Messari’s Katherine Wu wrote a great commentary about the New York Attorney General’s recent report on crypto exchanges. “The NYAG report on crypto trading platforms is the most comprehensive investigation released to date by a regulator. It contains a wealth […]
I’ll skip the link to the article about the launch, and instead share an analysis by Preston Byrne. My view: seems like a great move for them (good PR + being “in it”), even if it doesn’t work out long-term. | learn […]
This video, recommended by Fred Wilson, is a great one to watch for anyone interested in blockchain technology. Silvio’s style is really entertaining! | learn more
How interesting! The painting’s ownership has been fractionalized and tokenized, allowing partial interest to be bought via smart contract. The contract was powered by the blockchain platform Maecenas. “Approximately US$1.7 million was raised in the cryptocurrency auction for a 31.5% […]
It’s a common narrative these days that the next wave for crypto will require actual applications with real users. Consensys put together this list of apps that are live right now. | learn more
This is my 3rd, and final, post about this blockchain game. Someone managed to win the prize (worth about $3MM) that was thought to be unwinnable with some clever strategy and a careful attack. SECBIT Labs dissects exactly how that happened. |learn […]
Cuy Sheffield puts forward an interesting theory for why Ether might retain value long-term without becoming a “Store of Value”. With enough tokenized securities on the blockchain, its security becomes worthy of defense spending. | learn more
Nick Grossman from Union Square Ventures thinks through factors that affect the difficulty to get a token economy off the ground. | learn more
“We’ve interviewed 100+ developers to showcase the biggest opportunities in the Ethereum ecosystem” | learn more
Nadia Eghbal discusses the different approaches to measuring the health of open-source projects. She goes well beyond the basics of # of commits and pull requests. |learn more