Conference Summaries
The media’s role in driving growth in crypto
Panel looks at best practices in news coverage from Decrypt Media, CoinDesk, South China Morning Post.
Zoltan Vardai
Lens
DAO – Decentralized Autonomous Organization
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Expert Interviews
Vitalik Buterin: How DeFi, NFTs and DAOs are building a value exchange layer for Web 3.0
Speaking at the Singapore FinTech Festival, Ethereum’s creator discusses DeFi adoption and why he expects Ethereum’s ‘killer ecosystem’ to grow over the next few years.
Michelle Lim
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Opinion Pieces
Disrupting the status quo: Why the world needs decentralization
The familiarity of centralized systems may feel comforting, but decentralized technologies like blockchain are the wave of the future, writes Corey Petty of Status.
Corey Petty
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DeFi Innovations
Over 90% of the world’s poor are not insured, but blockchain could soon change that
Blockchain and parametric insurance offer a bigger safety net for the world's most vulnerable, writes Jan Stockhausen of Etherisc. Here's how it works.
Jan Stockhausen
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Opinion Pieces
Why honest centralization is superior to chaotic decentralization
Are DAOs and decentralization always beneficial for the group or the user? Antoni Trenchev of Nexo urges you to think again.
Antoni Trenchev
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DeFi News
Bybit contributes $19M to BitDAO in ETH, USDT and USDC to support DeFi growth
Singapore-based crypto derivatives exchange Bybit today announced it had made a US$19.3 million contribution in Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) to BitDAO, one of the world’s largest decentralized autonomous organizations, which it helped launch last month. Fast facts Many crypto projects, especially those in decentralized finance, have organized themselves as DAOs for […]
Michelle Lim
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Crypto Trading and Strategies
How blockchain is giving rise to a growing ‘Crypto Nation’
Being a ‘crypto native’ involves much more than using Bitcoin and DeFi, writes Alvin Lee of DeGate DAO. It’s sharing core values like freedom and inclusion.
Alvin Lee
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New DAO Projects
BitDAO raises US$230M with Peter Thiel, VCs to drive DeFi adoption
BitDAO — a new decentralized autonomous organization that aims to promote and propel the mass adoption of open finance and the decentralized tokenized economy — has announced the completion of a US$230 million private sale.
Michelle Lim
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DeFi Innovations
UNICEF invests in blockchain startups for financial inclusion
UNICEF Venture Fund is awarding up to $100,000 to blockchain startups, including India’s GovBlocks, in its latest funding round. Here are the other projects.
Michelle Lim
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NFTs and Gaming
What blockchain games like Alien Worlds say about life outside metaverses
In a special Q&A, Sarojini McKenna of Alien Worlds discusses play-to-earn gaming, digital assets like Trilium, and lives increasingly lived inside virtual worlds.
Michelle Lim
