Canada is quietly becoming a major player in the blockchain and cryptocurrency scene: Ethereum has strong Canadian roots.
Toronto based 3iQ launched the first physically settled Bitcoin - BTC exchange traded fund ETF in North America and the percentage of active cryptocurrency holders in the country has steadily increased over the past two years.
I had the pleasure of attending this year's Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, where I was able to moderate two panels on rebuilding the financial system through Web3 and onboarding the next wave of crypto users.
The event served as yet another reminder that the brightest minds in the industry continue to build amazing products despite current market conditions. I don't want to sound too cliche, but it's hard to be bearish on digital assets if you adopt a low time preference.
DeFi needs a killer app to go to the next level, Ripple exec says You can't have a proper conversation about the future of digital assets without talking about decentralized finance DeFi .
One of the most thought-provoking panels at Futurist, titled The Future of Decentralized Finance, featured the director of DeFi markets at Ripple Labs, the founder of Teller Finance, and executives from Aventus Ventures and FLUIDEFI.
According to Boris Alergant of Ripple Labs, institutional adoption of DeFi is next, but not before the industry creates the next killer app that really sparks interest.
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