It took 32 years for computers to evolve from the first-generation vacuum tubes to the fourth-generation VLSI microchips. Although the term fifth-generation computing was coined in 1982, computers took a long time to pass the fourth generation, finally outpacing Moore’s law in the 2010s and making computers incredibly powerful. The…

Security has transitioned from a latent requirement to a critical priority for enterprises and organizations over the last decade. Driven by the rise in the use of external software and applications, increase in data usage in enterprise and mid-market companies, and digitization of the employee lifecycle, cyber attacks and data…

Decentralized finance has become one of the hottest themes of venture capital investments in 2022. With the expectation of revolutionizing financial rails, VC funds are doubling down on DeFi startups. The driving force behind this expectation is speculation — on the potential of DeFi and the dreams of operational efficiency…

Can crypto-coins really be called currencies? Fundamentally, a currency is any form of money that can be used as a medium of exchange. Today, crypto coins, like an ETH or BTC, are primarily used for investment purposes rather than a medium for payments and exchange of goods. The transition of…

NFTs today have a lot of use cases including artwork, photographs, virtual worlds, domain names, etc. but digital collectibles form a vast majority of the universe of NFTs. For those unknown to Bored Ape Yacht Club, Cryptopunks, Vox collectibles — all of these are rare collections existing in quantities of…