27 Mar 2025

I wrote a post last year laying out the DeSci value chain as I saw it. At the time I had broken it down into 3 core components: funding, research and publishing. I’d now add a fourth component: commercialization. DeSci is ultimately about bringing new drugs to market in...

11 Mar 2025

If there’s a lesson for Europe to take from the past couple of weeks, it’s that it needs to wake up. JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Summit and the beatdown of Zelensky in the Oval Office made it clear that Europe needs to take greater...

04 Mar 2025

I just got back to London after a couple of weeks in Lisbon. For the past 3 years I’ve been coming to Lisbon frequently, in particular over the winter months. London isn’t renowned for its great weather and this time of year the sun is a particularly rare...

25 Feb 2025

The most widely used DeFi lending protocols today provide variable interest rates for both lenders and borrowers. Although variable-rate lending is a cornerstone of DeFi, its lack of predictability makes it less than ideal for certain users and caps DeFi’s growth. To put into context, in traditional financial markets,...

10 Feb 2025

Over the weekend I went with my dad and my brother to see the Six Nations Rugby match between England and France at Twickenham. It was the second year in a row we attended a Six Nations game, having been to Scotland vs. France in Edinburgh last year. The Six...