The past two presidential elections have been some of the most divisive elections in US history. The country is split almost in half between Republicans and Democrats. So there is serious tension when a winner is declared by the Associated Press, which has accurately called the presidential election since 1848. …

It’s safe to say that American democracy is not doing so well. Accusations of voter fraud, a prevalent fear with incredible reach due to social media and more, are leading to both distrust in the current system and calls for the upheaval of democracy as we know it. Although “Political…

ERC20: The Behemoth Token Standard Ethereum, the leader of altcoins, seems to have surpassed the definition itself. One aspect of Ethereum’s ecosystem is the ERC20 token standard, and it has shaped the crypto-world in unimaginable ways. With the ICO boom and now the DeFi craze, more and more ERC20 tokens are minted every day. But…

They’ve been talking about Ethereum 2.0 for so long that we started to think they were pulling our leg! But with the rise of Proof-of-Stake and DeFi, it’s finally here — or at the very least on the horizon. …

The 2020 twitter bitcoin hack or “Bit-Con” was a scary example of what a lack of cybersecurity can do. Lawmakers, who are by and large not big fans of cryptocurrency, blame Twitter for the hiccup. (Although, that isn’t surprising when you consider Washington’s antagonistic relationship with Twitter as of late.) …

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has proven to be a major player in cryptocurrency, especially as of late. With projects like UniSwap, Compound, and MakerDao, decentralized finance has established itself as more than the surface-level ICO disaster of 2017––whose focus was token sales and crowdfunding rather than genuine, altruistic innovation. DeFi has…

Is it a bubble? Is it a revolutionary solution to age-old problems? Is it a bunch of Ponzi schemes teaming up to scam the good folk of the crypto industry? We’re here to (hopefully) answer those questions and maybe delve into why crypto treats DeFi with scrutiny equivalent to that…

Don’t believe the non-believers, there is a reason DeFi is trending right now. Of course, some of the more popular projects you’ve probably heard about are a tad overblown, but we won’t go into that (yet). The fact is, people are excited about DeFi because of the resourcefulness, and most…

Market makers and liquidity providers offer essentially the same service — which is, you guessed it, liquidity. Liquidity itself is a multi-faceted concept but is nonetheless essential to the strength of a financial market. Liquidity boils down to volume on an exchange. If there is enough volume to fill orders…