At the time of writing, the crypto markets look worse than they have looked in a while. Crypto is likely, for the first time in its history, to experience an economic recession and increasing interest rates.
This has prompted critics to say that ācrypto is dead!ā
May 20, 2022 ā¢ 18 tweets ā¢ 7 min read
A beginnerās overview of Catalyst (Cardanoās Treasury and innovation lab)
Catalyst is often jokingly referred to as Cardanoās VC, as it aims to collect a portion of fees generated from each transaction and use that money to fund projects that are beneficial to the community.
A funding round for Project Catalyst happens around every 6 weeks.
For good or ill, there may be a moment when I feel the need to sell some or all of my holdings. This is an exploration of those scenarios
Mar 4, 2022 ā¢ 7 tweets ā¢ 4 min read
THREAD SUMMARY OF KRAKEN'S REPORT:
Sitting Tight - February 2022 Crypto On-Chain Digest
This report is an analysis of various on-chain metrics for #Bitcoin, #Ethereum and #Cardano which show a bearish trend for the markets and what its ongoing effects might be 0/6
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1/ Inspired by @cardano_whale 's post, I shall also make a prediction's thread but I will make them different than his, although everything he said is very reasonable.
[I - Real Use Cases]
2/A criticism thrown at #crypto is that it caters to speculators instead of users
In 2022, a major and easy to implement use case is that of microfinancing, by tying the degens looking for yield with those in underdeveloped markets who need microloans.
Dec 26, 2021 ā¢ 5 tweets ā¢ 3 min read
1/ As people start working for DAOs, and get paid in their tokens, the nature of economic cycles will change
If my neighbour gets paid in EUR, or even $ETH, and I get paid in $ADA, then I have more in common with someone in Japan who gets paid in $ADA than with my neighbour
2/ Put simply, if enough people get paid in a non-local currency, the nature of recessions changes.
If someone is in an ecosystem that is doing well, their newfound wealth counterbalances the people who are doing poorly. So crashes in the economy are thus much milder.
Dec 18, 2021 ā¢ 9 tweets ā¢ 4 min read
1/ Following the recent conversation I saw with @cardano_whale and @TheCryptoviser regarding whether token burning makes sense, I've decided to wear my economist hat and take a stab at it.
[A THREAD ON TOKEN BURNING]
2/ WHY TOKEN BURN AT ALL?
The argument goes that token burning is good for current holders as it reduces the overall supply of the asset in circulation, which assuming everything else remains equal, pushes the price up due to the law of supply and demand.