Last year, I went to one of those invitation-only blockchain shindigs in Berlin. It was the kind of meeting where you needed a secret handshake to get in – so to speak. Everyone was buzzing about the usual suspects: Bitcoin, Ethereum, maybe a few whispers about Solana. During a pandemic...
Bitcoin aside, the world of cryptocurrency is much bigger and more exciting. Altcoins, alternative cryptocurrencies to Bitcoin, present an environment of dynamic innovation and high-risk, high-reward opportunities. Though they are fraught with danger, picking the correct ones can enhance a portfolio exponentially. Calloutcoin.com to always be one step ahead. From...
Forget Dogecoin’s fleeting fame. We’re speaking of real innovation, real utility, and real potential to drastically reshape our digital lives for the better. That’s not the whole picture of the metaverse. It’s even bigger than about data ownership, or identity, or a future where you’re in charge of your digital...
Ethereum co-founder and Consensys founder Joseph Lubin anticipates a surge of interest from Wall Street in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Ethereum. Lubin’s prediction is that gantries will figure out the opportunities of cryptocurrencies very soon. Finally, he implores developers and builders in the crypto space to innovate. They’ll need to...
Joseph Lubin's recent prediction that Wall Street is about to dive headfirst into DeFi isn't just a hopeful forecast – it's an inevitable conclusion. You see, Wall Street, supposedly so good at identifying innovation, can be surprisingly slow to act when profoundly disruptive technologies rise up. They’re the second movers,...
We need to talk. Really talk. On the elephant in the DeFi room – the one sculpted from worthless tokens and defunct protocols. We’re inundated with innovation, but parched for real solutions. It’s time for a reality check, a DeFi detox as it were. I'm Rajiv, and I've spent enough...
Ramil Abbasov is a veteran international finance and public administration practitioner. He is now researching the ways that public finance involves intersections with DeFi. Abbasov has more than 10 years of experience in international development, specializing in climate finance and public finance management. He brings a deep expertise to this...
DeFi isn't just another tech fad. More than a crisis, climate change isn’t just the worst threat to—and opportunity for—public finance in centuries. States and municipalities can either evolve and use the wave’s potential to ride it to great outcomes, or find themselves washed out by a current of turbocharged...
The potential of DeFi, Decentralized Finance, calls to liberation. A financial Wild West, freed from the sheriff’s office in Dodge City that was yesterday’s banking system. What if that freedom is used as a cloak for shadows? What if the anonymity that draws people to DeFi erodes the very underpinnings...
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is upending the current financial system. Through its decentralized and interoperable architecture, it provides open, permissionless, global access to an array of innovative financial services. Its core principle of eliminating intermediaries and empowering individuals to directly control their assets presents both opportunities and challenges for traditional public...
A billion-dollar valuation for the ability to palm scan? No joke. While everyone’s chasing the next crypto unicorn, I can’t shake the feeling we're blindly galloping towards a future where our bodies are the ultimate key – and the ultimate target. Humanity Protocol’s H token has skyrocketed, partially fueled by...
It’s that same sort of exuberance you felt when you first heard about the metaverse. The fulfillment of digital utopia, being in touch with everyone on planet Earth through expansive online metaverses, creating prosperous virtual societies? It sounded revolutionary. Now, look at Horizon Worlds. Clunky avatars, digital tumbleweeds, and a...
Zuckerberg wants AGI. Personal superintelligence, he calls it. An AI that essentially runs your life. Sounds convenient, right? Maybe. But let's be brutally honest: entrusting the keys to your existence to a single, centralized entity – especially one with Zuckerberg's track record – is a recipe for disaster. Well, it’s...
Just as Mark Zuckerberg made headlines with a big pivot to the now overly-hyped Metaverse, he’s undertaking another big pivot. He’s recently been exploring the thrilling worlds of AI and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). After the hype and billions of dollars, Meta’s Metaverse projects—especially Horizon Worlds—have found difficulty in attracting...
As a response, the Global South is increasing its efforts to create and deploy Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). This increased focus will improve service delivery, increase financial inclusion, and create economic opportunity. As these countries begin their own journeys towards digital transformation, there is much that can be learned. The...
Take Fatima as an example, a skilled weaver in a rural Ethiopian community. Though her detailed designs are breathtaking, getting her products in front of customers outside of her small local market is an ongoing challenge. Picture this—Fatima exploring a bustling metaverse marketplace. Today, her engaging digital tapestries are critically...
Consider the case of a smallholder farmer in rural Africa, not able to receive a loan due to the lack of a verifiable national ID. Or a woman entrepreneur in Latin America, swimming against bureaucratic red tape just to register her business. This is not merely an inconvenience, it is...
On the AI front, Meta seems to be making all the right moves. It’s primarily focused on creating what they term “personal superintelligence.” This new initiative marks a departure from the company’s earlier metaverse-centric plans, marking a major pivot in strategy. Meta believes in an AI future that’s closely integrated...
