• Commentary,  Opinion

    How the Lessons of Enron and Theranos can Inform Crypto Investors

    Luna Terra / UST scandal proves we’ve still got plenty of hubris

    Business leaders and investors are naturally drawn to the next big thing. Being an early investor in an exciting project can bring not only massive returns, but it can also bring much needed innovation and credibility to your investment portfolio. What if you are the first to see promise in the next Bitcoin? However, for every exciting new venture, there are just as many fraudulent companies. The collapse of Enron, the mortgage-backed security failures, Theranos, and the massive swings in the crypto market are the direct consequence of ignoring the fundamentals and riding the hype, greed, and ignorance train. Despite the naysayers and FUD surrounding it, blockchain technology and crypto…

  • Innovators,  People,  Technology

    Injective Protocol

    Modern Consensus talked to Eric Chen, CEO of Injective Labs

    An introduction Eric Chen is CEO and co-founder of Injective Labs, a core contributor behind the Injective decentralized exchange. Injective Protocol decentralized exchange protocol (DEX) backed by big names like Binance and Mark Cuban. The protocol is designed to be permissionless, fully decentralized, and fast with low gas fees. It runs on a governance proposal procedure, community members are a pivotal part in all of Injective’s decisions. “Injective is purely community driven. Governance dictates everything.” What is Injective Protocol? “It’s pretty similar to the overall model of Uniswap. Which is basically all the protocol upgrades and contract upgrades are dictated by the community, a governance vote is required for major…

  • Technology

    Ukraine Is Doing a Crypto Airdrop

    Donors earn rewards

    Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Airdrop On March 1st, Ukraine announced an airdrop for anyone who made a crypto donation for the country. “Airdrop confirmed. Snapshot will be taken tomorrow, on March 3rd, at 6pm Kyiv time (UTC/GMT +2 hours).” Ukraine has received over $30 million in crypto donations in the last week. This is a relatively small number compared to donations made directly through organizations or through war bonds. That being said, Ukraine is still using an airdrop as an incentive to get more people to donate with crypto. Anyone can make donations with crypto, whether they’re using an exchange or…

  • Opinion

    Teaching People About Crypto

    There needs to be an emphasis on the technology

    Helping others Investing in crypto really is like gambling. Crypto technology allows uncensored and fast payments to be sent across the world, something previously unheard of. That’s only the tip of the iceberg. Despite all the cool capabilities of this technology, people spend their time arguing like children on Twitter about why Bitcoin’s price changed three percent, or blindly following some influencer and trusting their life savings into whatever garbage project they promote. The best way to teach people about crypto is to make it fun, fast, and yet still informative. Coinbase does a great job of this. They have a series of videos you can watch on different tokens,…