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Money Reimagined: Memes Mean Money
25.9.2020
Sushi. Yams. Hot dogs. DeFi memes may be a joke, but they point to how money is always created: community storytelling
First Mover: Tron’s Play for WBTC Shows Competition to Relieve Ethereum Congestion
25.9.2020
Competition builds in market for tokenized bitcoin, used to get extra profit off holdings of the cryptocurrency recently denigrated as a "pet rock."
Blockchain Bites: MakerDAO’s Do or Dai Moment, Bitcoin in Africa, Dollar Trends Up
24.9.2020
MakerDAO has voted not to compensate victims of the "Black Thursday" flash crash, a former Pantera partner is launching a new crypto-focused fund and bitcoin may be headed to the doldrums as the U.S. dollar rises
First Mover: Federal Reserve, Congress Play Game of Chicken Over Stimulus as Market Lurches
24.9.2020
Markets from stocks to bitcoin have groaned amid dimming prospects for more U.S. stimulus, and neither Congress nor the Fed are taking the lead
Blockchain Bites: BTC on Ethereum, DeFi’s Latest Stablecoin, the Currency Cold Wars
23.9.2020
Mick Mulvaney joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, Origin launched a stablecoin and DeFi Pulse fixed a bug
First Mover: Bitcoins Hit Exchanges as Bloomberg Touts Crypto and DeFi Hedge Fund Seeks $50M
23.9.2020
Bloomberg hails crypto as top 2020 asset, bitcoin hits exchanges, options traders see calm around U.S. elections, hedge fund seeks $50M for DeFi
Blockchain Bites: OCC’s Stablecoin Guidance, EU’s Digital Euro Plans, Chamath’s Bitcoin
22.9.2020
The OCC published guidance allowing U.S. banks to work with stablecoin issuers. Meanwhile, the ECB thinks the term stablecoin can be "misleading."
First Mover: Bitcoin’s Latest Sell-Off Gets Crypto Traders Mulling Election Chaos
22.9.2020
Monday's sell-off shows bitcoin is likely to trade off with risky assets like stocks if U.S. election chaos sends markets into a fresh downdraft
Blockchain Bites: DeFi’s Dividend, China’s ‘New Battlefield,’ the Big Banks’ ‘Suspicious Activity’
21.9.2020
China sees its digital yuan as a "new battlefield," DeFi's Curve has a new dividend program and a yet-to-launch platform is pursuing an "Initial DEX Offering."
First Mover: Digital Gold Narrative Could Be Bitcoin’s Lone Ace as Ethereum Gains
21.9.2020
Bitcoin's "digital gold" narrative looks promising as ever, but the cryptocurrency's dominance is waning as Ethereum rides DeFi fever
Meet in the Middle: Crypto Companies and Banks Are Evolving Together
20.9.2020
Noelle Acheson shows how Kraken’s move to become a bank in Wyoming is more about getting traditional finance to adapt to the crypto industry than the other way around
Money Reimagined: Climate-Friendlier Crypto
18.9.2020
How Bitcoin can improve its energy efficiency, reduce its climate impact and help manage the electricity grid
Blockchain Bites: Airdrops, Record Volumes, $1B BTC on Ethereum
18.9.2020
Ethereum miners are reaping revenue from increased transaction volume from DeFi, as more than $1 billion worth of BTC migrates over
Uniswap’s Sudden $5B Token Valuation Cements Comeback from `Vampire Mining’ Attack
18.9.2020
Uniswap's surprise token delivery has given the decentralized exchange a market value of more than $5 billion, instantly making it No. 1 in DeFi
Blockchain Bites: Uniswap’s Token, Kraken’s Bank, Bitcoin’s Newbies
17.9.2020
Uniswap issued a governance token, Kraken is the world's first crypto bank and there are more "newbie" bitcoin investors than in recent years
First Mover: Federal Reserve Does What It Wants to Do as Bitcoin Hits $11K
17.9.2020
This week's Fed meeting ushered in a new regime for U.S. monetary policy, offering a reminder of just how frequently top officials change the rules
Blockchain Bites: The SEC’s Chilling Effect on Crypto Development
16.9.2020
A slew of regulatory happenings are in the works: a Bahamian CBDC, a potential ban on crypto trading in India and a plan to unify state banking compliance standards across the U.S
First Mover: Binance’s CZ Doesn’t Even Dispute That DeFi Might Be Inevitable
16.9.2020
Big crypto exchanges like Binance, Huobi and OKEx are rushing out DeFi platforms to cash in on the fast-growing industry and stanch user defections
Blockchain Bites: MicroStrategy’s BTC Buy, Bitmain’s Power Struggle, Paxful’s Goodbye
15.9.2020
MicroStrategy has bought even more bitcoin, Paxful is pulling out of Venezuela and the Bitmain power struggle appears to have found a short-term solution
First Mover: Bitcoin Investors the Sane Ones as Federal Reserve Cheers Inflation, Price Nears $11K
15.9.2020
Cryptocurrencies' 2020 gains are the truth gauge as markets react to the Federal Reserve's inflation goal, where Zimbabwe is the model of success