Altcoins

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Tokenization and Unified Ledger - Architecting the Blueprint for the Future Monetary System
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Tokenization and Unified Ledger - Architecting the Blueprint for the Future Monetary System

This article outlines a blueprint for a future monetary system that harnesses the transformative potential of tokenization to improve existing structures and open up new possibilities.
Dec 27, 2023
cmDeFi #005 A Comprehensive Study of the Frax Stablecoin Ecosystem
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cmDeFi #005 A Comprehensive Study of the Frax Stablecoin Ecosystem

This article explains how the Frax protocol builds a DeFi full-stack protocol centered around stablecoins.
Dec 26, 2023
Surging Yields: A Review of U.S. Treasury "Tokenized" Fixed-Income Products, Operational Models, and Concerns
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Surging Yields: A Review of U.S. Treasury "Tokenized" Fixed-Income Products, Operational Models, and Concerns

This article explains various stablecoins based on U.S. Treasuries, including the advantages of fixed-income tokens and specific implementation methods of well-known projects such as DAI, USDM, stEUR, FRAX. It also highlights risks related to maturity mismatch, yield decline, and liquidity.
Dec 26, 2023
LK Venture Research Report | Overview of Flatcoins: Why Vitalik Sees Them Among Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2023?
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LK Venture Research Report | Overview of Flatcoins: Why Vitalik Sees Them Among Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2023?

This article analyzes the significance, challenges and representative projects of flatcoins.
Dec 26, 2023
Monero: All About the Top Privacy Coin
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Monero: All About the Top Privacy Coin

The article elucidates the history of Monero (XMR), its privacy technology, usage and issuance volumes, mining pool ratios, regulatory challenges, and future prospects.
Dec 24, 2023
Decentralized Reserve Stablecoins: A Historical Development and Model Analysis
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Decentralized Reserve Stablecoins: A Historical Development and Model Analysis

This article explores in detail the stablecoin protocols that strive to realize the impossible trinity. It dissects how future decentralized stablecoins can aim to maximize capital efficiency while still managing to hedge risks.
Dec 24, 2023
Flatcoins: Inflation-Adjusted Stablecoins
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Flatcoins: Inflation-Adjusted Stablecoins

This article provides a detailed explanation of the Flatcoin proposed by Coinbase, and analyzes the current technical challenges and application cases. This piece is an exploration of ‘flatcoins’, which are posed by Coinbase as algorithmic semi-stablecoins that adjust for the rate of inflation. This specific use case poses an interesting control-theoretic design challenge that BlockScience has addressed in several past projects, which we’ll explore further in this article.
Dec 24, 2023
SWOT analysis of LSD-supported stablecoins: Which one will stand out?
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SWOT analysis of LSD-supported stablecoins: Which one will stand out?

This article explains what LSD and LSDfi are, and provides a comprehensive comparison and analysis of stablecoins based on LSD.
Dec 24, 2023
What is Mimblewimble?
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What is Mimblewimble?

Mimblewimble is a blockchain protocol focused on privacy and scalability; ensuring total transaction anonymity through its cryptographic methods. It operates without addresses, ensuring complete confidentiality in transactions.
Dec 20, 2023
All you need to know about Flatcoin
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All you need to know about Flatcoin

With the impact of inflation on fiat currencies, a new concept called Flatcoin has emerged in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. This article will delve into the concept of Flatcoin, exploring its advantages and implementation challenges.
Dec 19, 2023
What is a Crypto Faucet?
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What is a Crypto Faucet?

Crypto faucets are online platforms designed to reward users with small amounts of cryptocurrency for completing simple tasks. They can also be used to onboard new users, test, and promote new projects.
Dec 19, 2023
What are Bitcoin Stamps and SRC-20?
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What are Bitcoin Stamps and SRC-20?

Bitcoin Stamps, a protocol for storing text and image data within Bitcoin transaction outputs, offering a more native Bitcoin solution compared to the Ordinals protocol, albeit at a higher transaction cost. Inspired by the BRC-20 token, SRC-20 is a standard for Bitcoin chain tokens created based on the Stamps protocol.
Dec 18, 2023
What is FINSCHIA? All You Need to Know About FNSA
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What is FINSCHIA? All You Need to Know About FNSA

FINSCHIA (FNSA), formerly LINK (LN), is LINE Corp's blockchain currency, fostering a user-inclusive token economy across various fields.
Dec 14, 2023
What is Decentralized File Storage?
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What is Decentralized File Storage?

Discover the intricacies of Decentralized File Storage (DFS) and its pivotal role in decentralized digital ecosystems. Find out how DFS enhances data accessibility, reliability, and security.
Dec 10, 2023
What is CyberConnect
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What is CyberConnect

CyberConnect is a Web3 social middleware infrastructure that enables any development team to build various social-based applications on its provided middleware. The core product is focused on creating a decentralized social graph. Its infrastructure emphasizes data sovereignty, implementing a user-centric data flow system based on Ceramic and IPFS storage layers.
Dec 10, 2023
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