Antony Lewis is a blockchain researcher and fintech expert who writes practical, business-focused insights on distributed ledger technology. He brings experience from banking, crypto exchanges, and R3 to explain how blockchain impacts real-world finance.
8 articles from this blog
Analyzes the opposing market forces of token buybacks and unlocks, explaining their impact on cryptocurrency prices and the concept of an equilibrium price.
Explores how public blockchains are disrupting traditional financial intermediation, enabling direct access to financial rails and forcing incumbents to react.
Introduces the OIL (Owner, Instrument, Ledger) schema, a clear method for diagramming payment flows in fintech, crypto, and traditional finance.
An introduction to Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN), a token-incentivized model for crowdsourcing physical resources like data, storage, and compute.
Explores 3D content as a new, more complex format on the 'content curve' beyond text, images, and video, and its unique interactive potential.
An analysis questioning the need for simulated travel in the Metaverse, arguing for instant teleportation over tedious virtual commutes.
Introduces the Virtual Worlds Type Indicator (VWTI), a framework for categorizing different types of metaverses and virtual worlds.
Explores the concept of the metaverse, questioning definitions and key characteristics like immersion and persistence.
