THORChain is fully permissionless. Anyone can use it, from anywhere, without asking for permission or identifying themselves. But here's the part most people miss: it's also completely transparent. Every swap, every vault address, every inbound and outbound transaction is publicly visible onchain. The code doesn'
Your crypto origin story You’ve been grinding nonstop on Rujira as THORChain’s flagship app layer. What’s your crypto origin story? How did you first get into crypto and THORChain? And what was the moment that made you decide to start building this DeFi suite? I got into
THORChain can act as a backbone for liquidity and cross-chain swaps across wallets and decentralised exchanges. But how do you actually integrate it? Until now, there were two main options. The first is to work directly with THORChain’s tech stack. This gives full control, but comes with complexity. Integrators
THORChain’s ADR023 proposes a restructuring of the RUNE supply framework with a clear objective: simplify tokenomics and improve how the asset is perceived and evaluated. As the protocol has evolved, multiple legacy mechanisms have remained embedded in the supply structure. These no longer reflect how THORChain operates today. Instead,
Welcome to the March edition! We track security, liquidity, volume, fees, user activity, and supply across THORChain. March delivered more of the same restraint. Volume came in at $801M, down again from February's $882M, as crypto markets spent the month attempting to find a base after a brutal
Tokenisation is going to happen. In my view, it is not really a question of if. It is a question of how open the system will be, how much control governments and institutions will try to keep, and what kind of infrastructure ends up underneath it all. The reason tokenisation
1) What was “THE MOMENT” that made you leave traditional tech and go all-in on crypto? There was a very clear aha moment for me. In 2017, after I sold almost everything I owned and decided to travel the world, I met two guys in my first month who were
Let’s start at the beginning. How did you first discover crypto? I was on telegram and there was this bot that if you do captchas you get DOGE coins, me and my friends were spamming it to then use those DOGE coins to gamble on stake. This was long
Bear market or not, THORChain builders keep shipping. Merge Requests drop faster than the Fed prints bills. In V3.16.0, THORChain delivers 94 merged MRs! Many of these upgrades work quietly under the hood focusing on strengthening stability, resilience, and security across the network. But a few will surprise
Welcome to the February edition. This month, we track security, liquidity, volume, fees, user activity, and supply across THORChain. February delivered mixed signals. Volume tracked toward $882M through month end, down from January's $1.07B, following the broader consolidation in the market. But February also brought meaningful developments
THORSwap is one of the few protocols in this ecosystem that has seen it all. It launched when native cross-chain swaps were still new and experimental. It survived multiple market cycles, regulatory uncertainty, infrastructure upgrades, and even internal restructurings. More than four years later, it is still here. And unlike
Part I: Formation As we understand it, you started in crypto by working with Ethereum back in 2016. Is that right? Yeah, that’s correct. I’ve got a really vivid memory of sitting in this tiny flat, basically a little attic space where I could barely stand up straight.