It is a widely known fact now that tokenization—converting physical assets into digital tokens on a blockchain—is the next revolutionary frontier for financial markets. This technology could enhance market liquidity, reduce transaction costs, and make investing more accessible...
Coinbase’s Layer 2 solution, Base, has established itself as one of the fastest-growing among its peers. In just 226 days after its debut, it achieved the remarkable milestone of reaching $1 billion in total value locked (TVL). In...
A recent report titled “State of 2024 NFT Drops” reviewed 29,079 new NFT collections launched between January and August 2024. The findings were stark: nearly 98% of these NFTs are now considered "dead," meaning they’ve seen little or...
Morocco made headlines when it announced a total ban on cryptocurrency use in 2017. Authorities in the African country cited concerns over risks like money laundering, terrorism financing, and the lack of consumer protections and regulatory oversight. At...
Blockchains, as we know them today, were first built and launched for public use in 2008 when Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the Bitcoin network to power their revolutionary idea of a digital currency. However, it quickly became evident that...
The US Department of the Treasury issued a semiannual regulatory agenda on August 16, 2024, proposing a revised definition of "money" to include cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. This redefinition essentially brings cryptocurrencies under the same legal and...
From Microstrategy in the software sector to Tesla in manufacturing to Genuis Group in Edtech to Jiva in eCommerce to Semler in healthcare, it seems every corporate entity is now in a perpetual race to put Bitcoin on...
Financial inclusion means ensuring everyone has access to basic financial services like saving, sending, and receiving money. This is especially important for the 1.4 billion people worldwide who don’t have a traditional bank account or don’t have access...
In 2022, India introduced strict crypto tax rules that many thought would kill the country's growing interest in digital currencies. The government added a 30% tax on all crypto profits and a 1% tax deducted at source (TDS)...
Throughout history, technological shifts have created huge wealth for those at the forefront of change. The Industrial Revolution made billionaires like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, while the internet boom in the ’90s created tech giants like...
