This year, Radioshack, the legendary seller of electronic parts and specialized hardware, turned 100 years old, and what much better method to celebrate its durability than to change its line of work to completely embrace the world of cryptocurrencies with the launch of a DeFi protocol and an NFT collection.
In a relocation that left an excellent portion of assiduous Crypto Twitter users scratching their heads, the business changed its Bio and site to promote its new vision of introducing and promoting a DeFi project.
RadioShack: we’re going to bridge the gap between DeFi and our 75 yr old clients – – the mainstream
Me: how’re you going to do that, RadioShack?
RadioShack: we’re going to make a swap in partnership with Atlas USV
RadioShack clients: a where-who-what now? pic.twitter.com/efEgbJsZTO
— Alex Jewell|bestfoodalex.eth (@bestfoodalex)December 18, 2021 RadioShack Wants to Revolutionize the Crypto Space Although no main announcement has actually been made, RadioShack’s new Twitter bio has a clear message: The business now wishes to make a big entrance into the decentralized finance market.
The new Twitter bio for the hundred-years-old corporation now says it wishes to bring crypto to the typical customer: RadioShack’s new objective is “to be the first protocol to bridge the space in mainstream use of DeFi.”
The main RadioShack site is now all about RadioShack Defi. The new DeFi service will start with a Swap that will be powered by the Atlas USV token (an acronym for Universal Store of Value). The concept is to develop a system of continuous inflow of third-party tokens to the DEX and exchange them for discounted USV Tokens.
Image of the Partnerhip between RadioShack and Atlas USV Initially, the relationship is in theory a great deal since liquidity providers get their hands on new tokens that they can exchange for revenue. On the other hand, RadioShack gets third-party tokens to increase its treasury.
RadioShack discusses that “Atlas USV procedure is a long-term holder, not a reward-oriented, short-term provider of liquidity,” which offers its platform a relative benefit as it protects long-term liquidity.
By doing this, users guarantee that the team would not offer the tokens to finance itself. Similarly, Radioshack assures that over time, “as soon as the liquidity pool exceeds other exchanges’ liquidity level in any token set, our swap efficiency will be unbeatable for that pair.”
NFTs Are Also On the Radar
RadioShack is also promoting a collection of NFTs.
According to its website, the RadioShack team partnered with The Franklin Mint, Modell’s Sporting Goods, and others to release its tokens, which are now available for purchase on the NFT Opensea marketplace.
The collection includes some 74 various pieces, consisting of illustrations of the company’s CEO, Alex Mehr, along with some three-dimensional styles, sports-themed photos, automobile pictures, and other numerous styles.
Will RadioShack be successful in this new endeavor? Or will it become the brand-new Kodak, or even worse, another “Long Island Blockchain Tea”? No one understands, but this is the crypto sphere, and at least risk-loving traders will have a new token to switch in along the trip.