Why Should We Embrace DeFi as Financial Institutions?
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Why Should We Embrace DeFi as Financial Institutions?

The decentralized finance (DeFi) space has long been occupied primarily by single entities and small companies. For example, crypto investors and small software organizations are some of the primary proponents of decentralized finance worldwide.

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What the PRG Report Will Mean for Stablecoins
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

What the PRG Report Will Mean for Stablecoins

As we approach the holidays, looking forward to time with family and friends and some R&R for ourselves, this also seems the season of R&R (Reports and Regulations) for the Crypto space. The latest to appear under the microscope and into the crosshairs is stablecoins.

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DeFi Is A Frightening Prospect For The Banking Industry, But It Doesn't Have To Be
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

DeFi Is A Frightening Prospect For The Banking Industry, But It Doesn't Have To Be

At its dawn, internet skeptics were overtly critical, highlighting their distaste for the technology. Acclaimed astronomer Clifford Stoll asserted the idea that ‘commerce and business will shift from offices and malls to networks and modems’ was ‘baloney’, and the potential for the internet was nothing more than a hype train traveling too fast for its own good.

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How the Play-to-Earn Model will Transform Video Games & More
David Orban David Orban

How the Play-to-Earn Model will Transform Video Games & More

We recently met with Luis Buenaventura, country manager for the Philippines for Yield Guild Games as part of our “What is New in the World of Blockchain” series. We discussed the concept of Play-to-Earn, a business model now being successfully deployed and growing not just exponentially, but organically for video games and in time, beyond.

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Why Bitcoin is Bad for Criminals
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

Why Bitcoin is Bad for Criminals

With all of the misinformation and paranoia spread over the last six months about Bitcoin and now witnessing its recent increase in price, let’s look at one of the most severe accusations levied against BTC. It’s something of a classic, and the protest heard most from legacy institutions and regulatory agency politicians and those who might not understand Bitcoin and how it works. What you don’t understand can be scary. Until you realize its value, right, Jamie Dimon?

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Why are Advisory Companies More Valuable than Ever?
David Orban David Orban

Why are Advisory Companies More Valuable than Ever?

In the ecosystem of businesses, consulting companies occupy an important but delicate position: to balance the interests of their customers with their own. Their product is an amalgam of repeatable components, commodified, as well as value-added services continuously evolving with new scenarios.

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How “Green” is Bitcoin?
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

How “Green” is Bitcoin?

Elon Musk tweeted on May 12th, “We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for BTC mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel.”

Due to his environmental concerns at the time, Musk decided to renege on his highly publicized announcement on March 24th that Tesla would be accepting BTC for payment of vehicles. The founder of Tesla tweeted that Tesla would be adding BTC as a payment method back again as soon as miners transition to using “more sustainable energy.”

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Beyond Enterprizes Welcomes David Orban
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

Beyond Enterprizes Welcomes David Orban

An aficionado of blockchain technologies and Bitcoin investor since 2010, David Orban was an early adopter of Ethereum at its launch in 2014. He serves on the Faculty of and acts as Advisor to the Singularity University, at the NASA Research Park.

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Privacy Coins: Monero, Zcash, PirateChain & BEAM
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

Privacy Coins: Monero, Zcash, PirateChain & BEAM

“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”

~ Edward Snowden

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A Brief History of NFTs and a Look into the Future
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

A Brief History of NFTs and a Look into the Future

The unprecedented ascent of NFTs, today in the art world may be an incredible innovation for artists to create and monetize their work. It could also be an efficient and novel way for collectors to purchase and store value -- and even artfully display their treasures to the world through virtual galleries. Or this could simply be an impressive trend, expressing a whim of the nouveau riche, the freshly minted millionaires of the crypto bull market having some fun with their swiftly acquired, substantial gains.

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How Blockchain Can Help Monitor COVID-19 Vaccines
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

How Blockchain Can Help Monitor COVID-19 Vaccines

The question becomes how recipients of COVID-19 vaccines can ensure that the vaccines they receive have not been compromised.

Blockchain can ensure much-needed transparency that is not contingent on one party alone.

Blockchain can be a solution to answer some of the most difficult challenges related to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

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The Flying Autonomous Fleet of the Future
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

The Flying Autonomous Fleet of the Future

The development of autonomous aircraft vehicles has come a long way, from being the mere imaginings of The Jetsons, ChittiChitti BangBang, Blade Runner, and The Fifth Element, to becoming actual flying vehicles with a nearly billion-dollar investment in 2020 alone. And the market for flying cars worldwide is projected to pass $1.2 trillion by 2040. Suppose you’re curious about how those cartoon/cinematic suggestions are coming along. In that case, the most promising are not precisely what we’ve seen in the movies, but in many ways will be even better by what they can do for us as a society.

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When It Comes to Tokenomics, Follow the Money
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

When It Comes to Tokenomics, Follow the Money

To truly understand why something is happening, we need to simply follow the money.

Tokenomics is among the most challenging of exercises.

Today, anyone can create a liquidity pool with a token, as long as they own the token.

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What venture capitalists look for in crypto startups and entrepreneurs
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

What venture capitalists look for in crypto startups and entrepreneurs

Whilst investigating potential investments, I look at the team, its background, and skill set. I then determine whether all of that seems complimentary or not. In instances where that’s not easily visible and accessible, I look at the project’s stakeholders. As with anything else in life, if enough people support you–in your mission, vision, and goals–you’re going to be successful.

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Happy Belated Birthday, Bitcoin!
Brad Yasar Brad Yasar

Happy Belated Birthday, Bitcoin!

It’s been a tumultuous 12 years of existence in this weary world for the first mover of all blockchain projects, the first cryptocurrency in history, the most spectacularly profitable, outrageously volatile asset in modern times, Bitcoin. Otherwise, lovingly referred by its ticker symbol by friends and colleagues BTC for short.

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