2020 Q3 Review – Decentralized Finance explodes
The on-chain effects for the boon in DeFi-related activities have been enormous, with a nearly 3x increase in the amount of Ethereum sent to DeFi contracts, and ETH transaction fees reaching stratospheric heights.
Bitcoin movement spooks the market, resulting in a 5% drop
A recent movement of old bitcoin has spooked the cryptocurrency market, resulting in a ~5.2% drop over the course of an hour.
Corporate Actions & Crypto Assets
In the legacy equity and debt markets, there is a mini-industry surrounding the publication, tracking, and processing of “Corporate Actions.” These formal market announcements, used by issuers to communicate events that may have financial implications for their stockholders, can comprise significant matters such as dividend payments, stock splits, rights issues, mergers, and acquisitions. They can also include administrative events such as company name changes or board appointments.
Bitcoin Price Analysis – Time to sit back
Bitcoin continues its seemingly endless bull rally, gaining an additional 15% this week, closing convincingly above a nasty candle wick at $2745. New all time highs continue to be made week over week, with the spot price having now broken $3000.
The legacy of Bitcoin’s BearWhale
On Thursday, one of Bitcoin’s most celebrated moments was remembered, and its enduring mystery was finally resolved. The notorious person referred to only as ‘the BearWhale,’ came forward to tell his unexpected story and make a plea to the community.
Juniper forecast for cryptocurrencies predicts bitcoin transactions will triple this year
Juniper Research just released a forecast, “The future of Cryptocurrency - Deep Dive Data & Forecasting 2016-2021,” which attributes a price forecast and tripling in bitcoin's transaction value this year to three specific factors.
OpenBazaar growing fast, with major upgrades on the horizon
Since its launch on April 5th, the first truly decentralized marketplace, OpenBazaar, has been growing steadily, both in popularity and in features. Due to the peer-to-peer nature of the platform, it is difficult to quantify how popular it is, but there are various secondary indicators. The most apparent is how many users are following the @OpenBazaar account inside the program.
Bitcoin’s best funded startup offers marketplace for user collected data
21 Inc. is a privately-held bitcoin hardware company that launched in May 2015, having raised over $121 million in venture capital, more than any other company in the bitcoin space to date. The company's stated goal is “putting a bitcoin miner in every device and in every hand.” The team has also been busy creating a [tutorial library](http://21.co/learn) on their website recently, teaching not only how to use their hardware and software products, but how to use them to earn an income.
The age of borderless commerce begins as OpenBazaar launches
The wait for the bitcoin tailored marketplace, OpenBazaar is finally over. The highly anticipated, decentralized marketplace launched in it's final, full version today, with real stores across the globe accepting real bitcoins for goods, data, and services.
Nasdaq offers opinion on the EU Capital Markets Union
The financial and sovereign debt crisis has taken a heavy toll on EU growth performance. Significant GDP loss occurred in many developed countries, and became permanent.
Euroclear urges blockchain adoption for capital markets
As a leading international Central Securities Depositary (CSD), covering Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom, Euroclear's depositories cover more than 65% of European blue-chip equities and 50% of European domestic debt outstanding.
Sneak Peek at Bitcoin’s upcoming killer app – Open Bazaar
Open Bazaar is now in its final days of coding and we're taking a closer look under the hood. Here's what Bitcoin's Killer App will look like and how it will work.
Purse to challenge E-Commerce giants Amazon and eBay with bitcoin based marketplace
There is small but growing group of teams that are targeting the e-commerce market, and they intend to not only disrupt the leading platforms, but change how the game is played entirely.
