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Alexander Hilton • 2 March 2022
The Bridge to Arbitrum
One way to improve the speed and scalability of Ethereum, is through layer 2 solutions such as Arbitrum. Using these chains can be extremely lucrative and due to the nature of their design, they allow for extremely cheap fees comp
Alexander Hilton • 25 February 2022
Bringing BTC straight to DeFi
Following the post I wrote regarding Tranquil Finance a while ago, they have now partnered with the Harmony One foundation in order to provide incentives. Any percentages shown are to be taken in the context of APY (Annual Percent
Alexander Hilton • 14 February 2022
Bridging Bitcoin to Harmony One
Earning yield on your Bitcoin (BTC) is a double edged sword. Exposing your BTC to smart contracts risks associated with using Decentralised Finance (DeFi) is risky, but you are able to earn extraordinary yield on your BTC. Usually
Alexander Hilton • 24 January 2022
How to Bridge to Metis Crypto (Andromeda)
Metis is a layer 2 solution of Ethereum, it is a hard-fork (copy paste) of Optimism. It allowed Metis to take advantage of the rollup technology offered which allowed for numerous transactions to be put together in order to reduce
Alexander Hilton • 18 January 2022
Where to find the best farms
One of the most difficult parts of staying abreast with the latest developments in the space, involves knowing where the best farms are. It really all boils down to information, the most golden treasure of all, it is important to
Alexander Hilton • 10 January 2022
Bridging to Aurora
The Near ecosystem is popping off and it would be prudent to learn how and to act on that knowledge when it comes to bridging/rotating your crypto. Near has its own blockchain and has created a layer 2 solution for its chain, call
Alexander Hilton • 1 January 2022
Tranquil Finance: Automated Market Maker
Recently, I have been taking a deep dive into the Harmony ONE ecosystem. While ONE is still cheap (roughly $0.20 at time of writing), it inevitably will see a massive spike in price once usage increases. One of the ways that Coins
Alexander Hilton • 23 December 2021
Terra Name Service Airdrop
Following behind the heels of the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) airdrop, we have an announcement by Tera Name Service (TNS) that they will be airdropping their native token to all users of their services. One only has to look at the
Alexander Hilton • 4 October 2021
Trading with Trader Joe!
Welcome back to the Avalanche deep dive Today, we are going to focus on Trader Joe. Trader Joe is the go to DEX (Decentralized Exchange) on Avalanche. Usually money follows the memes and community and Trade Joe has managed to nai