New Year New Joe: New TraderJoe Tokenomics 

There’s a whole new Joe in town.  TraderJoe is the largest DEX (Decentralized Exchange) on the Avalanche blockchain.  TraderJoe tokenomics will change via adjustment of the staking mechanism.  To do this, TraderJoe will move from one to three separate staking mechanisms. The new staking mechanisms are: rJOE sJOE veJOE Currently, JOE is staked for xJOE which earns rewards in JOE. The new … Read more

Basic Rug Protection: 5 Hazards To Watch For in DeFi

Ask anyone about a DeFi token or NFT project, and their answer will probably include “DYOR” somewhere. Telling someone to Do Your Own Research is useful for absolving yourself of blame for their aping, but little else. Smart contracts are complex beasts. Fully auditing a protocol yourself before interacting with it is simply not practical … Read more

Game Theory and the Emergencies Act

Justin Trudeau and Parliament of Canada enact the Emergencies Act, enabling the freeze and suspension of Canadian bank accounts. Crypto has never looked brighter.

Trouble in Wonderland: $BSGG Airdrop Falls Flat Amid Growing Concerns

Prior to its fall from grace earlier this year, Wonderland Money was pivoting to operation as a DeFi hedge fund. On the advice of treasury manager Sifu, the DAO invested $18,337,000 USD into Betswap.gg, a crypto-native betting platform, in exchange for $BSGG tokens. On February 12th, a $BSGG airdrop went live to all snapshotted $wMEMO, … Read more

Evmos: What to know about the “Rektdrop”

Evmos Rektdrop

Evmos, Cosmos, and Blockchain Scaling If you care about blockchain scaling and modularity, Evmos is one of the most exciting new Cosmos ecosystem projects to watch. Scaling is one of the key issues surrounding the future of crypto and mass adoption. In contrast to Ethereum’s rollup-centric scaling strategy, the Cosmos ecosystem has an alternative approach … Read more

First DAO & Sporting Partnership

A big announcement recently was the Washington Nationals (MLB) officially partnering with Terra. Marking this deal the first Major Sports Franchise to partner with a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization). This is a pretty big deal for Terra ($LUNA) as the partnership brings public visibility to the DAO. It also looks to bring the Terra stablecoin, UST, as … Read more

The Crypto Bowl

Crypto Takes Stage at the Super Bowl

Pro Sports and Crypto partnerships continue to be an indicator of longterm growth even in volatile market conditions.  As the market has continued to bounce up and down, one important narrative in the short term to look at is Crypto.com, Binance, FTX and other Crypto companies have laid out the most capital investment ever for … Read more

Wormhole Bridge Hacked for $325 Million

Wormhole Bridge Protocol was hacked for $325 Million

Wormhole Bridge protocol was hacked for $325 million in one of the largest crypto hacks ever. What is a bridge and how was it exploited to…

Stacks Co-Founder Muneeb Ali Launches New Company

In a surprise Twitter announcement, Muneeb Ali announced the creation of a new development company Trust Machines. Muneeb was previously the CEO of Hiro Systems, creating developer tools for building dApps on the Stacks blockchain. He has transitioned to an Executive Chairman role at Hiro. Muneeb’s new venture is focused on developing applications on both … Read more