As one of the largest and most influential financial institutions in the world, JPMorgan Chase is sending ripple effects through the emerging world of decentralized finance (DeFi). They’re releasing their JPMD token on the Base network. Anu Bhardwaj is the co-founder of Emmersion and a passionate advocate for building a...
JPMorgan's foray into DeFi with JPMD on Base raises a critical question: Are we witnessing genuine innovation, or a calculated maneuver to colonize decentralized finance with centralized power? In both examples, institutional adoption is hailed as a euphoric victory for crypto. We need to look beneath the surface, especially when...
Okay, let's be real. When you hear “JPMorgan” and “blockchain” in the same sentence, does your gut reaction go more towards excitement or skepticism? For millions of Americans, especially those long marginalized from traditional finance, JPMorgan is the face of Wall Street greed. It certainly doesn’t sound very empowering to...
JPMorgan is making a big push into the digital asset space. They have recently launched a pilot of their USD deposit token, JPMD, on Base, the layer-2 Ethereum network developed by Coinbase. The commercial bank recently submitted a trademark application for JPMD. This exchange will provide an extensive array of...
Let’s be honest, the name SafeMoon still hurts. For most, it brings to mind the memories of broken promises, lost dreams, and a federal leadership that abandoned their hopes. It remains the greatest cautionary tale I’ve ever seen—the order is even written in the highly unstable crypto topography. What if...
Is Spark on the verge of creating more equal economic opportunity across DeFi? Or does it just further entrench centralized control, killing off new solutions? That’s the question we should all be asking. Forget the hype on Binance and OKX. So, let’s keep you in mind, the average DeFi user.Transparency...
The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space has become notorious for its swift innovation and cutthroat competition. Recently, tensions have risen between two of its biggest players: Aave and MakerDAO. This rivalry is about more than market share. It has highlighted enormous divides in governance, technology, and strategic vision across the DeFi...
The DeFi community can’t stop talking about Spark, MakerDAO’s new lending protocol that everyone is raving about. Is this creative innovation, or something more insidious and strategically aggressive? Let's be blunt: Spark is a fork of Aave V3. That’s not necessarily a bad thing – that’s the open-source way. MakerDAO’s...
Can a phoenix really rise from ashes, particularly when those ashes are tinged with scandal and financial destruction? SafeMoon, reborn on Solana under the guise of a DAO, is currently trying to do just that. The promise? A clean slate, community-driven governance, and a fresh start on an order of...
Social media’s ascendancy has irrevocably changed the way content is created and consumed. It has opened up space for important conversations around fair compensation for creators. TikTok, with its massive reach, has become a dominant platform, but its monetization model leaves many creators feeling shortchanged. Own, a new decentralized social...
The promise of a decentralized, tokenized creator economy is truly intoxicating. Finally, a platform where creators, not corporate middlemen, benefit the most from the value of their works. Own, the new TikTok alternative that promises creators a paradise on their blockchain-powered platform using their shiny new $OWN token certainly sings...
The siren song of a new hot social media platform, where all the early adopters will find riches and fame as creators, is an old tune. We've heard it all before, haven't we? Remember Vine? Remember the early days of YouTube? Vows of democratization, of disintermediating, of finally paying creators...