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This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Jeffrey Amico is an attorney at Fluidity, creators of the ethereum-based peer-to-peer trading network AirSwap.In his seminal book The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clay Christensen explains
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Second, the DeFi community should create products and services for a greater share of the population. Trading and arbitrage platforms are useful for day-traders and hedge funds, but the people who need DeFi the most are not looking to actively trade crypto assets. DeFi projects must rediscover the original purpose
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About Richard KasteleinFounder and publisher of industry publication Blockchain News (EST 2015), a partner at ICO services collective Token.Agency ($750m+ and 90+ ICOs and STOs), director of education company Blockchain Partners (Oracle Partner) – Vancouver native Richard Kastelein is an award-winning publisher, innovation executive and entrepreneur. He sits on the
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Mainstream media is out spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) about bitcoin triggered by the recent selloff. News outlets miss the fact that bitcoin is an uncorrelated asset. The same media companies also ignore bitcoin’s growing use case. The mainstream financial media is once again feasting on bitcoin’s recent tumble. The number one
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Everyone remembers the super hyped launch of Bakkt and the crazy alt season, price increases and the interest it was supposed to generate. None of that happened and hope for the platform has declined since launch day but don’t be fooled, Bakkt is a sleeping juggernaut waiting to explode. We’ll be launching
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Ripple has released a new video aimed at showing the masses exactly what on-demand liquidity looks like, cheap, fast international payments on demand. The video shows all kinds of different people using RippleNet and XRP to make real-time international payments to anyone in the world. Sorry to use your words Mr Garlinghouse
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Looking at cryptocurrencies as investable assets has become the norm nowadays, and with good reason. More than becoming any sort of viable alternative to traditional fiat currency, cryptocurrencies have instead become commodities that we can buy, hold, and sell in the hopes of financial gain.This is at least partly because
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