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We seem to have forgotten that cryptocurrencies were created and put into the public spotlight by the same people who had achieved such incredible progress in the IT industry. That is to say, crypto is really the product of IT, not the financial world – a point that many cryptocurrency market forecasters miss. 2022 met…

The crypto community and government authorities continue looking for ways to build a relationship. The UAE is starting to license crypto businesses, and in the US, major crypto exchanges and brokers are cooperating to comply with FATF requirements. Unfortunately, this is a topic we have to bring up over and over again. Regulators continue to…

Crypto smartphones emerged and started gaining popularity on the wave of the penultimate crypto hype at the end of 2017. The market has seen various models appear ever since that point. So what is the difference between a crypto smartphone (a.k.a. blockchain smartphone) and a regular phone with a crypto wallet installed? And is the…

Believing in something is human nature. But in the modern, multifaceted and information-saturated world we sometimes choose very odd objects of worship. So it should probably come as no surprise that for a growing number of people such an object is… Bitcoin. Let’s take a closer look at this phenomenon. Have you ever watched a…

Curve Finance is a DeFi protocol that doesn’t often grab the crypto news headlines. Nevertheless, it has already become the undisputed decentralized finance market leader by total value locked (TVL). We decided to take a closer look at the most popular DeFi system today. DeFi protocol Curve Finance (Automated Market Maker Protocol, AMM) had an…

Avocado Guild is a young but already prominent project in a peculiar and rapidly developing area called Play2Earn. The Avocado Guild founders and developers don’t just create player communities; they also incorporate such well-known technologies as NFT, DeFi, and GameFi in their product. We spoke to Brendan Wong, CEO of Avocado Guild. Could you tell…