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When considering crypto investments from an ESG perspective several factors must be analyzed and addressed. Learn more about PoS from an ESG Perspective: ENVIRONMENT

Community pools, also known as community treasury funds, are funds on-chain that a core team sets aside when determining their token's distribution. Learn more here.

Putting your digital assets to work in the decentralized finance space carries underestimated and generally unpredictable risks. Learn more about Insurance in DeFi here.

As technological innovation and experimentation by PoS networks have progressed at breakneck speeds, definitive guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on tax treatment of activities relating to PoS networks has progressed at a glacial pace, contributing to wide-spread uncertainty for US taxpayers.

Although accounting might seem like a wheezing institution, it’s filled with landmines and horcruxes in the convoluted world of Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchains.

Cryptocurrencies are part of an entirely new governance structure that can potentially disrupt multiple environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.

Figment participates in on-chain governance through voting and sharing our votes with the community. 

The term “staking” has evolved in crypto to encompass a lot of meaning. Learn about common misconceptions of Protocol Staking vs Liquidity & Lending.

The goal of governance is to align all stakeholders behind the project to improve the project to remain adaptable, and sustainable.

Besides price increases from exuberant market conditions, what makes a token valuable? This may be important for considering what you own and how to classify the asset.

A Ledger Hardware Wallet is a great way to maintain complete control of your cryptocurrency assets. Learn more here

While Web 2 is controlled by corporations that profit from user data, Web 3 allows users to take ownership. Learn more about the Data Economy.

Liquid staking has the potential to be a great solution for token holders, networks, and the DeFi ecosystems built on top of them.

Learn more about different nodes types, and how both small and large token holders can get involved with Proof of Stake networks.

What is Web 3 anyway? Our introduction to blockchain will teach you the basics on how this exciting new technology works.

If you are interested in maintaining complete control over your assets, we recommend using a hardware wallet. Safepal is a great option.

Useful tips for starting your Web 3 journey as a token holder. Learn best practices for trading and storing your cryptocurrency.

Web 3 is the next generation of the Internet. Web 3 promises to make the Internet more free, transparent, and user-focused.

The complexity of managing node infrastructure should be abstracted from developers to allow them to focus on building the next generation of killer apps.

Celo’s mission resonates with us, and we do our part by supporting Celo's ecosystem via our infrastructure, software, and protocol expertise.

We recommend using the Ledger hardware wallet if you or your organization would like to maintain complete control of your assets in a secure way.

How can I accurately report my staking rewards income for tax purposes if it's not recorded on the blockchain? We have the solution.

Although this is a rough set of guidelines, no two projects are the same. At Figment we take every staking network into consideration.

2019 is touted as the year of staking, with dozens of funded Proof-of-Stake (PoS) networks going live or nearing launch, but the risk of slashing is real.

Proof of Stake (PoS) and the token rewards that arise from staking raise a host of new questions that the U.S. Treasury Department have yet to answer.

When “talking blockchain” traditional finance terms are often used incorrectly in an attempt to describe the new paradigm, like yield and inflation.

The core promise of blockchain technology involves data security, decentralization, and speed. Validator participation is necessary for all of this.

In late February, Nomadic announced their two flavors of the Athens proposal for Tezos. Immediately, the Tezos community became polarized.

As a Delegator, you should have a good understanding of your Cosmos Validator approach so you can better understand your slashing risk for Atom loss.

Besides the addition and subtraction of numbers on a distributed ledger (i.e. cryptocurrencies), blockchains hold the power to provide smart contracts.

Although the latest wave of blockchain hype has calmed down this year, the ferocity of teams working on the underlying technology continues to increase.

There is a major, multi-faceted shift happening right now in the world of crypto. Proof-of-Stake is set to become more dominate than ever.