Author: Denis Staggi

American regulators’ attitude to cryptocurrencies seems to swing back-and-forth like a pendulum. One minute they wish (and act) to ban everything crypto-related as competition to fiat money, the second – they “let go of the reins”. The current swing is towards strengthening government control. In a now typical for the US move, the signal initially…

The second wave of worldwide interest in cryptocurrencies seems to be nearing its end. If the first one arose in 2017, the second began in 2020, during a global pandemic. What could “drive” the third wave, and when should we expect it? You may not remember the crypto boom of 2017 yourself, but that’s when…

Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. The long and dramatic story of one of the largest cryptocurrency scams is finally over, so let’s try to learn something from it. In 2017 the entire world was first exposed to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. But it wasn’t just regular users, businessmen, and developers…

The Filecoin cryptocurrency is primed to join a large family of projects that implement smart contracts, which entails compatibility with Ethereum and the possibility of building DeFi services on this platform. The development team of the Filecoin project (FIL token) starting their own virtual machine is, in my opinion, one of the most important recent…

Two major Asian cryptocurrency markets – the Persian Gulf and India – seem destined to interact. The combination of Gulf countries’ capitals and a large number of crypto owners and promising crypto-related IT startups in India could prove incredibly profitable. India is a huge region in the middle of a venture capital investment boom. The…

Over the past couple of months, there have been continuous reports of hacker attacks on various decentralized finance services. We tried to figure out why DeFi has suddenly got such intense onslaught from cybercriminals. To track the pattern, let’s first look at some of the loudest and most devastating hacks in recent weeks. – NFT…