The blockchain-powered social platforms defining web3 Unless you live under a rock, you’ve surely heard the criticisms of big social media platforms and tech giants. Facebook, Twitter, Google, and TikTok have all faced a cacophony of complaints over the past decade. You’ve probably heard it all: Some say there’s not…

Token. Economics. Two words we’re all familiar with, but when you put them together, you get a whole new meaning. Economics is the science of production, distribution, and consumption of goods, and how human behavior and interaction play into it. Tokenomics takes that idea and applies it to cryptocurrency. Tokenomics…

The Merge on September 15, 2022 was perhaps the most important upgrade in Ethereum’s history, turning it from a PoW into PoS blockchain. However, it’s only a stepping stone on the way to Vitalik Buterin’s vision of an incredibly fast and scalable network. …

Aptos mainnet is live, and you can finally buy $APT tokens by bridging USDC, USDT, ETH, and WETH from 6 different blockchains to Aptos. …

Ethereum and the SEC Putting Gensler’s Merge comments into context Probably the biggest crypto story of the past month was The Merge, Ethereum’s pivot from Proof of Work (PoW) to a Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism that was years in the making. While most of the space celebrated, some were concerned by comments…

There are already 30+ DeFi projects in the Aptos ecosystem, from DEX exchanges like Liquidswap to stablecoins, lending protocols, and liquid staking. In this regularly updated article, we’ll explore and test the most interesting ones. TL;DR The Aptos ecosystem already counts 130+ projects ahead of the mainnet launch, including dozens of…

Flash loans are uncollateralized decentralized finance loans that are issued and repaid within the same blockchain transaction. They can be used to make money with arbitrage, liquidate or refinance debt, or even exploit other DeFi protocols. …

A smart contract audit is an essential step before launching a dApp: third party auditors can find vulnerabilities that the team itself might miss. Audits use both automatic tools and meticulous manual analysis, and can prevent the majority of hacks. …

The NFT market saw a huge explosion in 2021, with a 21,000% increase in sales compared to 2020. That is an unbelievable amount of interest to have poured into the NFT space in only just a year. Despite the massive jump in popularity, issues still linger around creating NFTs that…