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NFT Gaming Token $GIF to Launch on Rocket Launchpad Following Tezotopia Marketplace Sellout
26.8.2021
NFTs are of the biggest developments to come from the emergence of DeFi, and have created a mania not seen in the market since the 2017 cryptocurrency bull run. NFT art has raised some fascinating questions over where value can be identified, but it is in the gaming world that NFTs could prove...
The Emergence of Cross-Chain DeFi Platforms
13.8.2021
DeFi is the term to describe Decentralized Finance. It is a growing industry made up of money market protocols designed to allow lenders fair interest payments and let borrowers borrow against their crypto assets, which the banks do not yet offer. The top DeFi platforms are AAVE, Compound,...
Grayscale Investments Launches Defi Fund — Now Offers 15 Crypto Investment Products
20.7.2021
Grayscale Investments has launched a decentralized finance (defi) fund. The new defi fund is the crypto asset manager’s 15th investment product and its second diversified product. “The emergence of decentralized finance protocols provide clear examples of technologies that can redefine...
Australian Regulator Seeks Advice on Crypto-Related Assets
2.7.2021
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently opened a consultation for establishing methods and best practices for regulating crypto assets. The consultation paper seeks guidance on which crypto-assets should qualify as underlying assets, and how to make this determination....
Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin Is Now Considered an Investable Asset, Clients Are Treating BTC as New Asset Class
24.5.2021
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs now considers bitcoin an investable asset. “Clients and beyond are largely treating it as a new asset class, which is notable — it’s not often that we get to witness the emergence of a new asset class,” said Goldman Sachs’ analyst....
Poker Prospers in Blockchain’s Promising Landscape
13.4.2021
Gambling may be no stranger to the blockchain, but poker’s appeal amongst players has only expanded further as poker sites embrace bitcoin and Covid-19 moves gameplay increasingly online. Famed Game Puts Spotlight on Varied Blockchain Use Cases Although online betting and gaming were already...
Creepy Eco-Horror Film Gaia Reminds You Not to Mess With Earth
22.3.2021
The great thing about horror is it can come from anywhere. Sure, we’re familiar with gore, monsters, and murderers, but truly anything can scare you or kill you. Case in point, the burgeoning genre of eco-horror, which makes it very clear that the world we live in right now will eventually kill...
I Am Oddly Compelled By This Children's Vet Game
11.2.2021
I wasn’t planning on spending several hours over the past month performing simplistic mini-games in order to level up my imaginary vet office, but there’s something about the mindless repetition of Pet Clinic Cats & Dogs that I find so soothing. Read more
The emergence of cryptocurrency hedge funds
20.9.2020
Although the nascent crypto hedge fund industry still has lots of developing to do, it will undoubtedly be the future of finance
Visa Moving to Integrate With Digital Currency Platforms
26.7.2020
Visa says it is working to integrate digital currencies with its existing global network of 61 million merchants. The global payments technology giant is working with two licensed and regulated digital currency platforms, Coinbase and Fold. In a blog post, Visa says the emergence of fiat-backed...
Crypto Long & Short: The Emergence of Prime Brokers Adds Resilience but Also Risk
1.6.2020
Coinbase, BitGo and Genesis all have strong growth trajectories and balance sheets. But with that stability comes a certain degree of centralization
The Greatest Wealth Transfer: Economists Predict the Emergence of New Bitcoin Millionaires, BTC Capturing 3% of Gold Market
27.4.2020
The global economy has been feeling the hardships from the mandated lockdowns various nation states have implemented during the last month and a half. Oil prices have dropped below zero for the first time in history, and economic powerhouses like the U.S. are starting to show cracks in the system....
3 Blockchain Productivity Tools for Remote Work in Times of COVID-19
6.4.2020
The emergence of the coronavirus has left many of us struggling to recognize the world around us. One of theContinue Reading
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Deutsche Bank Report: Digital Yuan Could Upset Global Power Balance, Plastic Will Die, Cash Survive
29.1.2020
A new report from Deutsche Bank Research, Digital Currencies: the Ultimate Hard Power Tool, predicts that cash payments will remain for decades, but the emergence of digital payments “will lead to the death of the plastic card.” The report, which is the third installment in a series...
Bitcoin History Part 23: The First BTC Escrow
9.1.2020
Before the emergence of crypto exchanges and trustless multi-sig, early bitcoiners saw the need for an escrow service – a mediator to act as a go-between for strangers transacting online. Given the panoply of options now available, it is strange to think that escrow was once provided by a...
How Bitcoin Applies to The Sovereign Individual Thesis
24.11.2019
Just before the internet became a massive display of human ingenuity and networking, a few individuals anticipated the emergence of tools that would help progress the end of politics and the nation states. 22 years ago, much like Nostradamus, Isaac Newton, Gerald Celente, and Carl Jung’s...
VISA’s Emergence In The Blockchain Based Global Payments Space Is A Threat To Ripple
13.6.2019
Global payments and transfers industry have grown tremendously in the course of the past few years. And to take it a notch higher, blockchain companies entered the market, offering better security, enhanced speeds, and higher transparency. Ripple has been ruling the roost in global blockchain...