Uncovering The Hidden Costs Of The Petrodollar

The world’s reserve currency relies on oil, dictators, inequality and the military-industrial complex. But a Bitcoin standard could change this. In its growth from conceptual white paper to trillion-dollar asset, Bitcoin has attracted an enormous amount of criticism. Detractors focus on its perceived negative externalities: energy consumption, carbon footprint, lack of centralized control and inability […]

Uniswap v3 hopes to reinvent its DEX, others see a different path for DeFi

The v3 upgrade seeks to maximize capital efficiency, but it may worsen many impermanent loss-related issues that plague DeFi. Uniswap decentralized exchange and its governance token, UNI, have been defying all expectations in recent months, with the world’s largest DEX recently recording cumulative transaction totals exceeding the $10-billion threshold. What’s more, it is estimated that […]

Simplex and Cardano Integration Enables Millions to Purchase ADA Worldwide

Coinspeaker Simplex and Cardano Integration Enables Millions to Purchase ADA Worldwide Simplex, the industry leader providing global fiat on/off ramps to the entire crypto ecosystem, adds Cardano (ADA) to its vast list of supported cryptocurrencies. ADA will be made accessible to Simplex’s growing partner network, including multiple cryptocurrency exchanges, wallets, and brokers. The integration of […]

Polygon Unveils $100 Million Fund to Boost DeFi Adoption

Coinspeaker Polygon Unveils $100 Million Fund to Boost DeFi Adoption Polygon, a blockchain scaling network, has revealed plans of a $100 million fund to ease accessibility to the decentralized finance (DeFi) space to end-users. Polygon’s fund, dubbed #DeFiforAll seeks to efficiently accommodate the numerous users and newbies jumping aboard the DeFi projects which include platforms […]

Bitcoin Optech #146: Splicing, Workshop Announcements And More

This week’s newsletter covers using Lightning Network splicing, announcements for a layer-crossing workshop and more. The Bitcoin Optech newsletter provides readers with a top-level summary of the most important technical news happening in Bitcoin, along with resources that help them learn more. To help our readers stay up-to-date with Bitcoin, we’re republishing the latest issue […]