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What Is TradFi

TradFi, short for traditional finance, refers to the mainstream financial system that consists of retail banks, commercial banks, investment banks, other financial institutions, an

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Decentralized finance 4 Best Crypto Cold Wallets for Storage in 2023 If you've been reading about the cryptocurrency space for some time now, you're aware that hacks and cyberattacks have been happening left and right. Every month, at least one online exchange, protoco

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Decentralized finance 5 Best Platforms for DeFi Staking in 2023 In addition to yield farming and liquidity providing, crypto staking is one of the best ways to earn passive income from your cryptocurrency holdings. Namely, staking refers to the process of locking

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Decentralized finance Hot vs. Cold Wallets in Crypto: What Is the Difference?Crypto wallets act as digital vaults, safeguarding the keys to your digital currency—the choice between a "hot" or "cold" wallet depends on your needs. The key distinction between hot wallets and col

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Decentralized finance 4 Best Crypto Hot Wallets for 2023 The 2022 year had a couple of devastating events in the crypto industry. In addition to the collapse of multiple projects, many exchanges also suffered great losses: some declared bankruptcy, while ma

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Lending and borrowing 4 Best Crypto Lending Platforms for Uncollateralized Loans Over the last few years, the rise of DeFi (decentralized finance) has been quite extensive, as it offers a ton of incredible benefits over its counterpart, TradFi (traditional finance). In addition to

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Decentralized finance What Ethereum’s Proof-Of-Stake Transfer Means for the World of Crypto If you've been lurking in the tech space, you've probably heard of the Ethereum merge. Namely, this has been a milestone on the Ethereum development timeline for quite some time now, and it finally ha

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Decentralized finance Boba Network: Revolutionary Layer-2 Scaling Solution for Ethereum Blockchain technology is relatively new, having originated in 2009. Since then, it has come a long way, undergoing massive improvements, like decentralized apps, NFTs, multiple layers, and much more.

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Decentralized finance Fat Protocol Theory: Is It Outdated and Becoming Obsolete?In the years after its development, the blockchain model caught the attention of many professionals. The technology behind this model was widely thought to be revolutionary, as it would be a fully dec

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Yield farming 7 Safest & Most Profitable Yield Farming Platforms (2022)Crypto markets are notoriously unstable, especially as of late. This is why many investors are becoming interested in earning cryptocurrency through yield farming instead of holding or day trading. Yi