Famed venture capital (VC) firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has released its inaugural State of Crypto report. The document is stirring up a fervent discussion in the industry, as the firm is considered to be at the cutting-edge of crypto, with investments in multiple key projects.
Let’s take a look at what an algorithmic stablecoin is, and then we can dive into the details of what happened and what’s likely to come next.
While smart contracts are considered one of the greatest innovations in the crypto space for enabling automated and permissionless transactions, not everyone has the necessary level of understanding to ensure their security.
Data breaches in March 2022 targeting the crypto user-related data managed by two of the biggest marketing service providers, Hubspot and Mailchimp, have raised concerns about the safety of crypto users’ investments, which might consequently be targeted in phishing campaigns.
Hacks and scams in the crypto space are on the rise, with cybersecurity firm CertiK pointing to a crazy $1.3 billion lost to decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks last year – around double the amount from 2020. With the first quarter now in the rearview, it’s a good time to take a look at this year's most high-profile digital asset debacles.
Smart contract-powered DeFi applications offer users the chance to earn significant interest and yield on investments multiple times bigger than what traditional banks and financial institutions can offer. However, these enticing options may come with traps, which we will cover in this article.
The virtual economy needs a more interconnected infrastructure. After all, Web 1 uses TCP/IP, while Web 2 has AJAX. Blockchains cannot become the future of the Internet if decentralized networks remain fragmented. What will be the infrastructure to connect Web3's networks?
Let’s take a look at what ApeCoin is, what happened with the flash loan exploit, and how the cryptoverse is reacting. It’s likely we’ll see this fascinating maneuver again.
In this article we’ll take a look at the state of the Metaverse in early 2022, and what to expect from these first generation virtual utopias this year.
In this article, we take a hopeful look at how crypto has played a part in the unfolding of the Ukraine saga, with an emphasis on how crypto has been of benefit to the under-siege nation of Ukraine rather than the threat of Russian sanction evasion.