Introduction to Curve Curve was founded by Michael Egorov, a Russian psychicist and entrepreneur who had previously co-founded an encryption protocol for big data called NuCypher, in early 2020. While…
Crypto Wallets: The Drivers of Mass Adoption
Your debit card does not hold your money. It only authorizes your bank account to send transactions to the banking system database. Similarly, your crypto wallet does not hold your…
[Podcast] Crypto Oracles with Steve Kaminsky (Jump)
Steve Kaminsky (Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects at Jump Crypto) joins The Tie‘s Fundamental Value podcast to discuss Jump’s crypto initiatives, contributions towards Pyth, and the importance of blockchain oracles….
[Podcast] Building Cowen Digital with Eric Rose & Drew Forman (Cowen)
Eric Rose (Managing Director and Head of Execution of Cowen Digital) and Drew Forman (Managing Director and Head of Cowen Digital) join The Tie‘s Fundamental Value podcast to discuss the…
Aptos vs Sui
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. In its…
[Webinar Recording] Real World Assets
Jack Melnick, VP of The Tie Research, is joined by Aaron Collett (Senior Credit Manager, Goldfinch), Colin Cunningham (Head of Business Development, Centrifuge), and Quinn Thompson, Head of Growth, Maple…
Creating the App-Chain Internet: Avalanche Subnets vs. Cosmos 2.0
Introduction Before the internet, computers had no method for transmitting data to other computers. Once computers could transmit data through a common language, or protocol, the internet rapidly expanded. The…
Cross-Chain Bridging – Current Risks & Future Development
Today, there are 180 national currencies. Each country has a different legal tender, and each economy settles its economic activities in its native currency. For example, most economic activities in…
[Podcast] Blockchain Security with Steven Walbroehl (Halborn)
Steve Walbroehl (Chief Technology Officer / Chief Security Officer and cofounder of Halborn) joins The Tie‘s Fundamental Value podcast to discuss blockchain security, smart contract auditing, protocol due diligence, and…
Growing up with Kujira
Key Take-Aways Kujira was initially launched as ORCA, a Terra-native liquidation platform focusing on liquidations on Anchor Protocol, and was rebuilt as a semi-permissioned Cosmos SDK blockchain in July 2022,…