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The 7 deadly sins in crypto fundraising
An insider's guide to making a great pitch to a crypto-native VC There have been a million guides about how to pitch VCs. But building in crypto is different than in other Silicon Valley-centric technology startup disciplines. Crypto is special in that you can spin up a smart contract from anywhere and immediately offer a product to the whole world. The fundraising dance is different now than it was in the old world. A founder used to seek out connections to VC investors, hoping to culmi...

The 7 deadly sins in crypto fundraising
An insider's guide to making a great pitch to a crypto-native VC There have been a million guides about how to pitch VCs. But building in crypto is different than in other Silicon Valley-centric technology startup disciplines. Crypto is special in that you can spin up a smart contract from anywhere and immediately offer a product to the whole world. The fundraising dance is different now than it was in the old world. A founder used to seek out connections to VC investors, hoping to culmi...

ZkSync Developer Releases Toolkit for Building Ethereum Rollups
The toolkit will make it easier for crypto developers to spin up fast and cheap blockchains powered by zero-knowledge proofs, one of this year’s hottest technologies in the digital-asset space. Matter Labs, the company behind the recently launched zkSync Era blockchain, released a suite of tools to help blockchain developers easily build networks powered by zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs. Called ZK Stack, the software development toolkit (SDK) introduced by Matter Labs on Monday will allow develo...

ZkSync Developer Releases Toolkit for Building Ethereum Rollups
The toolkit will make it easier for crypto developers to spin up fast and cheap blockchains powered by zero-knowledge proofs, one of this year’s hottest technologies in the digital-asset space. Matter Labs, the company behind the recently launched zkSync Era blockchain, released a suite of tools to help blockchain developers easily build networks powered by zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs. Called ZK Stack, the software development toolkit (SDK) introduced by Matter Labs on Monday will allow develo...

Polygon Launches Its Own Copilot, a ChatGPT AI Assistant Chatbot
The list of Web3 companies embracing AI continues to grow as blockchain scaling solution Polygon announced on Wednesday the launch of its AI assistant, Polygon Copilot. "Whether you're a serious builder, an enthusiast, or a curious user, Polygon Copilot is an AI-powered interface that unlocks a world of interactions, simply by ‘asking.’” Polygon wrote in a post. “Its conversational UI represents a leap in the quality of user experience." Polygon is an interoperability and scaling framewo...

Polygon Launches Its Own Copilot, a ChatGPT AI Assistant Chatbot
The list of Web3 companies embracing AI continues to grow as blockchain scaling solution Polygon announced on Wednesday the launch of its AI assistant, Polygon Copilot. "Whether you're a serious builder, an enthusiast, or a curious user, Polygon Copilot is an AI-powered interface that unlocks a world of interactions, simply by ‘asking.’” Polygon wrote in a post. “Its conversational UI represents a leap in the quality of user experience." Polygon is an interoperability and scaling framewo...

The State of Decentralized Perpetual Protocols (2023)
As fears of another crypto exchange collapsing have gotten the community on edge, more crypto users are turning towards decentralized perpetual protocols to satiate their demand for leveraged trading. Throughout the recent bear market, perpetual exchanges have been one of the few bright spots in an otherwise gloomy state of DeFi, providing an avenue for users to trade with leverage in a permissionless way while allowing liquidity providers to earn sustainable fees in an environment starved fo...

The State of Decentralized Perpetual Protocols (2023)
As fears of another crypto exchange collapsing have gotten the community on edge, more crypto users are turning towards decentralized perpetual protocols to satiate their demand for leveraged trading. Throughout the recent bear market, perpetual exchanges have been one of the few bright spots in an otherwise gloomy state of DeFi, providing an avenue for users to trade with leverage in a permissionless way while allowing liquidity providers to earn sustainable fees in an environment starved fo...

What is keeping you motivated?
One of the most difficult challenges of working in the financial markets is keeping motivation and focus during bear market. Your reactions to the beat market depends on many factors, but the most important one is your purposes and goals in the market. If you are a day trader or scalper, market crash shouldn't be a big deal for you, because you still can trade and achieve your goals. The only thing you should be aware of is that you don't get emotional and don't act irrational;...

What is keeping you motivated?
One of the most difficult challenges of working in the financial markets is keeping motivation and focus during bear market. Your reactions to the beat market depends on many factors, but the most important one is your purposes and goals in the market. If you are a day trader or scalper, market crash shouldn't be a big deal for you, because you still can trade and achieve your goals. The only thing you should be aware of is that you don't get emotional and don't act irrational;...