Waves 2019 Today

: After a career-ending injury and a crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, Tyler’s world unravels. Shults uses a spinning camera, shifting aspect ratios, and a pulsing score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to mirror Tyler's drug-fueled spiral and escalating aggression. Part II: The Path to Forgiveness

The development of decentralized finance (DeFi) was another major trend in 2019. DeFi refers to a set of financial applications built on top of blockchain technology, which enable lending, borrowing, and trading of assets in a decentralized manner. The growth of DeFi has been phenomenal, with the total value locked in DeFi applications increasing from around $100 million in January 2019 to over $1 billion by the end of the year. waves 2019

Its formal choices — sensory overload, color shifts, abrupt structural breaks — function as more than stylistic flair: they attempt to render interior states cinematically. Whether these attempts succeed depends on a viewer’s tolerance for intensity and appetite for formal experimentation. : After a career-ending injury and a crumbling