DeFi
DeFi, short for Decentralized Finance, refers to a blockchain-based financial system that offers open and permissionless access to various financial services, such as lending, borrowing, trading, and earning interest, without relying on traditional intermediaries like banks or brokerages. DeFi applications operate on smart contracts and decentralized networks, enabling users to interact with financial services directly from their digital wallets. DeFi aims to make financial services more inclusive, transparent, and accessible to a global audience, often using cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology to facilitate these decentralized financial transactions.
18 Dec 2023
7 min read
The road to tokenized intellectual property (IP) rights
Intangible assets account for the lion's share of market value of S&P500. Though their value is measured at trillions of dollars, most companies still don't understand how to monetize their intellectual property (IP). As with other RWA, intellectual propert tokenization will facilitate management, valuation and trading of these assets.
14 Dec 2023
6 min read
5 Major Milestones of ALEX, the Finance Layer of Bitcoin
ALEX, the DeFi hub on Stacks and Bitcoin, has launched a series of new products over the year. This includes a bridge, BRC-20 token products, aBTC, releasing the Bitcoin Oracle and starting the Bitcoin Fund to catalyze the growth of Bitcoin DeFi. In this article, we’ll go through the project’s milestones and what they mean.
07 Dec 2023
9 min read
Top DeFi Projects on Stacks and the Bitcoin Economy
Adding functionality to Bitcoin is one of the biggest opportunities in crypto right now. DeFi projects on the Stacks blockchain seem best positioned to capitalize on this. Here's an overview of the more promising ones!
04 Dec 2023
11 min read
Hedgehog Protocol - Hedging gas fees on Ethereum
High gas fees, especially their surge during certain events, are a big issue for the Ethereum ecosystem. Its unpredictability and volatility do challenge Ethereum’s scalability, further adoption and growth. A product enabling hedging gas fees seems almost inevitable for the further growth of Ethereum.
28 Nov 2023
7 min read
A few words on the Web3 data landscape
Blockchain technology made the data, which had already been increasing at a staggering rate, more abundant. Add to this many kinds of data, such as - historical price data on CEXs and DEXs, - trading data (data on futures, and perpetual futures volume and volatility among others), - importing off-chain data onto the chain, - data on blocks produced by blockchain. Only Ethereum, the largest blockchain network, has produced more than 18 million blocks from its beginning until the time of this writing , and a humongous amount of data in Web3. In this article I’ll try to explain what different categories of players do in Web3 data landscape.
12 Nov 2023
5 min read
The Power of Avalanche Subnets: How Avalanche Subnets affect and improve the GameFi Industry
This article contains a detailed rundown about the structure of Avalanche subnets and how web3 Game developers leverage the blockchain's infrastructure to build web3 games that have sustainable Tokenomics, user experience, and the endless possibilities created with Avalanche.
Last edit: 09 Nov 2023
10 min read
How we determine the Flagship Portfolio Vault's risk profile
At Flagship, we have our own Vault that provides exposure to the best of crypto. In this article, we're going to walk you through our entire set of macro and market indicators. We use these to determine the level of risk we take on in our Portfolio Vault, and understanding these indicators can also greatly help you in assess the crypto market for yourself!
03 Nov 2023
10 min read
The Evolving Landscape of Private Credit Protocols in Emerging Markets
Finance gap for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in developing economies is estimated to be about $5 trillion. This gap is 30% higher than the current level of MSME lending. DeFi has a great potential to solve the issue and positively impact those left undeserved by legacy financial institutions.
Last edit: 26 Oct 2023
From Notes to Nodes: Exploring the Future of Music with Tokenization
The internet has changed the music industry drastically. It increased the availability of music to audiences creating several income streams for creators. Song downloads were overtaken by streaming services. Cassettes were replaced by CDs which had better superior sound. But the current music industry is not without its own share of problems. And now the music industry can be transformed once again by blockchain technology.
26 Oct 2023
Week 43, 2023 - Weekly Market Outlook
The weekly market outlook article will provide a brief analysis of the past week's market performance and an outlook for the upcoming week.
19 Oct 2023
Week 42, 2023 - Weekly Market Outlook
The weekly market outlook article will provide a brief analysis of the past week's market performance and an outlook for the upcoming week.
17 Oct 2023
Invest in the Skies - Tokenization of Aviation Assets
Discover the Future of Aviation Investment with Tokenization. Learn how tokenizing aviation assets on the blockchain can revolutionize the industry, offering fractional ownership, cost-efficiency, and new revenue streams. Explore the potential of blockchain technology in aviation.
