Ah, so you want to withdraw the fruits of your labour. The time has come. -Ethereum Staker, 2023 Withdrawals have been one of the core talking points within the Ethereum community. Over 1M in ETH rewards have accrued for all validators. And when the clock strikes Shanghai on Ethereum, they

You’ve already heard of Product-Market-Fit (PMF). But today, you’ll learn about Product Zeitgeist Fit (PZF). Get your coffee and enjoy the ride. h/t to @DCoolican for his amazing explanation around PZF. You can find that here. This article extends my understanding of PZF - with Web3-native examples.

We may have used (and even abused) the term decentralized governance without understanding what it is and asking the right questions. The need to look for decentralized ways of governing a protocol has never been greater. As protocols have developed, there has been a need to govern/control them, so

Entrepreneurs are the seeds to great protocols, VCs are the fertilizers that aid in its growth using which the entrepreneurs grow the entire tree — so users can enjoy the fruits it bears. That is in essence what any VC to any industry is — a gardener. It’s a purely symbiotic

Imagine a fair world where no one loses. Everyone wins. And how do they win? By simply becoming better. That is the aim of Curve Wars — the higher yields you offer, the more liquidity you attract. It is a non-zero-sum game where there are only winners. But in an instance

As a protocol founder, I often think about how much the crypto industry has grown in the past year. It serves as a helpful metric for me to understand how the market is performing overall. And, I also get to brag in front of my friends and family about the

I know I missed the last week’s Magnify. I had my eyes zoomed in on some protocol developments that couldn’t be delayed. Everything’s on track now. Expect to be rocked soon. 😎 It’s a wonderful week, you have just seen Solana reaching all-time highs, the crypto fear

Layer 1 blockchains have been competing for our attention for the past few weeks. Particularly due to the advent of various incentive programs designed to increase both user adoption and defi (products) on the networks. The latest updates come from Fantom, Avalanche, and Celo launching their incentivization programs collectively worth

Visa bought a CryptoPunk. Budweiser bought an NFT. Surely this must be an instrumental moment in the world of crypto. Or is it? Several people are “reading between the lines” and rejoicing thinking that the centralized institutions are finally recognizing crypto. It might be true. But I beg to differ,

Each week, I share my views on the week’s hottest conversations. Not subscribed yet? Click here to get the weekly newsletters. The Long-Short Remember the project Bluesky that was announced in 2019 by Jack Dorsey? They wanted to create a decentralized social media protocol and eventually make Twitter its

Each week, I share my views on the week’s hottest conversations. Not subscribed yet? Click here to get the weekly newsletters. The Long-Short Is the mass exodus of miners from the US imminent? Are the reporting requirements on brokers going to kill cryptocurrency? Is this doomsday for crypto people?

Each week, I share my views on the week’s hottest conversations. Not subscribed yet? Click here to get the weekly newsletters. The Long-Short The London Hard Fork went live a few hours ago, and already over 4000 ETH has been burnt. Uniswap (both v2 and v3) is one of

Today, I present to you — curiously and carefully crafted — the first edition of our newsletter, Magnify. Not subscribed yet? Click here to get weekly newsletters from ClayStack. Week at a glance * The long-short: My view on the week’s hottest conversations. * Metrics that matter: A meaty treat of essential data.

Polygon Network (previously Matic) has been the talk of the town. An increase in blockchain adoption, growing hype around DeFi, Google’s BigQuery announcement, and Mark Cuban’s investment are some of the highlights. The 4-year-old blockchain is finally getting the attention it deserves and is shaping up to be