DeFi has quite evidently evolved since its inception. Launched to fundamentally alter the global financial economy, this comparatively novel system exposes users to a host of fin-tech related products and services. With billions of dollars flowing into the space on a daily basis, the traditional, tightly-controlled, opaque system has gradually started losing its exclusivity amongContinue reading “Is SushiSwap REALLY performing better than Uniswap on these fronts”

Right after Bitcoin’s launch in 2009, a host of other cryptos, including Namecoin, Ixcoin, Tenebrix and Solidcoin, made their debut. However, most of them have vanished out of the space in no time. Litecoin is, nevertheless, one of the few coins that has successfully survived. In fact, “the silver to Bitcoin’s gold” is on theContinue reading “A decade down the line, is Litecoin actually living up to expectations”

Most DeFi tokens have been performing inconsistently of late. The China crackdown FUD did impact the broader DeFi market to some extent, but it failed to send these tokens into their ‘summer’ mode. However, their recovery over the past week has been notable. The likes of Uniswap, Curve Finance, and SushiSwap have individually appreciated byContinue reading “Aave may be on a slippery slope, but here’s why there’s hope for recovery”

Just over 24 hours ago, Bitcoin broke above the $51k-mark and people from the crypto-community were quite elated. Ethereum, however, was oscillating around $3.4k at that time. During the initial few days of September, both cryptos recorded upticks of more or less the same magnitude. This isn’t the case anymore though. In fact, their differentialsContinue reading “How Bitcoin can make or break Ethereum’s road to $4k and beyond”

The last couple of days have been quite eventful for Ethereum. In less than a week’s time, the world’s largest alt’s price has managed to bounce from $2.8k to $3.5k. Whenever Ethereum has pumped in the past, more often than not, the whole altcoin gamut has followed suit. With most alts registering a fairly decentContinue reading “What Ethereum Classic distancing itself from Ethereum means for investors”

Monero’s price hiked by 85% on the charts in the 34-day period from 21 July to 24 August. In fact, XMR’s price tumbled briefly before picking up the pace in the first week of September again. The altcoin, however, was unable to shield itself from the broader market downtrend in September and ended up dippingContinue reading “Is it too soon to expect Monero to breach $300”

Right from Bitcoin and Ethereum to Cardano and XRP, most of the large-cap alts rallied by more than 2% in the last 24-hours. However, Solana and Avalanche have remained quite complacent at their current levels of late. The former was up by merely a percent, while the latter was down by half-a-percent at press timeContinue reading “The next 24 hours will see Solana, Avalanche tread this path”

The crypto-market had been in dire straits almost throughout the month of September. Analysts kept asserting that October would change the fate of the market. Now, it would seem that long-term participants held their nerves. As the month flipped, the market delivered and a particular meme-coin fetched investors double-digit returns in a day. Meme-coins, byContinue reading “Did the ‘stepfather’ REALLY trigger Shiba Inu’s rally this time”

The growth of Decentralized Finance has been quite spectacular over the last couple of years. The space, however, has been prone to attacks and manipulation right from its inception. In fact, even rapid security protocol advancements over time haven’t been able to prevent such hacks. The latest to fall victim to the same is autonomousContinue reading “Post the ‘buggy’ upgrade, are COMP HODLers in grave trouble”

The past few months have not been that exhilarating for the crypto space. The scars of September are still quite evident and the current valuation of almost all the top coins support the aforementioned claim. However, the performance of a particular alt has managed to stun almost everyone from the community. Eye-popping numbers This altContinue reading “Post a 750% hike, Axie Infinity continues to show signs of a bright future”

The “centralization-decentralization” debate has been going on since ages. Proponents and opponents end up clashing with each other’s opinions every other day. Both ecosystems come with their own pros and cons, and thus, there hasn’t been any compelling conclusion to date. Crypto was, in fact, born out of the aforementioned opinion discrepancies. Even though decentralizationContinue reading “DEXes vs CEXes: Are exchanges like Uniswap, dYdX falling short of expectations”

XRP’s price has been revolving in-and-around the $1 mark for quite some time now. The alt recorded its yearly high of $1.96 way back in April and has never been able to inch ahead of the aforementioned threshold since then. In effect, people from the community have started attributing the “stablecoin” notion to this alt.Continue reading “Is XRP akin to a stablecoin or will it prove its worth over time”