Tagged: eth

January 25, 2022 @ 3:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital currency investment firm Grayscale has updated its list of assets under consideration, and some of the new entrants are Bancor, BitTorrent, Decred, Elrond, and Oasis Network. Such assets are not currently included in a Grayscale investment product, bit could be in the future, the… Read More

January 22, 2022 @ 1:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York City’s new Mayor Eric Adams has been criticized for using of his public office in an attempt to promote the cryptocurrency sector. An upstate New York environmental group, called Seneca Lake Guardian, has stated that creating and managing virtual currency tends to consume… Read More

January 20, 2022 @ 1:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM) has released a report titled, State of Security Tokens 2022 — Industry Overview. Peter Gaffney, the Head of Research from Security Token Advisors, notes that the “high-level” lifecycle of a security token includes the following: Asset Selection Offering Structuring… Read More

January 17, 2022 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Valentin Mihov, Co-founder, and Chief Investment Officer at Finexify, a boutique investment company that offers an opportunity to gain exposure to the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. The team at Finexify thinks that limited access to DeFi means “extraordinary” alpha with limited… Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 12:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Metaverse and the GameFi world have grown tremendously, with nearly every blockchain  ecosystem in the crypto space getting more actively involved. Polygon (POLY) ecosystem’s capabilities of building and connecting different blockchains and dApps is being supported by the launch of Polygon Studios, which is… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blockchain.com, a leading block explorer, crypto wallet, and trading platform, says that 2021 witnessed a “fourth” major bull cycle for Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto-assets. Historically, in the years that followed the previous large bull markets, we’ve seen “a struggle to hold gains… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyle Waters and Nate Maddrey from Coin Metrics have noted that after a “transformative” 2021 marked by all-time highs for most of the major digital assets and “key on-chain metrics,” expectations are now quite high for the crypto and blockchain space this year. In their… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes that for the week ending December 31, 2021, the firm saw yearly inflows of “US$9.3bn in… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital money transfer service ZEN.COM, which is reportedly powered by Mastercard (NYSE: MA), has introduced the conversion of fiat money into digital assets, as well as the “transfer of fiat currencies to any digital wallet servicing BTC, ETH or USD-T (ERC-20), with more currencies coming… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 1:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LTD.INC, a curated platform that teams up with various artists, creators, and brands to launch rare physical and digital NFT collections and experiences via the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain and the latest NFT tech, has announced the “upcoming launch of its Web 3.0 platform and mobile… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 7:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Coin Metric State of the Network Report #135 notes that decentralized finance (DeFi) has experienced tremendous growth during the past few years. At present, the most widely-used metric to measure DeFi adoption is called “Total Value Locked”, or TVL. According to Coin Metrics researchers,… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 1:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Layer 2 scaling solution Nahmii has shared updates regarding users’ ability to withdraw funds from Nahmii to Ethereum via their bridge. As the team reaches the end of a busy year for the Nahmii project, they wanted to share a timely update with the community… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The blockchain and crypto-assets space has grown tremendously during the past 18 months due in part to the acceleration of the ongoing digital transformation. Many more consumers and business organizations are completing tasks online instead of visiting physical locations to avoid the further spread of… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 6:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Adam Jeffcoat, the founder of StudioNX, an Emmy award-winning visual development house that creates character-driven IP for feature film, TV and games. With around 20 years of industry experience, StudioNX also specializes in character design, 2d animation, and directing content for… Read More

December 24, 2021 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HUMAN Protocol announced the complete launch of the HUMAN App: a web-based software application that demonstrates how work “published to the Protocol can be accessed and completed by distributed workforces.” As mentioned in a release, the HUMAN App acts as a gateway to work processed… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 3:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Futuur, which provides a wide selection of prediction markets available at one URL, has officially launched its real-money markets to forecasters around the world.  Real-money markets have been added alongside Futuur’s already existing play-money markets, with trading available in seven cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH),… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Monday (December 20) that for the week ending December 17,… Read More

December 19, 2021 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and innovation incubation division of Binance, has reportedly invested in the League of Kingdoms (LoK), which claims to be the world’s first decentralized MMO NFT strategy game built on Ethereum (ETH). In LoK, players are able to build various kingdoms… Read More

December 18, 2021 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, the Ethereum software firm, has announced the launch of ConsenSys Rollups, in order to offer enterprise-grade scalability to various financial organizations, addressing the key use case of “scalable applications on the Ethereum blockchain.” ConsenSys leveraged the expertise of Mastercard’s engineering team to “design the… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, which claims to be the most diverse derivatives marketplace, has launched Micro Ether futures, further “expanding its suite of cryptocurrency derivatives offerings, and marking its second micro cryptocurrency product this year.” Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment… Read More