By Pierce Brachmann What is Ribbon Finance? Ribbon Finance is a DeFi Protocol that allows users to deposit single assets and earn a sustainable yield on them. The protocol uses the assets that are deposited in their vaults and dedicates them into specific covered call or put selling strategies that…

By Rohun Nanda Recently, the government of India announced they will be legalizing the use of cryptocurrency. However, the legalization of digital assets comes with a huge cost. …

By Pierce Brachmann Layer 1.0 describes the native infrastructure of a blockchain responsible for maintaining the protocol. Layer 1.0 can be referred to as the main chain that is primarily responsible for three things — scalability, security, and decentralization. This is most famously referred to as the blockchain trilemma as…

By Pierce Brachmann GameFi is emerging as the next major narrative for blockchain technology. With the play-to-earn model associated with GameFi, the ecosystem of a game also acts as a business model where rewards and utilities associated with the game have real-world value and can be traded amongst players. Defi…

By Rohun Nanda Bitcoin, as I am sure many know, is a decentralized currency. There is no central point of authority where the currency’s native blockchain achieves consensus through proof of work. Countries such as El Salvador, and, most recently, Turkey have adopted Bitcoin as legal tenders for a multitude…

Blockchains are distributed and transparent ledgers that form trustful and cryptographically-secure digital relationships in permissionless environments via consensus protocols. Fundamentally, blockchain technology is comprised of three preexisting technologies — distributed ledgers, public key cryptography, and a consensus protocol that incentivizes, securitizes, and defines the rules of the system.

MakerDao’s Dai stablecoin is one the oldest, most ambitious projects on the Ethereum blockchain. We all remember Bitcoin’s remarkable climb to $20,000. Equally memorable, a year later, Bitcoin’s market price stipulated to unprecedented lows below $4,000. Bitcoin’s market price dropped over 75% within the span of a year. The crypto…

Our global financial system is deeply rooted in isolated technologies and centralized networks. Why should we rely on “trusted” third parties to orchestrate and facilitate peer-to-peer transactions? Why does PayPal need my private credit card information when I want to send money from AàB? …

Abstract Due to the increased efficiency and decreased costs of sequencing a human genome, many consumers are now able to get their DNA sequenced. This DNA data gives consumers the ability to discuss their genome with a doctor, use it for ancestry findings, or sell to third party companies. However…