Post-Shapella Liquid Staking: A Dynamic Market Set for Increased Competition (Short Reflection)
As Ethereum staked in the Beacon Chain continues to generate yield by securing and validating transactions on the network, Liquid Staking landscape is poised to undergo significant changes with the upcoming introduction of staked Ethereum withdrawals. The Shapella Upgrade is scheduled for for 12 April 2023, ~10:30 PM UTC. This development will unlock a competitive market worth approximately US$10 Billion* and introduce new dynamics to the LSD landscape. Currently dominant position in this mar...
Post-Shapella Liquid Staking: A Dynamic Market Set for Increased Competition (Short Reflection)
As Ethereum staked in the Beacon Chain continues to generate yield by securing and validating transactions on the network, Liquid Staking landscape is poised to undergo significant changes with the upcoming introduction of staked Ethereum withdrawals. The Shapella Upgrade is scheduled for for 12 April 2023, ~10:30 PM UTC. This development will unlock a competitive market worth approximately US$10 Billion* and introduce new dynamics to the LSD landscape. Currently dominant position in this mar...
Nike Virtual Creations: NFT is the tech, not the purpose.
How to onboard regular users into web3? Through communicating the Feeling, Benefit, Belonging. Have a look & count how many times NFTs are mentioned on the SWOOSH landing page: https://swoosh.nike Effective onboarding onto new technology focuses instead on how the product makes users feel, what benefit it brings into their life, and emphasises the belonging to a desirable in-group. The use of Virtual Creations by Nike reinforces the need of applying an easy, skeuomorphic naming scheme to prod...
Nike Virtual Creations: NFT is the tech, not the purpose.
How to onboard regular users into web3? Through communicating the Feeling, Benefit, Belonging. Have a look & count how many times NFTs are mentioned on the SWOOSH landing page: https://swoosh.nike Effective onboarding onto new technology focuses instead on how the product makes users feel, what benefit it brings into their life, and emphasises the belonging to a desirable in-group. The use of Virtual Creations by Nike reinforces the need of applying an easy, skeuomorphic naming scheme to prod...
Reddit Avatars - Abstracting Blockchain
A quick overview of Reddit Collectible Avatars done in late August 2022. You can tell how early this was by the fact that all collectibles were still available for sale in the screenshots used.1/72/73/74/75/76/77/7
Reddit Avatars - Abstracting Blockchain
A quick overview of Reddit Collectible Avatars done in late August 2022. You can tell how early this was by the fact that all collectibles were still available for sale in the screenshots used.1/72/73/74/75/76/77/7
The Content Algorithm Maze
The Content Algorithm Maze Imagine you are in a maze. The contents in the next room are decided by the things you looked at most in the current room. You enter the first room. There are 100 people here. 1 of them is screaming for 5 minutes straight. You can't help but look. The maze decides you like screaming people. You enter the second room. There are 100 people here. 3 of them are screaming now. How can you avoid paying attention? Before long, you're in a room with 100 screaming ...
The Content Algorithm Maze
The Content Algorithm Maze Imagine you are in a maze. The contents in the next room are decided by the things you looked at most in the current room. You enter the first room. There are 100 people here. 1 of them is screaming for 5 minutes straight. You can't help but look. The maze decides you like screaming people. You enter the second room. There are 100 people here. 3 of them are screaming now. How can you avoid paying attention? Before long, you're in a room with 100 screaming ...
The US$400B Stablecoin Project
Stablecoins. They’re a hot topic. Are they sustainable? Is the mechanism sound? Will it work? Lucky for us, HKMA just performed the 32nd open market operation of 2022 in order to defend the HKD currency exchange peg. This brought an idea to mind: A fixed exchange currency is effectively a stablecoin. They face mostly analogous economic pressures and challenges. Hong Kong dollar, a US$400B market cap stablecoin, allows us to glimpse under the hood of how such currencies respond to shocks. Last...
The US$400B Stablecoin Project
Stablecoins. They’re a hot topic. Are they sustainable? Is the mechanism sound? Will it work? Lucky for us, HKMA just performed the 32nd open market operation of 2022 in order to defend the HKD currency exchange peg. This brought an idea to mind: A fixed exchange currency is effectively a stablecoin. They face mostly analogous economic pressures and challenges. Hong Kong dollar, a US$400B market cap stablecoin, allows us to glimpse under the hood of how such currencies respond to shocks. Last...
