Securities Lending on Permissioned Blockchain
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Distributed Ledger TechnologyDistributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is the process and related technologies that enable a ledger, conventionally known in centralized technology as a database, to be shared across several entities with each one having its own identical copy. Each entity is represented by one or many nodes in the network that can securely propose, validate and record updates to the shared ledger. The ledger is characterized as immutable as once a transaction is recorded, it is form...

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What Crypto means to Africa
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Dec 31
Stories like Fodé Diop's, of how currency devaluation, thanks to interventions by Central Banks, governments and international monetary institutions, have drastically affected their livelihoods are common in some African countries. Such an occurrence reduces the trust that citizens had in their governments and financial institutions. The Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, at a recent World Bank event, said that: “The promoters of DeFi sought to leverage on the loss of trust in govern...
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Dec 7
Land, Teleportation & Web Dynamics In The Metaverse
TL;DRWe are likely to be able to teleport in the metaverse(s) to come.This implies land supply-demand dynamics will not replicate in the metaverseTeleportation will make visiting somewhere in the metaverse similar to visiting a website in some important ways.This implies that the dynamics which determine value on the web will be somewhat mirrored in the metaverse. (e.g. ads, links and search)If you already agree that teleportation means that land isn’t going to be that big of a deal in the me...
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Dec 1
Economic Primitives of the Metaverse 2: Mortgages
If you haven’t yet, check out Economic Primitives of the Metaverse 1: Renting and Lending where we lay out the motivation for exploring this topic including a brief overview of the vision of the metaverse, the role of NFTs, and renting and lending protocols within it. In this sequel, we hope to introduce a new idea - the metaverse mortgage. We first start off with a debate of its merits, then construct a rudimentary implementation through composing ideas from existing NFT-fi projects, detail ...
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Nov 12
Axie Infinity: Yields and Economic Sustainability
“Do you want to earn some serious money while playing a fun game?”If someone asked us that even just a year ago, we would have played it off as a joke or asked if they meant we should start a streaming career. But today, the average Joe can earn a viable wage playing games through NFT gaming, the most prominent of which is Axie Infinity - a game that takes inspiration from Pokemon with its owning, breeding, and trading mechanics, and card turn-based combat reminiscent of Slay The Spire and He...
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Nov 10
Economic Primitives of the Metaverse 1: Renting and Lending
With Facebook’s recent announcement, all eyes are on the metaverse. VC interest in crypto-gaming is at an all-time high, and traditional studios are rolling out their NFT strategies. But if we are to crystallize the vision of the metaverse as laid out in Snow Crash, Ready Player One, SAO… there still are fundamental building blocks that must be built and adopted. https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1428964452548833284 In this series, we hope to introduce such building blocks - the economic p...
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Power To The Players
https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1437230437437427712 https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1437230440549601284 This is both an open letter to the 2 Billion gamers out there on why you should give crypto-gaming a chance, as well as an exposition of our crypto-gaming thesis. Despite the hype and the consensus among the crypto community that crypto-gaming is the future, we’ve encountered both nebulous explanations of its benefits and legitimate arguments by established gamers as to why it wil...
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Nov 2
Power To The Players
https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1437230437437427712 https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1437230440549601284 This is both an open letter to the 2 Billion gamers out there on why you should give crypto-gaming a chance, as well as an exposition of our crypto-gaming thesis. Despite the hype and the consensus among the crypto community that crypto-gaming is the future, we’ve encountered both nebulous explanations of its benefits and legitimate arguments by established gamers as to why it wil...
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Power To The Players
https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1437230437437427712 https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1437230440549601284 This is both an open letter to the 2 Billion gamers out there on why you should give crypto-gaming a chance, as well as an exposition of our crypto-gaming thesis. Despite the hype and the consensus among the crypto community that crypto-gaming is the future, we’ve encountered both nebulous explanations of its benefits and legitimate arguments by established gamers as to why it wil...
How to Set Up a Student Org DAO
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Jul 29
Should I be doing this?Blockchain@Columbia decided to launch Lion DAO because we thought it was a great opportunity to deeply engage with our members, alumni, and web3 community in a crypto native way. Additionally, due to inadequate funding from the university, launching a DAO and the LION token allows us to greatly expand the clubs mandate and impact we can have on the Columbia, New York, and broader crypto ecosystems more generally.StepsSelect a name for the DAO and LogoWe chose to use our...
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Jul 27
Lion DAO
Blockchain@Columbia (B@C), the student-run organization for blockchain technology at Columbia University, has decided to launch a DAO to expand the scope of the organization’s opportunities for members and allow for members and alumni to engage with the organization in a crypto-native way. Lion DAOAbout Blockchain@ColumbiaFor those not familiar with us, Blockchain@Columbia (est. 2017) is a student-led organization of mostly undergraduates that engages with the blockchain community and provide...