In the early days of crypto, DeFi was one of the sole use cases in the space apart from store of value and payments/cross border remittences. As the industry evolved, we witnessed a surge of innovations that transcended finance — crypto applications integrating with AI, tokenizing real-world assets, and much more. However, one vertical remains largely under the radar: DeSci. You might be wondering, how exactly do we decentralise science? To put it simply, the goal of DeSci is to create a glob...

In the early days of crypto, DeFi was one of the sole use cases in the space apart from store of value and payments/cross border remittences. As the industry evolved, we witnessed a surge of innovations that transcended finance — crypto applications integrating with AI, tokenizing real-world assets, and much more. However, one vertical remains largely under the radar: DeSci. You might be wondering, how exactly do we decentralise science? To put it simply, the goal of DeSci is to create a glob...

Bitcoin’s inception in 2008 set the stage for the development of blockchain technology we see today. It was created to be a peer-to-peer version of an electronic cash that facilitates payments without a financial intermediary. However, over the years, the focus of blockchain technology has shifted. While DeFi and other blockchain applications have surged in popularity, blockchain-based payments, or Payment Finance (PayFi), have often been overlooked. Like an awkward middle child, PayFi exists...

Bitcoin’s inception in 2008 set the stage for the development of blockchain technology we see today. It was created to be a peer-to-peer version of an electronic cash that facilitates payments without a financial intermediary. However, over the years, the focus of blockchain technology has shifted. While DeFi and other blockchain applications have surged in popularity, blockchain-based payments, or Payment Finance (PayFi), have often been overlooked. Like an awkward middle child, PayFi exists...

Lately, with the low float/high FDV controversies running around, there’s been some newfound interest for coins that are of higher float and almost fully vested and circulated. Particularly, the spotlight has fallen on DeFi 1.0 once again. Intro to DeFi 1.0 DeFi 1.0 consists of dApps built by those considered to be the forefathers of the DeFi space such as Uniswap & Curve (DEX), Aave & Compound (money markets) and Synthetix (derivatives). These dApps served as the building blocks of every eco...

Lately, with the low float/high FDV controversies running around, there’s been some newfound interest for coins that are of higher float and almost fully vested and circulated. Particularly, the spotlight has fallen on DeFi 1.0 once again. Intro to DeFi 1.0 DeFi 1.0 consists of dApps built by those considered to be the forefathers of the DeFi space such as Uniswap & Curve (DEX), Aave & Compound (money markets) and Synthetix (derivatives). These dApps served as the building blocks of every eco...

With the markets chopping and narratives churning, whose turn is it to stand next to the almighty memes? In the context of DeFi, RWAs refer to a wide range of tokenized commodities such as treasuries, private credit, real estate, bonds, equities and luxury goods (e.g. designer bags and aged wines). In 2022, a report by Boston Consulting Group estimates that the global value of tokenized illiquid assets will reach $16 trillion by 2030, accounting for 10% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP)....

With the markets chopping and narratives churning, whose turn is it to stand next to the almighty memes? In the context of DeFi, RWAs refer to a wide range of tokenized commodities such as treasuries, private credit, real estate, bonds, equities and luxury goods (e.g. designer bags and aged wines). In 2022, a report by Boston Consulting Group estimates that the global value of tokenized illiquid assets will reach $16 trillion by 2030, accounting for 10% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP)....