Henri Dethier shares a white paper on blockchain and cryptocurrencies and emerging technologies. Despite generating considerable enthusiasm, blockchain and cryptocurrencies—more than other emerging technologies—have presented head scratching dilemmas. Will there be a dominant platform or protocol? How can you benefit from network effects? Will new standards promote levels of interoperability? Addressing those questions might be a slow process, but it will lead to the emergence of digital assets. Digital assets— unlike cryptocurrencies—should be taken seriously by financial industry leaders. Digital…

Wojciech Gryc shares an article that explores bringing physical assets onto blockchains. Most of the excitement in crypto today focuses on digital assets: governance tokens, community memberships, NFTs, and more. There’s an incredible amount of innovation here… But how do we bring physical assets onto blockchains?1 Bringing assets onto crypto and fractionalizing them is still a new territory, both legally and from a logistics perspective. We’ll discuss how this is done, but let’s begin with a few examples of what…

How do physical assets fit into blockchains? In this article, Wojciech Gryc explains how this can be done and provides a few examples.  Most of the excitement in crypto today focuses on digital assets: governance tokens, community memberships, NFTs, and more. There’s an incredible amount of innovation here… But how do we bring physical assets onto blockchains?1 Bringing assets onto crypto and fractionalizing them is still a new territory, both legally and from a logistics perspective. We’ll discuss how this…

Wojciech Gryc shares an article that explains how to bring assets onto blockchain from both a legal and logistical perspective.  Most of the excitement in crypto today focuses on digital assets: governance tokens, community memberships, NFTs, and more. There’s an incredible amount of innovation here… But how do we bring physical assets onto blockchains?1 Bringing assets onto crypto and fractionalizing them is still a new territory, both legally and from a logistics perspective. We’ll discuss how this is done, but…

  Kaihan Krippendorff provides insight into the rising valuations of tech stocks and attributed the rise of cryptocurrencies, and NFTs (non-fungible tokens). It’s been a while since Saturday Night Live was a staple of Monday morning conversation, but this week as our team gathered around the Zoom screen to join our check-in call, the sketch comedy show was top of mind. I can’t imagine many missed it, or at least the news surrounding it, but last weekend’s episode featured special…

  Ryan Lechner shares an article on the current status of Blockchain, a look into Web3.0, and the future of a user-centric online society. For the last year and a half, I’ve done my part to convert Web 3.0 from promise to reality. I’ve looked at hundreds of blockchain projects, spent countless hours evaluating the space, and helped ConsenSys build out various aspects of its business. These past 18 months have been the greatest intellectual journey of my career. Every…

In a world that has an abundance of aphorisms and rules for every occasion, Robbie Kellman Baxter suggests that the community of professionals think twice before following advice.   Other than maybe the golden rule, I am hard pressed to think of any saying that is always true. And that shouldn’t be surprising, as the answer to so many questions is “it depends.” “Should I let my daughter go to the late night party?” It depends…on your child’s age, maturity,…