Maka O Kalani

As a writer, Maka explores how digital assets and decentralized finance can empower communities, promote financial sovereignty, and align with human values of harmony, stewardship, and rising together. Their work spans insightful articles, threads, and creative content on Bitcoin, altcoins, NFTs, DeFi, and the evolving crypto landscape—often infusing a unique island perspective that highlights ethical innovation and cultural resilience.

What Is SocialFi? Why SocialFi Is Gaining Traction In The Crypto Economy

What Is SocialFi

Have you ever imagined combining the connective capability of social platforms such as Facebook or Twitter with the financial mechanisms of cryptocurrency? This is exactly what SocialFi is all about. From this article, you can analyse the burgeoning SocialFi sector, its foundational concepts, investment insights, potential growth trends and future developments.  Understanding SocialFi At its … Read more

Uganda’s Opposition Leader Urges Use Of Decentralized Messaging App Bitchat Ahead Of Election

Uganda’s Opposition Leader Urges Use Of Decentralized Messaging App Bitchat Ahead Of Election

Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine has asked his followers to use the decentralized application Bitchat for communication ahead of the upcoming elections. This is in view of past instances where the authorities banned social media and restricted internet access at the time of the election. Decentralized messaging is expected to make a resilience against state … Read more

Bitwise and Grayscale Files For U.S. Spot Bittensor ETFs As Demand For Decentralized AI Rises

Spot Bittensor ETFs filing by Grayscale and Bitwise with the U.S. SEC

Wall Street digital asset managers and exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers Grayscale and Bitwise have initiated filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch the first investment funds tracking TAO, the native cryptocurrency of the AI-focused Bittensor network. The move follows growing institutional demand for AI-related technologies. Bittensor is a decentralized blockchain protocol … Read more

Waters Calls SEC Crypto Approach Into Question

Waters Calls SEC Crypto Approach Into Question

United States Representative Maxine Waters officially sent a letter to the House Financial Services Committee Chair, French Hill, on Sunday, pressing for a hearing with Paul Atkins, the SEC Chairman.  The United States democrat wants to investigate the crypto approach of the SEC and the chairman’s decision to pause around 60% of crypto enforcement cases … Read more

Nasdaq 100 vs S&P 500 Over The Last 10 Years

Nasdaq 100 vs S&P 500 over The Last 10 Years

The stock market plays a crucial role in the functioning of individual business entities and the development of the financial market as a whole. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are widely used as indicators of market trends. Studying these helps researchers and investors gain a better understanding of the market. Comparing both indices allows … Read more