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FTX’s implosion was a significant moment. Not just because of the millions of people who have seen their assets wiped out or the damage its contagion effect has inflicted on the industry.

The end of the year is just a date on the calendar, technically no different from the day immediately after it. Yet, it always feels like an occasion of promise and introspection. Because this is my last column of 2022, I will succumb to the temptation to look ahead and try to ex

On Wednesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the “Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act,” which would impose sweeping surveillance and registration requirements on almost all participants in blockchain networks – including software developers, m

This weekend’s episode of "Saturday Night Live" began with a skit poking fun at former President Donald Trump’s recently released, meme-worthy non-fungible token (NFT) collection.“Seems like a scam and, in many ways, it is,” said James Austin Johnson, who

Over the past 12 months, crypto has seen a troubling flood of attacks and exploits. There have been too many to track – this is an issue that desperately needs to be addressed.Fortunately, there’s hope. Protocols can up their game when it comes to auditing code, monit

When Elon Musk initially took over daily operations at Twitter he said the world would know he’s doing the right thing if both sides of the political aisle were ticked off. Well, people are upset, but not because the billionaire technocrat is doing a good job – and th

The NFT market has declined in value in recent months, but NFT technology isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Non-fungible tokens provide a variety of practical use cases.

As of now, every exchange is only able to offer two out of three of the trilemma's key components - decentralization, scalability, and capital efficiency. Let’s dive in:

Price crashes and crypto collapses dominated headlines in 2022, but it was a year of significant progress for Bitcoin. In 2022, we saw how Bitcoin as a protocol allows for widespread innovation that fills whatever needs developers and entrepreneurs identify without any need for c

The current state of Binance can be summed up nicely in meme form:In reality, everything is most definitely Not Fine.

The spirit of Notorious B.I.G. was resurrected in the metaverse on Friday night, transporting thousands of attendees to a virtual recreation of 1990s Brooklyn for a performance that transcended space and time.As a native New Yorker and old-school hip-hop fan, my heart swelled whe

Since 2016 I have ended each year with predictions for the blockchain ecosystem for the year ahead. 2022 has been one of the most tumultuous years in crypto, with a litany of decentralized and centralized entities already evaporated or on their last leg. It feels like we are in t

In an innovative ecosystem where early adoption translates to influence and economic advantage, it’s become clear that nations in Southeast Asia are ideally positioned to champion the blockchain revolution — and potentially play a pivotal role in shaping the Web3 era. 

Last week John J. Ray III, the new CEO of FTX who is leading the company through bankruptcy proceedings, testified before the House Financial Services Committee about the crypto exchange’s collapse. I honestly don’t think there was much to report from Ray’s test

It's no secret that 2022 has been a pretty rough year for the crypto market. The industry has been hit with everything from crashes to bankruptcies, to fraud allegations, massive fines and layoffs....

We at Blockdaemon predict that the future of Web3 will be built on a foundation of seamless user experience: seamless use, seamless monetization and seamless governance. The success of any Web3 project is dependent on its ability to deliver this seamless experience to all users,

While 2022 saw some of the most unprecedented unravelings in crypto history, the fact of the matter is Web3 technology still has the opportunity to fundamentally change consumer behavior. Due to an emphasis on infrastructure throughout 2022, crypto is now at the phase where it is

New data from Blockware Solutions, a blockchain research firm, pointed to a series of bullish omens to suggest that bitcoin may be nearing the end of its downward trajectory in the immediate future.

Many say that 2023 will be the “Year of the DAO” because of the explosion in the number of decentralized autonomous organizations and significant advancements in software that make it easier for anyone to start a DAO. So 2023 will likely be the year of the DAO, but wi

Capitalism failed crypto. Or perhaps they failed each other.No, I’m not trying to exonerate Sam Bankman-Fried and all those who have abused people’s trust and destroyed faith in this industry.