yourself that you’re going to be wealthy. And frankly, there are a lot of sharks out there more than...