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The Web3 Labs Blog: DeFi

    Redefining Finance: How Crypto and DeFi will Transform Traditional Finance

    What is the end goal for crypto and DeFi with respect to TradFi? Crypto maximalists will state that...

    The DeFi Dilemma: Can it Fulfil its Promise?

    Last week DeFi faced another crisis, this time it was with one of the stalwarts of the ecosystem,...

    A Comparison of Hyperledger Distributed Ledger Technologies

    Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) are powerful tools in the changing web3 landscape. They have...

    DeFi's New Frontiers: Restaking, Liquid Staking & the Rise of LSD Tokens

    Since Ethereum transitioned to proof of stake, anyone willing to stake their Ether can obtain...

    More Unstable Coins: Effects of Silicon Valley Bank's Failure

    After a year of numerous crypto failures, this week marked a change in that we saw the failure of a...

    Coinbase launches its layer 2 network

    Optimism, Arbitrum, Polygon, Starknet, Scroll and now Base. Last week Coinbase launched its own...

    Next in DeFi? Collateralised Securities

    Stablecoins are a cornerstone of the DeFi ecosystem providing crypto natives with on-chain dollars,...

    The Future of Stablecoins

    During the past year, there's been a large number of various blockchain initiatives being announced...

    Backdoor CBDCs

    When is a CBDC not a CBDC? When it’s a backdoor CBDC according to a number of leading banks. Banks...

    Disintermediation

    The major innovation bitcoin provided was the elimination of intermediaries in financial...

    2022 in Review

    If 2021 was characterised as the year of crypto and NFTs, 2022 is the year where the mainstream...

    The Winter of Discontent

    The past few weeks have seen the plug (not rug) pulled on a few well-known DLT initiatives — the...