Category: Finance

  • Limits of DeFi

    Limits of DeFi

    Fully automated DeFi is fine as long as it’s within defined boundary conditions. Outside those, you rely on manual interventions – same as in TradFi. Good for these folks to have a DAO process that enables this, even though it’s crude and likely wasn’t intended for this use case 🤷 BNB Chain team prepares to…

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  • Bitcoin Insurance

    Bitcoin Insurance

    Sounds great at first sight, but then I wonder: what’s different in this setting from any other cold storage provider? And what do they need the funding for? Bitcoin-Denominated Life Insurance Provider Sets Up Shop With $19M Funding

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  • SEC vs Coinbase

    SEC vs Coinbase

    Ok looks like it’s getting worse before it may get better again! This one is a surprise so quickly after the Binance case yesterday, at least to me. It might be rough for a while in Crypto! SEC Charges Coinbase for Operating as an Unregistered Securities Exchange, Broker, and Clearing Agency

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  • Crypto Asset Allocation

    Crypto Asset Allocation

    This is long! I love the due diligence questionnaires (DDQs) for digital-asset investment managers and funds, to he industry needs frameworks to deal with these new assets. Asset Allocator’s Guide to Crypto Hedge Funds

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  • Umbrel Home

    Umbrel Home

    There’s a new contender for the best home server on the market: Umbrel just released their first hardware. Good for everyone who wants control of their data but doesn’t want to deal with Linux or assembling a server. Available for preorder now. Umbrel — The ultimate home server and OS for self-hosting

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  • Lightning

    Lightning

    Lightning sliding into my notifications twice today – first zap I got on Nostr, thanks mate! And the thunderstorm was just the usual this time of the year in Ticino, not too bad

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  • Investment Scam

    Investment Scam

    No wonder crypto has such a bad rap when even “traditional” investment scams claim to be DeFi. But remember: if it sounds too good to be true then it is t too good to be true. 100% RoI cannot be guaranteed. Morgan DF Fintoch likely exit scams for around $31 million

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  • Tornado Cash Rekt

    Tornado Cash Rekt

    Solid write-up of the Tornado Cash governance hack from a couple days ago. Ongoing development! Tornado Cash Governance – Rekt

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  • Striking 65 countries

    Striking 65 countries

    Bitcoin Miami, the time of big announcements! Strike has a big vision, let’s see them evolve and execute. Strike expands Bitcoin payments to 65 countries, moves global headquarters to El Salvador

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  • The Path to Learning requires Failing: The DAO

    The Path to Learning requires Failing: The DAO Financial contracts without human governance still a pipe dream…

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