State of the NFT Market

July 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Sidharth Sachdeva Introduction to NFTs From the ownership of physical assets and art work back in old times, today digitalization has opened new avenues for ownership of multiple assets. Digital ownership has brought with...

Equity Crowdfunding: Still in Line for Take Off

June 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Sidharth Sachdeva Crowdfunding: What is it? In 2016, Zach Brown raised more than $50,000 on Kickstarter to make a bowl of potato salad. Starting with a goal of £10 to buy his ingredients for the potato salad, Zach went on...

Decentralized Finance in 5 Charts

The number of DeFi users increased from 90k in 2019 to over 1 million in 2020. May 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Kaushik Ganesan. Introduction In February 2022, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in...

How to Short Crypto?

Making money in the crypto bear market May 2022. Reading Time: 8 Minutes. Author: Dilsher Singh Dhingra Introduction In a recent research article, Risk of Cryptocurrency Investment in 5 Charts, we highlighted that more than 85% of tokens and coins are trading below...

Cryptocurrency Staking 101

Lido has an 89% market share in the liquid staking category May 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Kaushik Ganesan. Introduction Staking is a term that has historically been associated with providing upfront capital to a player in a game like poker. If the player...

Status Quo of the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Industry

Short now, pay later? May 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Sidharth Sachdeva Introduction Buy Now Pay Later or BNPL, as it is popularly known, is a financing option which allows consumers to buy a product or avail a service without having to worry about paying...