Unrealized liabilities: Token unlocks as hidden debt on blockchain balance sheets Introduction: The mirage of circulating supply In traditional finance, investors depend on verified balance sheets to gauge the financial stability of firms. Liabilities are essential; they need to be revealed,... Rita Dfouni — 1 month ago
Signs of a top or preconditions for more upside in the Crypto cycle Each crypto cycle poses the critical question: are we at the peak, or is the market merely gaining traction for another surge? The enthusiasm from earlier cycles offers familiar perspectives.... Rita Dfouni — 1 month ago
The corporate Bitcoin club is getting crowded and louder MicroStrategy sets the standard In conversations regarding corporate investments in bitcoin, one company is particularly notable: MicroStrategy. After its major acquisition in 2020, the company has transformed from a small... Rita Dfouni — 1 month ago
Decoding the perps boom: Strategy, risk, and the regulatory squeeze Perpetual futures better known as perps have become the beating heart of the modern crypto economy. Originally introduced as a clever financial engineering trick on BitMEX in 2016, perps allow... Rita Dfouni — 1 month ago
Crypto as a sovereign asset class: The rise of network states in capital markets For much of the last ten years, cryptocurrency has been viewed as an unusual asset: unstable, speculative, and insignificant in comparison to the influence of global stocks or government bonds.... Rita Dfouni — 1 month ago
Tokenomics as corporate finance: A shift to buybacks & dividends For a large part of crypto’s past, tokenomics primarily referred to emissions timelines. Projects issued tokens to draw in liquidity, allocated them to early users, and anticipated that speculative interest... Rita Dfouni — 1 month ago
Not if, but when: How Terra’s collapse foreshadows the next systemic shock in Crypto When finance historians reflect on the early 2020s, the downfall of Terra will probably be notable not just as a dramatic failure but also as a classic illustration of how... Rita Dfouni — 1 month ago
Quantum-safe Cryptography for Blockchains: From existential risk to practical roadmaps Blockchains, in their current form, rely on the premise that specific mathematical problems are virtually impossible for computers to solve. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the majority of other blockchains depend significantly on elliptic-curve cryptography, specifically the ECDSA method, to protect user wallets and verify transactions. Ethereum depends on BLS signatures for the agreement of validators. These algorithms are secure against classical computers since resolving the foundational discrete logarithm problem would require an immense amount of time. Quantum computing alters the entire scenario. Shor’s... Rita Dfouni — 1 month ago
Fed rates and why they matter for Crypto The Federal Reserve of the United States, commonly called the Fed, is central to the worldwide financial system. While it is officially the central bank of the United States, its... Rita Dfouni — 1 month ago
From restaking to shadow banking: The carry trade between LRTs and Tokenized T-Bills The narrative of contemporary finance involves ongoing transformation: markets expand the meanings of money, liquidity, and collateral to access new yield opportunities. What starts as effectiveness frequently transforms into complication,... Rita Dfouni — 1 month ago
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