Will bad loans tank banks and lenders? The United States economy got off to a rocky start in 2022 contracting 1.6% in the first quarter (Q1) and 0.6% in the second quarter. In spite of Q3 beating the forecasted 2.4% rise to 2.6%, analysts are still worried about a slowdown. …

In my previous blog 5 of the Most Common Questions on Security Tokens Answered we touched a little on the differences between STOs and ICOs. In this post, we’re going to go deeper with the topic. …

The question on every cryptocurrency investor’s mind nowadays is, “Does Avalanche cryptocurrency have a future?” Launched in 2020, Avalanche (AVAX) has caught the eye of the masses owing to its versatile infrastructure, transaction speed, and secure consensus model. Versatile Infrastructure Avalanche’s biggest distinguishing factor is that its primary network consists of at…

On Wednesday, August 3, 2022, the world woke up to the news of yet another cryptocurrency hack — this time against Solana. Assets totaling at least $5.2 million are reported to have been stolen from 8,000 wallets trading on this highly functional open source project. The brainchild of former Qualcomm…

How is NFT trading faring in this post-COVID era? Well, if news reports are anything to go by, it is thriving — and remarkably so. Carrying on from last year’s unprecedented record highs where NFT trading volumes surged by 21,000% to $17.6 billion up from 2020’s $82 million, investors are…

DeFi platforms are all the rage these days. But why is this? Well, as of July 2022, the Total Value Locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) stood at $38.1 billion — a 4X increase since July 2020. The number of investors entering the market to trade cryptocurrencies has also increased…

Derivatives — futures, swaps, certain options, and over-the-counter markets — are powerful investments for those with the necessary skillset to trade them profitably. Globally, derivatives play a pivotal role in minimizing any uncertainty that may arise between exchange and interest rates. Locally, they help with equity, commodity, and credit prices. …

Play-to-Earn (P2E) games are currently causing massive disruption in the online gaming world. The ascent of the P2E model is in part thanks to the growing popularity of crypto gaming, the wide receptivity of digital currencies, and the advent of blockchain technology. The apparent initial success of crypto gaming has…

The rise of cryptocurrency is changing the way we think about finance. This revolutionary new piece of financial technology has given the entire concept of fintech new meaning, with advanced forms of currency that have more value than some of the fintech companies that use them, and the value of…