R2 Labs Founder on Building a Team and the Importance of Protocol Expertise. RSQ Labs, a research and analysis firm, has formed a team of seasoned blockchain engineers and industry experts to educate businesses on DLT use cases and help them to take the leap…

DeFi & yield farming and bitcoin’s 10-week trend above $10k

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscaThe explosion in cloud computing and the gaming industry over the past few years has left a great deal of redundant compute and network capacity unused. Cudo, which harnesses unused computing power, has teamed up with e-commerce giant The…

Ethereum may be at the center of the DeFi craze, but it isn’t the only early mover in the space. In 2015, RSK, the first smart contract platform secured by the Bitcoin network, was blazing its own trail. They have been building their DeFi ecosystem…

In this episode, Matrixport’s management team discussed the state of crypto trading in the Asian markets as well as the role of structured products. While they are currently focused more on professional traders, the company, which is a spinoff from Bitmain, is developing a retail…

Coinscrum spoke with Milana Valmont, co-founder and CEO of Prague-based DeFi project Kira Network, which launched this year and has developers in Singapore and Europe. The Kira Network is being built by Kira Core, the main contributor to the Kira ecosystem. Kira boasts the maiden…

Union Square Ventures was an investor in the blockchain space, having backed companies like cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. They are also directly invested in a number of protocol level projects. Albert Wenger, managing partner at Union Square Ventures, spoke with Nisa Amoils about why now is…

Union Square Ventures managing partner Albert Wenger explained why now is an especially exciting time in the blockchain space, thanks in large part to the activity on Ethereum and in DeFi. He talked about some projects needing a reality check, how Union Square’s investment thesis…

There has been a lot of excitement in the crypto derivatives market where total bitcoin options open interest skyrocketed over the past month, according to Guilhem Chaumont, CEO of Flowdesk, on Coinscrum Markets. The trend was especially evident on the CME, which is a reflection…

This week, host Nisa Amoils spoke with Mark Hipperson, founder and CEO of Ziglu, a fintech that recently scored an electronic money (e-money) institution license from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). He talked about how the license gives the company greater flexibility to operate…

Ethereum 2.0 is on the horizon. The ‘Serenity’ upgrade, which is now a completely new chain from Ethereum 1, is slated for release in Dec 2020 and will finally see the protocol move from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. Many in the industry are now preparing for the…

ID Theory (Incentive Design Theory) is an investment firm with a difference. Founded by crypto natives, the fund’s investment thesis expands beyond pure capital appreciation, seeking out additional returns from the incentivisation structures embedded within decentralised networks. The company is the product of two crypto…