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3XP: Thoughts From The Inaugural Event

2024 is going to be a big year for web3 gaming. Let's take a look at 3XP to learn why this will be the case.

If You Build It, Will They Come?

A longstanding adage in web3 gaming is that the games are bad, and this alone is holding web2 gamers back from joining us in the ownership economy. While this statement is, in the author’s humble opinion, absolutely true, the questions around how and when mass adoption of web3 gaming happens is not so simple.

Stockholm Syndrome Pt. Deux: Analogues

In this installment of Stockholm Syndrome we’re going to explore some analogues between web2 and web3. It’s already a given that gamers spent real money on digital assets – DLC, skins, battlepasses, in game currencies. The beauty of web3 based ownership models in gaming is that no one is trying to change existing consumer behavior.

Royale With Cheese

Royalties are the talk of the town. But despite the feigned shock this was always in the post.

WTF is...an NFT?

JPEGs. Million dollar monkey pics. Scams. No Fucking Thanks. While Non-fungible tokens, and the three letter moniker "NFT", doesn't exactly roll off the tongue these widely misunderstood tokens have quickly become the killer app of blockchains.

Stockholm Syndrome Pt. Un: Pay To Win

“No Fucking Thanks!” “It’s a scam.” “Greedy developers are just trying to ruin the game!” If none of this sounds familiar to than you likely haven’t spent any time checking in on the general sentiment of gamers as it relates to crypto and NFTs.

Into the Limelight

And at the risk of memeing too hard here I am starting to think that this time really might be different.

WTF is…Element Finance?

Pepe loves his fixed rate income! If you’ve ever been on the lookout for fixed income in crypto you may already know of Element Finance. The DeFi primitive, which launched their testnet in May and on the Ethereum mainnet in July, has become the leading fixed rate marketplace. While fixed rates might not seem as sexy as a 10x lever on some shitcoin they are sort of the oil in the engine for mature financial markets. In the normie world the interest rate swap market does trillions of dollars in volume annually as institutions look to lock in a fixed rates to hedge risk, or speculate on variable rates to turn a profit. IRL, this massive market transacts pretty much entirely via exclusionary Over The Counter (OTC) trading. Conversely, Element’s primitive introduces a trustless and permission-less marketplace for a number of assets. How does Element work and what is it bringing to the DeFi space? Down the rabbit hole we go, anon.

2021 Winners, Losers & Lessons with Yunt Capital

As we conclude what has been absolutely insane year over here at Yunt Capital it feels like a good time to check in with the Yunts on our wins, losses, and lessons from 2021, as well as look forward to what this new year might have in store for frogs and degens around the world.

Hide Your Grails. The Rich Are Coming

Brace yourself anon as the money will soon start to flow in.

We Won.

By mid September it was pretty clear NFT NYC was going to be a real thing. When BAYC announced Ape Fest during the same week I knew NFT NYC would be one hell of a week.

An Interview With Organic Growth: Crystal Reef

Featuring a brilliant combination of fine art and game theory, OG:CR has all the ingredients to become a successful NFT project.

This Article May Be A Security

Everything seemingly appears a security as the debate around crypto regulation heats up.

Art Blocks & Me

Cool generative art (code is used to ‘paint’ the art) made by cool artists at affordable prices. I dove in with Synapses, doubled down with Elementals and by the time I minted Subscapes I was a full blown fanatic.

Stay Safe Out There

From near-weekly protocol exploits to Discords imposters there are plenty of shadowy hackers out there looking to drain your hard-earned shitcoins and shitpics. How prepared are you anon?

Thesis Statement

New day, new project. More like ten or twenty new projects though, amiright?

BAYC: Together, Strong.

Punks for the metaverse? Yes please! But when pricing details were revealed much of that excitement turned to skepticism.

WTF is…Convex Finance?

If you have ever tried to use Curve but been turned off by the horrible UI/UX then Convex might be the droid you’re looking for.

$FEI-Fi-Fo-Fum

Fei’s much anticipated launch, as we know, didn’t go to plan. What happened over the next several weeks and months provides us with a prime example of the value of communication between a protocol and their community and the role this can play in early success.

Introducing: GoodWill Yunting

Fear & Fud in Cryptopia

On the off chance you completely slept through the last week or so of crypto market action, there was a massive correction. A 70% or so reset across the board, led by the environmental scourge that is Bitcoin, has hit just about every investor in some way.