Central bankers are adopting a less hawkish tone as softer data suggests the economy is no longer overheating. This has resulted in yields coming in marginally from levels not seen in decades, buoying the prices of riskier investments in anticipation of a goldilocks economy. Some assets like Gold and Bitcoin…

Imagine it’s November 1973. The U.K. entered the European Economic Community at the beginning of the year. The Paris Peace Accords have been signed, putting an end to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Billie Jean King recently defeated Bobby Riggs in tennis during “The Battle of the Sexes”. Pink…

At the current stage of the industry’s development, digital asset adoption is strongly reflexive. As prices ebb and flow, so too does consumer interest. However, appealing to those who are speculatively inclined can provide access to growth capital and a userbase from which to hone products. …

In an era marked by rapid globalization, technological advancement, and stiff competition, many industries are in flux, so events previously thought impossible or uncommon seem to happen with greater frequency. A couple weeks ago, the financial press reported a rare occurrence of a major bank executive criticizing their regulator. JP…

We’ll get back to our regular bi-weekly cadence for Digital Dives going forward, but I wanted to get this one out to coincide with the anniversary discussed below. In addition, last week marked the 15th year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. I’d be curious to get your thoughts on…

Last week, Vitalik Buterin and other deep thinkers, published an interesting paper called “Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium” in an attempt to address the right to privacy while operating in an open and permissionless environment. The research generated a buzz in the crypto space seeing as…

Last week, PayPal announced their intent to launch a USD-backed stablecoin called PYUSD. This is a big deal and I think it underscores a powerful theme across digital assets that will see considerable growth in projects that are built on public blockchains, but with a clear objective to be compliant…

Dan Morehead and his Pantera Capital are well-respected names across digital and traditional markets. In the wake of FTX’s collapse last year, he wrote a letter that reasserted his commitment to building “a more efficient, decentralized, and open financial ecosystem.” In the same note, Dan explained why he believes that…

The tokenization of traditional financial assets has been hyped since the ICO boom of 2017. However, most of the necessary infrastructure to enable such a trend wasn’t developed until recently and the regulatory environment, while improving, remains murky. In good times and bad, Web3 maintains a community of builders who…