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Simão Cruz / Published March 13, 2025

Reimagining Real Estate: Why the Industry Needs a New Operating System

The real estate market remains stuck in the past—illiquid, slow, and burdened by intermediaries. Our post explores why traditional attempts at modernization have failed and how a new infrastructure layer is finally enabling real estate to function as a fully digital, programmable asset class.

Simão Cruz / Published March 11, 2025

Investing in Arda: The Operating System for Real Estate

Real estate is a $380T market still trapped in outdated, fragmented systems—slow, illiquid, and inefficient. Arda is the first real estate operating system, making properties programmable, instantly transferable, and unlocking a 30% market expansion.

Simão Cruz / Published November 21, 2024

Data Lakes On-Chain

How Akave gives 80% cheaper data storage, full control and fast retrieval

Karina Crooks / Published October 16, 2024

Unlocking Decentralized Science

The healthcare system needs a radical transformation to enable quicker, easier access to bio-samples and ensure patients are actively involved and informed. Learn how AminoChain is enabling the efficient management of data and ensuring a more transparent, efficient, and secure future.

Simão Cruz / Published September 25, 2024

Centralized to User-Centric Identity

Centralized identity systems expose users to significant risks, as they rely on a single authority to secure sensitive data, which, when breached, can lead to catastrophic consequences. Learn how Holonym is using Human Keys to empower individuals with control over their identity and eliminate the dangers of centralized data storage.

David Nogueira / Published August 8, 2024

Union: ZK-Powered Interoperability for Real-World Applications

Union is leading the way in real-world web3 applications with ZK-powered interoperability, overcoming the limitations of existing L1s and enabling true multi-blockchain ecosystems. Here’s a look at how they’re doing it.

Diogo Almeida / Published July 18, 2024

A New Paradigm in Privacy: Homomorphic Encryption - Part 2

FHE and other PETs are already transforming data security, but combining these with web3 tech has the power to unleash innovation while ensuring privacy + autonomy

Research

Simão Cruz and David Nogueira / Published May 30, 2024

Introducing Zero Trust Protocols

Web3 is broken, it's time to rebuild it with dWallet

Industry Overview

Simão Cruz / Published February 22, 2024

30 Ways in which Web3 markets are evolving

This article reflects on the future of the blockchain industry, focusing on long-term investment perspectives rather than short-term trends. It presents insights from Lightshift’s investment team, inviting feedback and diverse viewpoints to refine its perspective as the industry evolves.

Thesis

Simão Cruz / Published December 11, 2023

The future of composable data

All you need to know about Filecoin and why it is the new AWS.

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