By Rayna Ishihara | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern What is Cosmos The Cosmos blockchain, established in 2016, serves as an innovative platform for decentralized ledger communication, distinguishing itself as the “Internet of Blockchains.” Designed to foster interoperability without relying on a centralized server, Cosmos operates as an entirely free platform, prioritizing customizability and […]

By Daman Rao | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern What is ORDI? Ordi is a cryptocurrency utilising the Ordinals protocol, leverages the smallest unit of Bitcoin, the satoshi, for data inscriptions. As the pioneering BRC-20 token on the Bitcoin blockchain, Ordi boasts a fixed supply of 21 million coins. Functioning as a meme token, […]

By Daman Rao | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern What is Polkadot? Polkadot, launched in 2020, is a blockchain platform that incentivizes a global network of computers to run a main network (relay chain) and user-created networks (parachains). Polkadot is the brainchild of Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Gavin Wood. The platform is now run by […]

By Yvonne Zhang | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern What Is Siacoin (SC)? Siacoin (SC) is the native utility token of Sia, a pioneering blockchain-based, decentralized cloud storage platform that was first announced in May 2014 and officially launched in June 2015. Sia represents a significant shift from traditional cloud storage models, acting as […]

By Rayna Ishihara | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern What is Ocean Protocol Ocean is an open-source protocol leveraging the Ethereum blockchain to enable the exchange and monetization of data and data-based services. Using ‘datatokens,’ Ocean restricts access to data sets, which users redeem when seeking information. The protocol’s primary goal is to provide […]

By Andy Wang | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern What is Celestia? Celestia has emerged as a pioneering force in the realm of modular blockchain networks, targeting the scalability issues that plague conventional monolithic blockchain systems. This network achieves a separation of execution and consensus processes, and incorporates data availability sampling (DAS) into its […]