MakerDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) on the Ethereum blockchain that functions as a loan issuance platform via its stablecoin Dai. The platform is governed by a community of participants holding the MKR token and participate in decision-making that guides the platform’s parameters. Maker has been making waves over the last several months due…
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Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) has launched on the Ethereum blockchain following significant hopes in the additional liquidity it can bring to decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and merchants. WBTC is an ERC-20 token contract on Ethereum that is pegged 1:1 with Bitcoin. The project is completely transparent and offers a dashboard that reveals the 1:1 ratio between BTC…
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The young cryptocurrency industry comes with numerous technical nuances that can be challenging to keep up with. Further compounding the issue is the upcoming tax season and how to file your taxes for digital assets properly. Although many regulations on digital assets in the U.S. are not definitive, there are some useful tools and rulings…
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By: Brian Curran Bitcoin ETFs were speculated to launch as early as last year, but a slew of proposal denials by the SEC postponed any definitive conclusions about the Bitcoin investment vehicle until early 2019. One of the major proposals, the VanEck-SolidX Bitcoin ETF, was recently dealt another blow as CBOE — one of the…
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If you’re an early-stage startup entrepreneur, and in need of external funding, odds are that you’re looking into angel investors that are worth reaching out to. In doing so, it’s important to bear in mind that it’ll take a lot more than a good one-liner to get them interested in you and your product. Angel…
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The blockchain industry is exploding. From Bitcoin to hospital record keeping to artificial intelligence, the capabilities are proving to extend across every industry and across the globe. Crypto startups and blockchain based businesses are popping up every day. The ideas are revolutionary, but sadly many will never make it. Perhaps it is the overwhelming number…
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With blockchain startups popping up every day, it can be impossible to determine which ones will survive and which ones will fail. After all, the unfortunate statistic shows that most startups fail within the first three years. While that statistic is daunting for entrepreneurs (especially those in such a new industry), you can look at…
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If you’ve picked up a newspaper, magazine or opened your internet browser, you likely already know that blockchain technology is on fire. It is one of the fastest growing industries across the world. With startups popping up with blockchain based solutions to almost every application you can think of, how does one get funded and…
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