The end-of-the-world crowd reared their heads this week propped up by China\u2019s crackdown on crypto mining, along with investor sentiment, and high gas prices are starting to push the market to itsOn the morning of May 19, 1536, Henry VIII\u2019s fallen queen ascended the scaffold, delivered a conventional speech praising the king as a \u201cgentle and sovereign lord\u201d and knelt to receive the death blow. The executioner struck Anne\u2019s head off with a single swing of his sword. She even tipped the executioner, before the hack to show her gratitude for his diligence. What a classy woman.Bitcoin and Ethereum are the King and Queen of the cryptos, although ETH is technically an altcoin, it really isn\u2019t. While credit definitely goes to BTC for creating the space, as with most households leave it to the woman to do all the chores, like creating the DeFi space. And like many couples, crypto folks tend to be either in the BTC or ETH camp but not both. Kind of like skating, you have your figure skaters with their fancy Axel and Lutz jumps in glam outfits, while hockey\u2019s main goals are trying to keep their teeth intact. Both disciplines are skaters \u2014 but different.2020 was the year of DeFi with a total-locked value (TVL) surpassing $100B. That is because Ethereum was brilliantly created to be Turing complete. In other words, Ethereum transactions can execute programmed code, known as SmartContracts, and when certain stipulations are met the SmartContract will self-execute further actions. SmartContract is a powerful paradigm that is at the core of Ethereum\u2019s value and thereby the creation of DeFi.BTC meanwhile has been positioning itself as Gold 2.0 but has missed out on the DeFi buzz as it is not Turing capable which in the context of DeFi means smartcontracts. BTC HODLers would\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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