The world of crypto has been promising tantalizing innovations in the financial space for almost a decade now. The hype has been incredible, often utterly unjustified. And yet, among many hyped verticals, one has stood out for having shown Product Market Fit and has now gained enough traction to become seriously captivating for incumbents: stablecoins. The Parable of the Merciless Creditor...
The most successful narrative in the crypto space in 2024 is with very little doubt the one about memecoins (source: Dune dashboard by @cryptokoryo_research). Memecoins’ performance has clearly outpaced RWAs and L2s narratives, achieving an aggregated market cap of almost $50B (as of July 30, 2024), with an all-time high of almost $70B. This number is stunning considering that these tokens...
Bitcoin, undeniably the poster child of the cryptocurrency movement and the most important coin by market cap size, is often viewed within the crypto ecosystem as a stable yet unexciting platform with few new developments. Although Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency, real innovation has been occurring elsewhere, notably on Ethereum. Thus, the narrative that has developed around Bitcoin portrays...
The first part of this year the crypto space has been characterized by a sudden and – in many cases – unexpected, bull market. Prices returned to all-time highs very quickly, and the most important narrative fuelling this phenomenon is staking, particularly through its most advanced evolution, which is restaking. The goal of this post is to explain to a non-crypto user what...
The post imagines what the future of finance will be in 2032. It follows the life of a fictional character - John - and analyses how four major trends redefine his financial life.