BlogHide Resteemsbefair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoIMF Warns Stablecoins Could Pose 'Contagion Risk' to Global Financial SystemAdd the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the list of institutions wary of stablecoins' growing influence. In its 2021 Global Financial Stability Report, the IMF says cryptocurrency doesn't yet…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoCoinbase NFT Marketplace and Social Feed Coming This YearCoinbase has been teasing an NFT platform since the spring but has offered little in terms of details. That changed on Tuesday when the cryptocurrency giant announced "Coinbase NFT," a service that…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoSoftBank Joins $60M Investment in Crypto Analytics Firm EllipticElliptic, a London-based provider of crypto assets risk management services, announced it has raised $60 million in a Series C funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners. Japanese tech…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoMirror, DAOs, and the Exclusivity ProblemI'm old enough to remember when you could only join Facebook if you had a college email address. That was in spring 2005, my senior year of high school. Less than a year later, Facebook opened up to…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoInstitutions Say They Want DeFiIf you were in crypto in 2017, then you’re no doubt familiar with the “institutions are coming!” rallying cry that was shouted ad nauseum at every conference that year. On Twitter, crypto celebs…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoCrypto Companies Raise Record-Breaking $6.5B in Q3 2021Venture funding for blockchain companies between July and September 2021 hit an all-time high of $6.5 billion in 339 rounds–and that’s in disclosed deals only, according to recent research from…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoBlockchain Analytics Provider Nansen Adds Support for Fantom NetworkBlockchain analytics platform Nansen has added the Fantom mainnet to its list of supported crypto projects, which already features Ethereum, Polygon, and Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Headquartered in…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoRegulators Say Stablecoins Should Face Same Scrutiny as Existing PaymentsThe International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have said in a report that rules for traditional payments must apply to stablecoins…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years ago‘Not Just Bitcoin’: Bank of America ‘Bullish’ on Ethereum, DeFi and NFTsBank of America, the second-largest bank in the United States has given mixed messages on crypto in the past—including slamming Bitcoin as “slow” and “impractical” in a March research note. But now…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoEthereum NFT Market OpenSea Hits Best Day in a Month as CrypToadz Sales SurgeSales of NFT collectibles ticked up over the weekend, as leading marketplace OpenSea recorded its highest single day of trading volume in nearly a month. Leading the charge this time around are…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoKuCoin Latest Crypto Exchange to Boot Chinese MainlandersKuCoin is the latest cryptocurrency exchange to shut down accounts of mainland Chinese residents after the People’s Bank of China issued another blanket ban on crypto trading last Friday. According…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoGrayscale Adds Solana and Uniswap to $495M Investment FundCrypto investment house Grayscale has added Solana and Uniswap to the $495 million Digital Large Cap Fund in its latest quarterly rebalancing. The allocations mark the first time the New York-based…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoWhat Terra’s Columbus-5 Upgrade Means for LUNAJust as important, Terra, already part of the Cosmos ecosystem, has now integrated Cosmos' Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol, known as Stargate. The increased compatibility with Cosmos’…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoEthereum Game Axie Infinity Rewards Early Players With $60M AXS AirdropAxie Infinity has quickly become the biggest player in the burgeoning crypto gaming space. The Ethereum-based monster battling game exploded in popularity this summer, and now the project is…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoEuropean Institutional Investors Are Embracing Ethereum DeFi: ChainalysisThe data shows that over the last 12 months, the majority of large institutional-sized transfers went to DeFi platforms. Given that, it’s not surprising that the majority of those large…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoCrypto Market Sheds $73 Billion—Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche Hit Harder Than BitcoinThe cryptocurrency market is down more than 4% over the last 24 hours, shedding more than $73 billion in market cap, according to data from CoinGecko, and layer-1 blockchain platforms outside of…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoBlockchain Education: Binance Masterclasses Reach 400,000 AfricansUltimately, 300 of the students graduated—one of whom was Olabode. Today, he’s a blockchain developer himself, for venture capital and accelerator firm Brinc. The eight-week Masterclass "exceeded my…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoAxie Infinity Has Sold $2 Billion Worth of Ethereum NFTs. Here's What’s NextWhat’s the biggest NFT project to date? In terms of total trading volume, it’s not NBA Top Shot or CryptoPunks. No, it’s Axie Infinity—an Ethereum-based, Pokémon-inspired, monster-battling game that…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoBitcoin on Twitter: The Promise and the ProblemsJack Dorsey, the Bitcoin maximalist CEO of Twitter, put his money where his mouth is this week. His company rolled out "Bitcoin tipping" to its 300 million active users, a service that will let…befair (58)in steemlinks • 3 years agoEthereum Futures More Popular Among Major Investors Than Bitcoin: JP MorganInvestors can get stuck into futures trading of most major cryptocurrencies, but the biggest assets by market cap—Bitcoin and Ethereum—are the most popular contracts to trade. This is seen as a good…
