Donovan Choy

Donovan Choy

Former writer at Bankless.

Articles
Written by Donovan Choy • 6 months ago • 6 min read 8 Strategies to Balance Your Crypto Bets Better protect your portfolio with these investment strategies.... Citizen-only Investing 11 0 8 Strategies to Balance Your Crypto Bets Written by Donovan Choy • 6 months ago • 3 min read The SEC Endgame The SEC wants to regulate crypto... out of existence... AnalysisRegulation 3 0 The SEC Endgame Written by Donovan Choy • 6 months ago • 3 min read Is China Changing its Crypto Tune? Weekly recap: China's white paper and Celsius's salvation... Regulation 1 0 Is China Changing its Crypto Tune? Written by Donovan Choy • 6 months ago • 7 min read 8 High-Potential Opportunities on Starknet Don't miss out on any Ethereum L2 opportunities on Starknet.... Citizen-only AnalysisL2s 4 1 8 High-Potential Opportunities on Starknet Written by Donovan Choy • 6 months ago • 4 min read Web3 Bends the Knee to Apple Weekly recap: Apple's Web3 lite, Binance's alleged sloppiness... News 0 0 Web3 Bends the Knee to Apple Written by Donovan Choy • 7 months ago • 4 min read The Political Minefield of CBDCs Is the 'Digital Dollar' the next hot button political issue?... Regulation 2 0 The Political Minefield of CBDCs Written by Donovan Choy • 7 months ago • 4 min read Bitcoin Wants To Be ETH? Weekly recap: Bitcoin's BRC-20 token, Ethereum's hiccup... News 0 0 Bitcoin Wants To Be ETH? Written by Donovan Choy • 7 months ago • 4 min read Why the Devs Want to Burn More ETH MEV-Burn: The Next Big Ethereum Upgrade... AnalysisEthereum 4 0 Why the Devs Want to Burn More ETH Written by Donovan Choy • 7 months ago • 5 min read Banking Blowup Bingo Weekly recap: Banks tank, Memecoins rocket 🚀... News 0 0 Banking Blowup Bingo Written by Donovan Choy • 7 months ago • 4 min read Tokenizing Our Desires Has Web3 altered our brains?... Analysis 2 0 Tokenizing Our Desires Written by Donovan Choy • 7 months ago • 4 min read Sweeping Crypto Rules Arrive Weekly recap: EU passes MiCA, Coinbase sues SEC.... Regulation 1 0 Sweeping Crypto Rules Arrive Written by Donovan Choy • 8 months ago • 4 min read The 5,000 ETH Mystery Hack Weekly recap: mystery hack confounds crypto, Gensler gets blasted.... News 2 0 The 5,000 ETH Mystery Hack Written by Donovan Choy • 8 months ago • 6 min read Where Does Ethereum Go Next? The Ethereum upgrades you should keep an eye on post-Shapella.... AnalysisEthereum 8 0 Where Does Ethereum Go Next? Written by Donovan Choy • 8 months ago • 4 min read Bitcoin Payments Level Up Weekly Recap: Lightspark debuts, Shapella crushes... News 2 0 Bitcoin Payments Level Up Written by Donovan Choy • 8 months ago • 4 min read OpenSea Fights Back Weekly Recap: OpenSea goes for the jugular, Arbitrum's 'decentralization theater'... News 0 0 OpenSea Fights Back Written by Donovan Choy • 8 months ago • 8 min read What Regulators Still Don't Get About Crypto Five classic crypto misconceptions, refuted.... Regulation 1 0 What Regulators Still Don't Get About Crypto Written by Donovan Choy • 9 months ago • 7 min read The Fed Did This The banking crisis started with the Fed's biggest blindspot.... AnalysisRegulation 4 0 The Fed Did This Written by Donovan Choy • 9 months ago • 4 min read Bank Run Speedruns Weekly Recap: Depositors panic, Crypto pumps... News 3 0 Bank Run Speedruns Written by Donovan Choy • 9 months ago • 4 min read Silvergate Crashes the Party Regulators are making life hell for crypto-friendly finance — leaving the space more vulnerable.... News 3 0 Silvergate Crashes the Party Written by Donovan Choy • 9 months ago • 4 min read Crypto’s Favorite Bank Tanks Weekly Recap: Silvergate flails, Solana does its thing... News 2 0 Crypto’s Favorite Bank Tanks Written by Donovan Choy • 9 months ago • 7 min read Open Season on OpenSea Blur’s momentum post-airdrop shows this marketplace fight is just getting started.... AnalysisNFTs 2 0 Open Season on OpenSea Written by Donovan Choy • 9 months ago • 7 min read Not Financial Emojis 🚀📈💰 Weekly Recap: Regulators go wild, Coinbase gets optimistic... Regulation 0 0 Not Financial Emojis 🚀📈💰 Written by Donovan Choy • 10 months ago • 7 min read The SEC Doubles Down Weekly recap: Regulators go all-in, Blur makes its play... News 0 0 The SEC Doubles Down Written by Donovan Choy • 10 months ago • 6 min read Is a Bitcoin NFT boom coming? Weekly Recap: Bitcoin discovers NFTs, SBF discovers witness tampering.... News 2 1 Is a Bitcoin NFT boom coming? Written by Donovan Choy • 10 months ago • 11 min read The Promises of Blockchain Gaming Gaming will be big for crypto. Decentralization will be huge for gamers.... AnalysisNFTs 2 0 The Promises of Blockchain Gaming Written by Donovan Choy • 10 months ago • 6 min read Is the SEC Waking Up? Weekly Recap: Regulators get busy, crypto keeps pumping ... News 12 0 Is the SEC Waking Up? Written by Donovan Choy • 11 months ago • 5 min read Genesis Exodus Weekly recap: Genesis declares bankruptcy, 3AC boys are back.... News 6 0 Genesis Exodus Written by Donovan Choy • 11 months ago • 7 min read Barry Silbert’s Last Stand Weekly Recap: CeFi players flop, the market pumps.... News 16 0 Barry Silbert’s Last Stand Written by Donovan Choy • 11 months ago • 5 min read Solana is in trouble Weekly Recap: SOL sinks, VC returns stink.... News 40 0 Solana is in trouble Written by Donovan Choy • 12 months ago • 6 min read SBF’s Christmas Miracle Weekly Recap: SBF finds some bail money, Bitcoin miners face fiasco... News 8 0 SBF’s Christmas Miracle Written by Donovan Choy • 12 months ago • 6 min read No Bailout for SBF Weekly Recap: SBF in prison, CZ in a pickle.... News 3 0 No Bailout for SBF Written by Donovan Choy • 12 months ago • 6 min read Gemini users want their money back Weekly Recap: Genesis owes Gemini $900M, SBF was a Swiftie?... News 0 0 Gemini users want their money back Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 7 min read The SBF Variety Hour Weekly Recap: Sam won’t shut up, miners may shut down... News 7 1 The SBF Variety Hour Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 4 min read Is CZ Too Powerful? Binance's post-FTX market dominance is impressive -- and concerning... Analysis 0 0 Is CZ Too Powerful? Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 5 min read DCG comes clean Weekly Recap: DCG reveals Genesis debts, Aave gets stress-tested... News 2 0 DCG comes clean Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 7 min read Building Back Better with OP Stack We dig into Optimism’s ambitious vision for modular scaling... DeFi 0 0 Building Back Better with OP Stack Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 4 min read FTX Is Why We Need More DeFi, Not Less SBF’s lies should push the industry to place its trust in smart contracts... DeFiOpinion 44 0 FTX Is Why We Need More DeFi, Not Less Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 6 min read Unpacking the endless FTX nightmare Seriously, things can’t get any worse, right? ...right?... News 39 0 Unpacking the endless FTX nightmare Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 9 min read The Shocking Collapse of the FTX Empire Goodbye FTX. You'll be missed.... News 23 0 The Shocking Collapse of the FTX Empire Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 4 min read Battle of the Billionaires It's a brand new week in crypto. It's new drama. It's CZ vs SBF.... News 27 0 Battle of the Billionaires Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 5 min read Instagram Goes Full Web3 Meta NFTs, JPMorgan trades on Polygon and Art Gobblers... News 45 0 Instagram Goes Full Web3 Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 4 min read The Most Important Debate in Crypto SBF and Erik Voorhees steps into the ring on crypto regulation. Who won?... News 34 0 The Most Important Debate in Crypto Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 3 min read Elon 🤝 CZ Binance invests $500M into Twitter, ETH is *almost* ultra sound money, and zkSync launches in alpha... News 49 0 Elon 🤝 CZ Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 17 min read A Beginner’s Guide to Ethereum Censorship Ethereum is not censorship-proof... yet. Here's what devs are doing about it.... AnalysisEthereumOpinionRegulation 38 0 A Beginner’s Guide to Ethereum Censorship Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 5 min read Relax, Ethereum Isn’t Getting Censored Ethereum censorship, Aptos launch, SBF talks regulations, BitBoy vs Bankless... News 19 0 Relax, Ethereum Isn’t Getting Censored Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 3 min read The End of Credit Suisse? The drama, the rumours, the facts. ... News 25 0 The End of Credit Suisse? Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 3 min read What the Hack Is Going On? A week of DeFi hacks | DevCon updates | Coin Center sues the Treasury... News 20 0 What the Hack Is Going On? Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 3 min read Stoppable Finance If you can pause your blockchain, that's a bank - not Decentralized Finance.... Alt L1s 29 0 Stoppable Finance Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 6 min read Here Comes Cosmos 2.0 Cosmos 2.0 | Apple 30% NFT tax | Safe launches DAO | NFTs are hot again... Alt L1s 1 0 Here Comes Cosmos 2.0 Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 10 min read Ultimate Guide to NFT-Fi Lend, borrow, rent, fractionalize, appraise and hedge against your NFTs in NFTFi.... NFTsHow Tos 1 0 Ultimate Guide to NFT-Fi Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 5 min read Crypto Regulations Are Coming Crypto regulations | Wintermute hack | Rari paying hack victims | Helium partners with T-Mobile... Regulation 0 0 Crypto Regulations Are Coming Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 3 min read Great Success 👍 The Merge | ETH PoW fork | Starbucks & Polygon Collab | Infura decentralizes!... News 0 0 Great Success 👍 Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 4 min read A Historic Week in Crypto It's Merge week. Here's what to expect. ... EthereumOpinion 0 0 A Historic Week in Crypto Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 6 min read Google “The Merge” Bellatrix Upgrade | Binance USDC Stablecoin Wars | Coinbase Treasury Tornado Lawsuit... News 0 0 Google “The Merge” Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 5 min read Maker DAO's Existential Crisis RECAP: Maker Drama | Saylor Getting Sued | Avalanche Playing Dirty?!... News 0 0 Maker DAO's Existential Crisis Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 9 min read The Decentralized Identity Revolution How our digital identities will be built on web3... NFTsOpinion 0 0 The Decentralized Identity Revolution Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 2 min read Trending Project: Canto A fast-growing L1 is breaking new ground in DeFi.... Article 0 0 Trending Project: Canto Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 5 min read US Treasury Sanctions Tornado Cash 🌪️ Goerli Merge | Tornado Cash Ban | Fake Solana DeFi?... News 0 0 US Treasury Sanctions Tornado Cash 🌪️ Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 2 min read Trending Project: GMX (GMX) 📈 GMX is the top TVL protocol in Arbitrum, and big things are coming for Arbitrum.... Article 0 0 Trending Project: GMX (GMX) 📈 Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 5 min read Ethereum Neoclassic Solana Wallet Hack | Nomad Bridge Hack | Ethereum PoW Chain... News 0 0 Ethereum Neoclassic Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 6 min read Three Arrows Capital Is Sorry (Maybe) Coinbase Insider Trading | Three Arrows Capital Speaks! | The Merge Approaches ... News 0 0 Three Arrows Capital Is Sorry (Maybe) Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 5 min read What You Missed From EthCC 🇫🇷 Ethereum's roadmap explained, Cosmos DeFi is pumping, zk-rollups are coming, and it was very hot in ... Citizen-only Ethereum 0 0 What You Missed From EthCC 🇫🇷 Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 4 min read ETH Strikes Back Genesis & Three Arrows Capital | Minecraft NFT Ban | zkEVMs are here | Ethereum Merge... News 0 0 ETH Strikes Back Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 5 min read Celsius Bites the Dust Celsius Bankruptcy, Su Zhu and StarkWare Token, Polygon Week... News 0 0 Celsius Bites the Dust Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 7 min read DeFi Will Never Die Centralized crypto banks are dying. DeFi is thriving. ... DeFiOpinion 0 0 DeFi Will Never Die Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 5 min read Bon Voyager Voyager Bankrupt | Aave Stablecoin | Crypto Phones | Facebook & Reddit NFTs... News 0 0 Bon Voyager Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 7 min read Why Would a dApp Leave Ethereum Right Now? An In-depth look at dYdX’s flight to Cosmos — and what it means for Web3 ... Citizen-only Analysis 0 0 Why Would a dApp Leave Ethereum Right Now? Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 4 min read Breakups, Bailouts, and Buyouts Further 3AC Contagion | dYdX Leaves Ethereum | Huge Uniswap Acquisition... News 0 0 Breakups, Bailouts, and Buyouts Written by Donovan Choy • 1 year ago • 4 min read CeFi Broke. DeFi Didn't. A post-mortem on Celsius, 3AC, and what it means for crypto.... DeFiOpinion 0 0 CeFi Broke. DeFi Didn't. Written by Donovan Choy • 2 years ago • 6 min read So What if Crypto Winter is Here? Here's why 2022 is not like 2018. ... Opinion 0 0 So What if Crypto Winter is Here? Written by Donovan Choy • 2 years ago • 6 min read Why CBDCs Are Not Your Friend If it looks like crypto and talks like crypto — is it crypto? ... OpinionRegulation 0 0 Why CBDCs Are Not Your Friend Written by Donovan Choy • 2 years ago • 7 min read Bankless BANNED from Youtube This is why we need censorship-resistant social media platforms/... News 0 0 Bankless BANNED from Youtube Written by Donovan Choy • 2 years ago • 10 min read The Bull Case for CC0 NFTs What do you get when you combine blockchains with CC0? Complete liberation of art. ... NFTsOpinion 0 0 The Bull Case for CC0 NFTs