Imagine a bustling marketplace in Nairobi. Mama Njeri, a Kenyan small business owner, wants to import textiles from Tanzania. Traditionally, this has meant dealing with convoluted banking processes, paying large transaction fees, and waiting several days for the payment to process. Now, imagine Mama Njeri using an AI-powered stablecoin –...

Doesn’t that sound like peanut butter and chocolate! Here’s the beauty—two revolutionary technologies combining to make something much more amazing. The hype may be real, but the potential truly is undeniable. Before we jump headfirst into this brave new world of AI-powered stablecoins, let's pump the brakes for a second....

Resolv Protocol is disrupting the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Its innovative paradigm-shifting model for stablecoins and asset custody is already turning heads. In 2023, Ivan Kozlov, Tim Shekikhachev, and Fedor Chmilevfa started Resolv. They designed the USR stablecoin to be a next-generation stable asset designed specifically for the diverse demands...

Let’s face it, the conventional financial system is a bit of a concrete wall these days for most Africans. High fees, lack of access, and the ever-present fear of inflation eroding savings – it’s a hard truth. What if we were able to remove those obstacles. Picture that and you...

Michael Egorov, the wizard behind Curve Finance, soothes his followers, telling them he has killed the impermanent loss dragon. Well, that’s a pretty huge promise! As in every corner of DeFi, the hype is better than the actual product. Develop a healthy skepticism—this will be your strongest asset. "Yield Basis...

Another tech panacea, delivering the moonshot, targeted to Africa. Sound familiar? We've seen it before: grandiose promises of technological leaps bypassing traditional development, only to fall flat due to lack of infrastructure, education, or simply being the wrong solution for the problem. Are AI stablecoins any different? Is this the...

Michael Egorov, the founder of Curve has introduced a revolutionary decentralized finance (DeFi) plan. This new model addresses impermanent loss, one of the most profitable liquidity providers. This creative strategy allows providers to deliver a single token. They are able to borrow against that other, enabling them to stay net...

The decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape is rapidly evolving. Yet the rising fear of recession is pushing investors into the arms of fixed yield strategies. These strategies are a world apart from the volatility of yields often found in DeFi. They provide consumers a more predictable and certain experience in an...

Fixed yield DeFi. The very name must sound to you like an oxymoron! In today’s wild west of crypto, fortunes are won or lost with a single tweet. That’s indeed why these big promises of everything being solved feel a little suspect. Like an informal handshake deal, offered by the...

Now imagine that same grandmother in rural Kenya. Today, she has access to consistent yields on her limited savings through DeFi, far from the hands of predatory micro-lenders. Imagine an entrepreneur in Lagos being able to raise capital in a frictionless, predictable way. They’re escaping the terrible weight of predatory...