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The Airdrop Economy: How Crypto Projects Bootstrap Communities & Solve the Cold Start Problem
Web3 token airdrops solve the "cold start problem" by giving up to 50% of supply to early users. Learn how Uniswap, BONK, and others use strategic distributions to build communities and create aligned incentives.
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Engineering Human Behavior: The Mechanism Design Playbook for Crypto Projects
How crypto projects use mathematical frameworks to predict human behavior and build thriving communities
Why Scale When You Can Centralize?
Columnist Jon Reiter argues that the blockchain industry has quietly abandoned truly decentralized scaling solutions in favor of centralized approaches disguised as decentralized ones, creating systemic risks that will eventually be exposed when these centralized control points fail.
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BTC Momentum Stalls as Capital Inflows Weaken, Fed Minutes Add Policy Uncertainty
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Latin America's Crypto Embrace Beyond Investment
From remittances to retail, Latin America is embracing crypto as a necessity, with $415 billion in value flowing through the region and stablecoins driving 90% of transactions
DBS Bank Tokenizes Structured Notes on Ethereum for Third-Party Distribution
Singapore lender expands blockchain capabilities as crypto-linked products see $1 billion in trading volume
Trump Jr.-Backed Digital Marketing Firm Pivots to Dogecoin Mining in $154 Million Deal
Thumzup Media to acquire Dogehash Technologies in all-stock transaction, rebranding as publicly traded crypto miner