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Cryptaysia

Cryptocurrency experiences from a Malaysian perspective


The Misconception of Cardano NFTs & DApps moving to other chains

19 Apr 2023 4 minute read 4 comments Pizzadren

Lately there’s been a lot of chatter about current Cardano DApps utilizing toolkits from other chains & NFT platforms exploring opportunities in other blockchains. The platforms being mentioned are: MELD: The DeFi protocol for lending and borrowing...

Weekly Pizza Bits #8 - 14-Apr-2023

14 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Pizzadren

  1) Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade finally went live   So Ethereum has finalized the Shanghai Hard Fork called “Shapella” where users have the option to withdraw their ETH rewards or exit staking entirely. If they choose to withdraw their...

Weekly Pizza Bits #7 - 08-Apr-2023

8 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Pizzadren

1) Solana introduces State Compression, a new way to store data that uses significantly lower costs. Solana has a crucial upgrade where their blockchain state can be compressed thus decreasing the cost of storing data on-chain significantly. T...

Revisiting Terra LUNA & Positive Takeaways To Integrate Stablecoins the Right Way

6 Apr 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Pizzadren

Alright, before you jump into conclusions that “LUNA is a failed project & a scam”, or “Do Kwon is an egoistic bastard who deserves to be in jail” or anything similar to those accusations, one thing that we should remember is that: The cost of failu...

Weekly Pizza Bits #6 - 1-Apr-2023

1 Apr 2023 4 minute read 2 comments Pizzadren

  1. CFTC Filed a Complaint Against Binance The allegations made by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are: Illegally operating crypto derivatives in the US, with connections to FTX. Secretly coaching VIP customers on how to avoid c...

Bitcoin Review as a Malaysian [2023]

30 Mar 2023 15 minute read 1 comment Pizzadren

Introduction   We Malaysians do love to use physical cash. Whether if we go to the morning markets, or sipping some kopi beng [ice coffee] in a kopitiam [coffee shop], we tend to pay them with cash. Of course nowadays, most of these kopitiams a...

Economic Report of the President - Key Takeaways & Thoughts

29 Mar 2023 11 minute read 2 comments Pizzadren

You can read the full report here (It’s 513 pages long). To save your time and summarize, here are some key highlights and some of my thoughts into the report (highlights from the report are in the quotes section): In addition to the decentral...

Weekly Pizza Bits #5 - 25-Mar-2023

25 Mar 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Pizzadren

  1) The war between governments vs cryptos is here. So the war between governments vs cryptos have officially begun. The list of how many platforms & people are affected just this week is as below: (i) Coinbase   Coinbase has received a Wells noti...

Blockchain Scaling Solutions Explained with Examples of Roads & Coffee Shops (Kopitiams)

22 Mar 2023 7 minute read 4 comments Pizzadren

This, is a traffic jam during peak hours of travelling to and from work. I think all of us, not just in Malaysia but also in other countries especially in densely, populated cities, will definitely experience the pain of having to stare at the same c...

Weekly Pizza Bits #4 - 18-Mar-2023

18 Mar 2023 5 minute read 1 comment Pizzadren

  1) Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Has Affected Many Crypto Companies Ahhh, this is the biggest news of the week that’s flooding all over the news media, and for most of us, this is the first time we have ever heard of Silicon Valley Bank. The massiv...