Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is moving quickly. It creates amazing new experiences for users to lend, borrow and earn interest on their digital assets. Of all the emerging platforms, Suilend has achieved the highest profile so far within the quickly burgeoning Sui blockchain ecosystem. This post provides an in-depth introduction to...

Suilend, a community-owned decentralized lending and borrowing protocol on the Sui blockchain, has experienced explosive growth. This accomplishment has solidified it as the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) player of all time. Since its launch in March 2024, marking the Solend team's first expansion outside of Solana, Suilend's Total Value Locked...

Spark Protocol is fast emerging as a leader in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. It provides an extensive suite of multifunctional capabilities that maximize capital efficiency and enhance user experience. Secondly, it’s driving the creation of a rich, inclusive, and safe ecosystem to support lending and borrowing. Li Wei is...

In this atmosphere, Spark Protocol is making headlines, vowing to revolutionize the world of decentralized lending. Its decentralized architecture, dynamic pricing, and multi-asset support are all very exciting. Before you go jumping in with both feet, let’s deal with the elephants in the room. Too easily and often Wall Street...

DeFi, short for Decentralized Finance, is still one of the hottest trends in crypto enabling new financial alternatives to everything from saving to insurance. Of all the sectors in DeFi, Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) and Lending protocols are the most important sectors of DeFi. Right now, DeFi lending protocols maintain a...

Let’s face it, the DeFi narrative for most of 2021 was centered around DEXs. Decentralized exchanges were meant to be the next big thing, the promised land where anyone could freely trade anything, at any time, all without permission. Remember the hype? The insane APYs? The promises of financial freedom?...

Picture this, Meet Thabo, a smallholder farmer in rural Kenya. For years, he’s been shut out from the formal banking system. Institutions tag him as too “risky,” but that’s because they don’t understand the life he has to live. He wants a loan to purchase higher-quality seeds and irrigate his...

Over the last few years, the space of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have gone haywire. They’ve evolved from digital collectibles to valuable assets with deep and varied utilities. As the NFT market grows, so does the financial ecosystem that supports it. One of the most exciting innovations is the emergence of...

Africa. When I imagine the continent that brought my family hope and opportunity, I don’t picture a place of poverty. I used to know a country that was teeming with opportunity. It’s not because we don’t have ideas—it’s the lethal lack of access that does us in. Access to capital....

NFT lending DApps are the latest shiny new NFT sandbox crypto toy. Everywhere you look, crypto Twitter is filled with promises of new liquidity and passive yields. Have we become all too captivated by the promised jackpots that we are avoiding the completely obvious red flags? Though supporters herald these...