Over the past year, the total value locked on alternative layer 1 blockchains such as Solana, Avalanche, Fantom, Binance Smart Chain, etc. has increased significantly. Ethereum remains the center of innovation in DeFi, but the need for faster and cheaper transaction costs has spurred the transfer of liquidity to similar protocols on other blockchains. For example, NFT launches and undercollateralized lending have been major sources of market activity in the past year, and their growth in alte...

Over the past year, the total value locked on alternative layer 1 blockchains such as Solana, Avalanche, Fantom, Binance Smart Chain, etc. has increased significantly. Ethereum remains the center of innovation in DeFi, but the need for faster and cheaper transaction costs has spurred the transfer of liquidity to similar protocols on other blockchains. For example, NFT launches and undercollateralized lending have been major sources of market activity in the past year, and their growth in alte...

Mina is a new layer-one protocol that uses succinct zero-knowledge proofs to be the world’s lightest blockchain. The entire Mina blockchain is designed to remain at a fixed size of 22KB-–compared to most popular blockchains at more than 300 GB––allowing end users to trustlessly access the network even from hardware-limited devices, like smartphones. Most end users of blockchain applications today don’t actually directly interact with the blockchain, but rather through an intermediary, like a ...

Mina is a new layer-one protocol that uses succinct zero-knowledge proofs to be the world’s lightest blockchain. The entire Mina blockchain is designed to remain at a fixed size of 22KB-–compared to most popular blockchains at more than 300 GB––allowing end users to trustlessly access the network even from hardware-limited devices, like smartphones. Most end users of blockchain applications today don’t actually directly interact with the blockchain, but rather through an intermediary, like a ...

Traditional wireless networks are currently weighed down by bandwidth issues, network congestion, service lags, and outages. Customers have to deal with these issues combined with determining the right coverage - often a difficult and costly task. What’s more, many individuals don’t even have access to the Internet at all. A study by Cornell showed that “low-income areas receive almost 15% less network coverage compared to their affluent counterparts,” creating a “mobile divide.” Since many i...

Traditional wireless networks are currently weighed down by bandwidth issues, network congestion, service lags, and outages. Customers have to deal with these issues combined with determining the right coverage - often a difficult and costly task. What’s more, many individuals don’t even have access to the Internet at all. A study by Cornell showed that “low-income areas receive almost 15% less network coverage compared to their affluent counterparts,” creating a “mobile divide.” Since many i...

MetaLend is a DeFi platform that empowers users to keep playing and earning with their collateralized NFTs. Borrowers can use the protocol to take out loans against their NFTs and still maintain partial access to their assets and claim any yield from them. Pantera is delighted to have led MetaLend’s $5M seed round as they empower NFT owners and build out use cases around web3 gaming assets. Many play-to-earn NFT owners purchase assets which lack lucrative financing and are generally only used...

MetaLend is a DeFi platform that empowers users to keep playing and earning with their collateralized NFTs. Borrowers can use the protocol to take out loans against their NFTs and still maintain partial access to their assets and claim any yield from them. Pantera is delighted to have led MetaLend’s $5M seed round as they empower NFT owners and build out use cases around web3 gaming assets. Many play-to-earn NFT owners purchase assets which lack lucrative financing and are generally only used...