How NFTs, DeFi and Web 3.0 are intertwined
Explosive growth in asset tokenization and NFTs is fueling Web 3.0 growth, and testing DeFi resolve. While blockchain itself provides the technology constructs to facilitate exchange, ownership and trust in the network, it is in the digitization of value elements where asset tokenization is essential. Tokenization is the process of converting the assets and rights to a property into a digital representation, or token, on a blockchain network. Distinguishing between cryptocurrency and tokenized assets is important in understanding exchange vehicles, valuation models and fungibility across....
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Nansen Puts 2021 in Review
Nansen, a blockchain analytics firm backed by Coinbase Ventures and a16z, has presented a report about the behavior and growth that decentralized finance and NFTs experienced in the last year. The....
NFTs present a revolutionary and innovative technology, but their real value has been obscured by hype. It's 2021. Super Bowl champion Tom Brady is starting an NFT company, Christie's is explaining CryptoPunks to everyone, Saturday Night Live is creating jams about NFTs, Beeple and Mark Cuban are advocating NFTs’ use case — yet, here I am, the CEO of a company that helps users securely store their nonfungible tokens and I still think the actual value of NFTs is to be decided. It's important to back up and remember that, although it seems like we have all always known about NFTs, the....