Four years back, Jay Bhattacharya was shunned by colleagues at Stanford and silenced on social media for his views on the pandemic. He's come a long way since then. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated him to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH). If approved, this could be a big win for science and academic freedom. Why? Because the NIH funds a ton of r...
You might think Bitcoin is all about decentralization, but let's take a closer look at its network. Bitcoin runs on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, which is supposed to be spread out and not controlled by any single group. However, a recent study shows that this isn't exactly the case. Researchers created a special tool, like a detective for the Bitcoin network, to fi...
Sidepit, a fintech startup from Berkeley, California, has just secured pre-seed funding. This investment will help the company develop a game-changing trading platform. The star of the show is Sidepit's patented Decentralized Limit Order Book (DLOB) technology. This clever tool aims to make trading fairer. It'll stop hidden market manipulation, which is a problem in ...
The cryptocurrency community is abuzz with the news that financial giants like BlackRock, Fidelity, and others are entering the decentralized crypto industry. While this may seem like a promising development, some are worried that these institutions will undermine the very idea of decentralizing finance. But is this fear justified? Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is...