It is often said that innovative products get built in bear markets. This summer was a far cry from 2017’s “DeFi Summer”, but major developments in the layer 2 front…
Move With Sui
Introduction With the Solana and Nomad hacks over the last week, the demand for a secure and scalable blockchain has become increasingly apparent. Our previous report discussed Aptos, a blockchain…
Mina: The Succinct Blockchain
About a decade into the blockchain industry’s development, early adopters realized that a hidden form of centralization was taking place. As a chain grew utilization, it became longer, which decreased…
The Token Economy – Introducing a Framework for Token Policy
When discussing and analyzing project tokenomics, investors tend to focus on three main areas: – Token distribution & allocation– Token…
Diving into the Aptos Network
Introduction After years of seeking regulatory compliance, Diem, a cryptocurrency payment project from Facebook/Meta, ended abruptly in 2022. Its assets were sold off, including the underlying blockchain network. Mo Shaikh…
Avalanche Subnets vs. Polygon Supernets
The Rise of App-Chain Platforms There have been several recent developments in blockchain launchpads with Avalanche’s release of subnets and Polygon’s release of supernets. While supernets and subnets share many…
Centralization Risks for Post-Merge Ethereum
The merge will bring new centralization concerns to Ethereum’s forefront, with three obstacles posing potential problems. While solvable, if left unchecked, runaway centralization in the following areas has the potential…
Subnets: Avalanche’s Scaling Solution
Avalanche’s success and meteoric growth has been no secret. Early, the team distinguished themselves through the introduction of a new consensus protocol – Snow*. This novel architecture combines the best…
A Deep Dive into the Polygon (Matic) Ecosystem
Introduction Ethereum has had an enormous inflow of new users in recent months, with over 3 million unique addresses created over the last 30 days. While growth in the Ethereum…
The Terra Triforce: Rise of the Lunatics
Blockchains and stablecoins share one critical weakness: they are useless without adoption. Most ecosystems take the approach of “build it and they will come.” That is to say; if the…