As environmental consciousness grows globally, the demand for renewable and sustainable energy becomes increasingly pressing. However, a significant gap persists in harnessing the full potential of emerging technologies, like blockchain, to meet global climate sustainability objectives. For starters, blockchain can help create a revolutionizing solution market of globally accessible and decentralized carbon credits. Moreover, blockchain-driven…
According to KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, remittances from migrants to their home communities—are projected to increase from US$791 billion in 2021 to US$840 billion by the end of 2023. This trend underscores the vital role remittances play in global finance, particularly for Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), excluding China. Image:…
Optimistic rollups are a layer 2 protocol designed to increase the throughput of Ethereum’s base layer. They are called “optimistic” because they assume that off-chain transactions are valid and do not publish proofs of validity for transaction batches posted on-chain. Similarly, Zero-knowledge rollups bundle transactions into batches that are executed off-chain. ZK-rollup operators submit a…
Banner Image: Generated by Bitcoin Global Macro The year 2022 will certainly go down in history as one of the toughest years for the digital asset industry, from a hawkish Fed to idiosyncratic risks that saw crypto giants such as Three Arrows Capital and FTX bite the dust. But for those who have been around…