Tag: blockchain

Decentralized finance, or DeFi for short, is a new and developing peer-to-peer financial system. It hopes to remove third parties and centralized institutions, like banks, from financial transactions. We know this vision is big, it’s bold, and it’s ambitious. It establishes an alternative financial universe in which people have increased...

I get it. Crypto promised to be different. A new route around the gatekeepers, the cultural institutions that have long excluded so many. Decentralized finance, or DeFi, has long-held promise to drive financial inclusion. It gives historically marginalized communities an opportunity to participate in a more equitable system that doesn’t...

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.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...

As you’re probably aware, the regulatory landscape here in the United States is moving quickly. That move is already reviving banks’ appetite to broaden their cryptocurrency activities. Innovation in the crypto industry has continued post-2022 crash. This can be attributed, in part, to recent regulatory changes that have created a...

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is revolutionizing the financial landscape at breakneck pace, creating a world of new possibilities and pitfalls. This radically inclusive approach to finance is made possible through blockchain technology that enables easy-to-use and transparent financial services. With its low fees, transparency, and accessibility, DeFi is set to transform...

Barry Silbert is betting big on Bittensor. To him, it’s the next wave, a big paradigm shift just like Bitcoin, Ethereum and the gang. Having weathered the stormy seas of the crypto winter and now the genesis crisis, he is due a new beginning. You cannot fault the man for...

Cryptocurrency is an ever-changing space, with new ideas disrupting the past of industry incumbents every day. One of the most talked-about contenders is Bittensor – an open-source, decentralized AI network that’s turning heads. Or is it really positioned to actually shake things up and change the way the industry works?...

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...

Barry Silbert is perhaps the most well-known figure in the cryptocurrency space and the founder of Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Yuma. He thinks Bittensor would make a better store of value than Bitcoin. Silbert, an early Bitcoin investor who acquired the cryptocurrency at $7-8 through Mt. Gox, believes Bittensor's...