Introducing a News Options Market to Fund Stories
ok media people hear me out NEWS OPTIONS MARKET -- writers sell story pitches at a fixed price -- funders get a share of story revenue (subs, ads) within a time frame (ie 60 days) -- platform takes a fee ... -- we fix news https://t.co/pKEqYMJmSa
Spark TVL Jumps $1B; Morpho Trails as Biggest Loser
Spark TVL is up by ~$1B in past 2 days, biggest gainer from Kelp hack. After Aave, Morpho is the biggest loser in terms of USD flows. https://t.co/Lv7j5fiiGn
Media Needs Real Funding, Not Clickbait Incentives
media: we need funding to continue the important work of uncovering fraud and corruption or else everything is gonna turn into clickbait vcs: media sucks we won't fund it media: * cuts jobs, turns into clickbait * vcs: media really sucks we...
Composability Created Chaos, Yet Offers Escape
one silver lining in all this -- composability enabled the Kelp / LayerZero /Aave mess, and it's also creating a way out for some: https://t.co/EEhGpr7fli
No Bugs, No Broken Protocol—Still $290M Lost
crazy how no protocol was broken, there were no bugs, but still $290M was lost 😒 tbh, those statements are not very helpful. so what if the smart contract worked as intended if in the end that still resulted major losses...
Launch of Converge: Weekly RWA, Tokenization, Stablecoin Briefing
Check out the first issue of @DefiantNews's Converge newsletter, a weekly briefing on the highest-signal RWA, tokenization and stablecoin news & in-depth analysis. Subscribe: https://t.co/bPtEQrOysz Follow: @ConvergeDefiant And that's just the newsletter. Converge website is loading :)
Toddlers Prefer Formal Choices Over Simple Bedtime
Time to ask my toddler if he wants to affirmatively accept bedtime OR if he wants to go to sleep.
Quantum Threat Looms: Crypto’s Upcoming Q-Day Explained
So.. is q-day coming and is crypto cooked? definitely maybe. if you, like me, are not an expert in quantum computing and how it puts ALL blockchains at risk + want to know what changed in the last couple of weeks, then...
Quantum Could Break Bitcoin Sooner Than We Thought | Alex Pruden
The Defiant episode spotlights two fresh research papers that dramatically shrink the resources needed for a quantum computer to run Shor’s algorithm, the cryptographic attack capable of breaking Bitcoin, Ethereum and most other blockchains. Google’s study reduces the operation count...
Comprehensive Bitcoin DeFi Docu-Series Maps Past to Present
Today we wrapped up Beyond Digital Gold: A Bitcoin DeFi docu-series, where we covered: Ep 1: Early Bitcoin Experiments (aka BTC 2.0) -- Colored Coins, Mastercoin, Counterparty Ep 2: Bitcoin Renaissance -- Ordinals, inscriptions, BRC-20s Ep 3: Bitcoin DeFi Landscape -- all the...
How to Put Bitcoin to Work in DeFi
The video examines how Bitcoin can be utilized in decentralized finance, despite most BTC staying idle. It outlines the current state where under 1% of total supply is productive, and contrasts CeFi failures with emerging DeFi solutions. Data points show a...
Canton Super Validators Earn Spots by Merit, Not ETH
When I interviewed Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz for The Defiant podcast recently, he wouldn't say “Canton is permissioned,” but I think his answer made it clear. tldr: to become a Canton super validator, you submit a business proposal to the...
Ethereum Mandate Praised; Milady Vibe Odd, Forced Alignment Cringe
my simplified take on new EF drama: - Ethereum mandate = good - Milady association and aesthetics = weird - People being forced to sign alignment = cringe bordering on bad (IF rumor is true)
SEC Splits Crypto Into Five Distinct Regulatory Categories
wowww the SEC just classified crypto assets into: DIGITAL COMMODITIES DIGITAL COLLECTIBLES DIGITAL TOOLS STABLECOINS DIGITAL SECURITIES. and explained what each category means. SEC digital commodities include: Aptos (APT); Avalanche (AVAX); Bitcoin (BTC); Bitcoin Cash (BCH); Cardano (ADA); Chainlink (LINK); Dogecoin (DOGE); Ether (ETH); Hedera (HBAR); Litecoin...
Crypto’s “True Believers” Narrative Is Outdated
This VF photo and article ("Crypto’s True Believers Demand to Be Taken Seriously") feel so off to me and I was trying to figure out why. I think it's because it feels like something that was written in the...