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Bitcoin’s Macro Boost & Ethereum’s Optimism : A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
14.10.2020
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A Look at Bitcoin Trends by Distribution
14.10.2020
Jay Hao. Jay Hao is the CEO of crypto exchange OKEx.
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Bitcoin (BTC) is a frequently discussed topic and Blockchain Center recently released some data that allows us to have a broader view of BTC from the perspective of its distribution. Breaking it down, the data shows that the current...
Ethereum is a Casino
11.10.2020
Lane Retting is the core team member at the Spacemesh cryptocurrency project and a former Ethereum core developer.
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Ethereum (ETH) is rapidly becoming a decentralized finance (DeFi) network, and DeFi feels quite similar to traditional finance in important ways. What does this mean for...
Near-Zero Interest Rates & Resurgent Inflation Are Here to Stay, What to Do?
10.10.2020
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
Dr. Bruce Ng is an educator in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology...
Bitcoin Stays Resilient, While Ethereum & Aave Prepare for Upgrades : A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
7.10.2020
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Crypto Is Immune to These Headlines On Trump and BitMEX
5.10.2020
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Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
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In terms of price action, things have actually...
Going Cashless Isn't Straightforward. Ask Sweden, or Zimbabwe
4.10.2020
Chris Vasantkumar, Lecturer in Anthropology, Macquarie University.
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“No Cash Accepted” signs are increasingly common in Australian shops, thanks to COVID-19. Even before the pandemic struck, though, we were well along the cashless path, with demand for coins halving between 2013...
Bitcoin’s Records & Chainlink’s Aftermath: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
30.9.2020
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Why Do Bankers Behave So Badly? They Make Too Much Money To Ask Questions
27.9.2020
Mark Crosby, Associate Professor, Director of Bachelor of International Business Program at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Over the past 16 months journalists have been scouring through more than 2,000 Suspicious Activity Reports originally sent by banks to the United States...
Despites, Split Opinions, Many Regulations and 20 Crypto Jokes
26.9.2020
This crypto week saw bitcoin mining difficulty jump to an all-time high, and despite its realized capitalization soaring, experts are divided on what the near-term outlook for bitcoin price is. Meanwhile, despite Uniswap climbing to become the largest DeFi protocol by TVL, its UNI crashed in...
Is "Fair Launch" a Better Model for Token Distribution?
25.9.2020
Jay Hao. Jay Hao is the CEO of crypto exchange OKEx.
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Everybody's talking about “Fair Launch” nowadays. So, what exactly is “Fair Launch,” and is it a better model for token distribution? Actually, Bitcoin (BTC) can be considered a typical fair launch coin; that's to say, no Private sale,...
Stablecoin Stamp of Approval & Inside UNI’s Distribution: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
23.9.2020
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Are UNI Tokens Subject to Securities Enforcement Action by the SEC?
23.9.2020
Philip Liu is the Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer of Arca, a blockchain- and crypto-focused investment advisor in Los Angeles.
Uniswap overview
Uniswap is the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) by trading volume and is the first DEX to really compete on a daily volume basis against some of...
DeFi Is Better Than Wall Street
18.9.2020
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
Dr. Bruce Ng is an educator in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology...
Bullish Activity for Bitcoin & Under the Hood of the SushiSwap Saga: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
16.9.2020
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Cashless Payment Is Booming. So Is Financial Surveillance
13.9.2020
A banknote has been sitting in my wallet for six months now. As time ticks on, it burns an ever greater hole in my pocket.
At first I felt uneasy spending it, following COVID-19 warnings to pay more attention to hand hygiene and the surfaces we all touch on a daily basis.
Now I have less and less...
ECB President On Payments In A Digital World
11.9.2020
Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), at the Deutsche Bundesbank online conference on banking and payments in the digital world. Frankfurt am Main, 10 September 2020.
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Key points:
Consumer preferences are changing and the pandemic has accelerated...
Key Insights Behind the Market-Wide Crash: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
9.9.2020
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If You Can't Stand the DeFi Heat - Get Out of the Sushi Chef's Kitchen
8.9.2020
Jay Hao. Jay Hao is the CEO of crypto exchange OKEx.
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We saw a lot of action over the weekend in what played out as one of those adrenaline-packed high-drama movies the likes of which crypto hasn't witnessed in recent times. We all watched on popcorn in hand as [decentralized finance]...
Balancing Security, Decentralization & Scalability in Blockchain
8.9.2020
Marie Tatibouet is the Chief Marketing Officer at crypto exchange Gate.io.
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It was a quantum leap for Bitcoin (BTC) when its block size got close to 1 MB in 2017. However, the BTC blockchain is still only allowed to tackle seven transactions per second, many times fewer than the actual...