The Problem and the Solution- I don’t know about you but using a traditional centralised exchange (CEX) feels… you know, kinda shit. Don’t get me wrong, the ease and accessibility of it is great and obviously, the liquidity is unparalleled. That being said, there is...
Productive assets are a thing of beauty. One of the first things I do when taking people through a whistle-stop tour of crypto is showing them the potential APYs you can get in DeFi. The response is always a moment of reflection whilst the cogs begin to turn and then...
DeFi can be confusing as hell particularly for new folk coming into this space and it shouldn’t be exclusionary in any way at all, that is the whole point. What tends to happen is that users enter DeFi, stumble around a little, get their head around using an AMM-style...
Decentralised Finance has opened up the door for trustless smart contracts to replace shading banking practices, allowing anyone to lend and borrow in a permissionless environment. The beauty of a DeFi protocol is that it doesn’t judge. Anyone can interact and partake...
There is a slight contradictory narrative that suits crypto investors particularly when markets look like they are heading south. “Just go all in stable bro”. “I’ll buy back lower”. “You can get 20% on USDT-USDC LP at the minute” I mean, yeah this can work but also...
It feels like the multi/cross-chain world has been talked about for a while now. Despite how quickly the industry moves, certain things take time to manifest. The whole Ethereum gas-fee situation is beyond a joke and it is killing it for devs, users and the only...
Following on from our recent deep dive on Solana, we have had a load of people asking how to access the Solana ecosystem and the projects within it. So, here we are a quick and dirty guide to accessing Solana, setting up a Phantom wallet and buying projects...
I’ve covered the unsuitability of Ethereum in a few previous posts before so I won’t go too far into it. In short, gas fees are ridiculous and multiple efforts to scale the network are also being greeted with added adoption which effectively makes it redundant. I...
Decentralised Finance (DeFi) is here to stay. The past 24 months or so have been the dawn of the future of finance and one of crypto’s most exciting times. A huge portion of those invested in this space is still sat on the sidelines holding their coins in their...
This Week in DeFi: The blocmates Alpha Report - News, Opportunities and more… Welcome to the third instalment of This Week in DeFi. We are going to release a weekly round-up newsletter on our website which covers all the current events, opportunities and what to look...
This Week in DeFi: The blocmates Alpha Report - News, Opportunities and more… Welcome to the second instalment of This Week in DeFi. We are going to release a weekly round-up newsletter on our website which covers all the current events, opportunities and what to look...
It is now more apparent than ever that the future of crypto and DeFi is multi-chain. It is now no longer one chain to rule them all… We now know that just isn’t going to happen. The rise of other layer 1 blockchains has been well received after the “gold standard”;...