Stellar is a peer-to-peer decentralized platform linking people, banks, and payment processors while also allowing users to produce, transmit, and exchange numerous forms of cryptocurrency. The network’s own digital currency – XLM or Lumens – serves as its foundation. XLM is utilized as an intermediary currency for activities and to pay transaction fees. Stellar was […]
By Tyshe Jiang | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern What is Maker MakerDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization building on the Ethereum blockchain. MakerDAO uses its own stable token Dai which is also the governance token to be pegged to the US dollar and minimize price volatility. MakerDAO was fully launched in 2017 by […]
By Aidan Kalish | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern Shiba Inu is an example of what can happen when a cryptocurrency project is completely run by its community. Launched in August 2020, Shiba Inu is a meme token playing a parody on the cryptocurrency sector. After gaining popularity and a loyal community the coin, […]
By Tyshe Jiang | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern What is Aptos Aptos is a Layer 1 Proof-of-Stake blockchain launched on October 17 that combines parallel transaction processing with a novel smart contract language called Move to reach a theoretical transaction throughput of over 100,000 transactions per second. The project is the brainchild of […]
By Aidan Kalish | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern According to its whitepaper: “The Open Network (TON) is a fast, secure and scalable blockchain and network project, capable of handling millions of transactions per second if necessary, and both user-friendly and service provider-friendly.” The community-led project aims to deliver a highly scalable blockchain network […]
By Aidan Kalish | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern Theta Network is a blockchain powered peer-to-peer video distribution protocol intending to be the solution to problems facing the traditional video-streaming sector. While most centralized video delivery platforms face intermittent bottlenecks within content-delivery pipelines, Theta’s video-streaming services rely on a distributed network of users who […]
