Bank of America Slams Bitcoin, but Calls DeFi “Intriguing”

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Bitcoin is not new to bad press. So when just last week Bank of America (BoA) released a report named, “Bitcoin’s Dirty Little Secret”, price action hardly budged. This wasn’t surprising to many, but what […]

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Interview: Manta Co-Founder Discusses the Role of Privacy in DeFi

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. As an early-stage project, Manta Network considers itself a “privacy-preserving” DeFi stack that leverages zero knowledge proofs. The protocol aims to facilitate transactions with guaranteed anonymity and a degree of cross-chain interoperability. Manta has […]

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NFT’s Are All the Rage; Charmin to Release First-Ever Non-Fungible Token by a Toilet Paper Brand

After Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Quartz, the toilet paper brand Charmin has joined the hot trend of launching NFTs as well. Manufactured by Procter & Gamble, Charmin announced last week that they are rolling out their first-ever non-fungible token by a toilet paper brand because “Sometimes a better bathroom experience goes beyond the seat.” […]

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Mark Cuban-backed Mintable Auctioning A 96-Year-Old Painting of an Avant-garde Artist as NFT

“A Historic Moment for NFTs,” tweets Mintable as it announces the auction of a 96-year old original painting of Wladimir Davidovich Baranoff-Rossine along with a non-fungible token. A community-controlled and billionaire investor Mark Cuban-backed NFT marketplace, Mintable shared the news last week when it announced that it would be, for the first time in history, […]

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