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3 years, 9 months ago
Market review calendar week 8 – 2021
A summarizing review of what has been happening at the crypto markets of the past week. A look at trending sectors, liquidity, volatility, spreads and more. The weekly report in cooperation with market data…
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3 years, 9 months ago
Coinbase IPO could lead to re-valuation of exchange tokens
Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange with daily volumes averaging $20B+. Its competitors include Coinbase and Kraken, though Binance is by far the market leader for spot and derivative activity. B…
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3 years, 9 months ago
Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP-1559) Could Launch Soon
The Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP-1559) is a proposal for the Ethereum Protocol, which aims to solve the high transaction fees and inflation of Ether (ETH). According to industry insiders the controversial…
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3 years, 9 months agoSwiss Crypto ETP Issuer Hits $1 billion in AuM
The Swiss pioneering fintech ETP issuer, 21Shares AG. has officially passed the $1 billion mark in assets under management across its diversified 12 crypto asset ETPs. In just over 2 years, 21Shares AG has…
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3 years, 9 months agoRupertus Rothenhäuser on why every bank will need a crypto asset strategy
We live in an age of digital disruption that has accelerated over the last year. Central banks are unleashing record levels of monetary stimulus, while technology continues to rapidly reshape our global economy.…
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3 years, 9 months agoMajority of Finance Executives Not Considering Bitcoin Investment For Now
Most finance executives are not interested in Bitcoin as a corporate investment according to a recently published survey by the U.S. research firm Gartner. The reason for this among most respondents is the high…
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3 years, 9 months ago
What took place in calendar week 7 in crypto?
A summarizing review of what has been happening at the crypto markets of the past week. A look at trending sectors, liquidity, volatility, spreads, and more. The weekly report in cooperation with market data…
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3 years, 9 months agoDeFi unleashes a wave of innovation in finance
Innovations of blockchain-based banking have recently gained a lot of traction. The architecture of decentralized finance (DeFi) can create an immutable and highly interoperable financial system with unprecedented…
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3 years, 9 months agoMastercard Accepts Individual Crypto Currencies as a Means of Payment
Credit card company Mastercard announced this week that they will accept “select crypto currencies” as payment. Their focus will primarily be on centralized stable-coins and central bank digital currencies (CB…
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3 years, 9 months agoCrypto Valley Roundup – Start of the year 2021
The Crypto Valley is known to be one of the most “crypto-friendly” regions in the world. But what specifically is happening within the Blockchain ecosystem? The “Crypto Valley Roundup” aims to provide insight…
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3 years, 9 months agoOracles – The Internet of Blockchains
We discuss how blockchains’ inherent inability to connect to the real world limits their use and how oracles provide the solution by acting as middleware to their connection to the world. “The oracle problem” will…
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3 years, 9 months agoMicroStrategy Introduces Bitcoin to 7’000 Corporations
The business intelligence firm MicroStrategy was the first publicly traded company to add Bitcoin to their balance sheet. CEO Michael Saylor shared their strategy and reasoning in a conference that attracted…
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3 years, 9 months ago
The World in 2030
In the month of January, views of the year 2021 could be read everywhere. Pascal Hügli has gone a step further, and has ventured into looking at the more distant future and has outlined what the world of 2030 will…
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3 years, 9 months ago5 questions answered by Johannes Schmitt, Director of Banking at Kraken
How will blockchain technology affect our lives? Can digital currencies establish themselves as an asset class? The questions that arise in the world of crypto seem limitless. We limit ourselves to five and turn to…
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3 years, 9 months agoTesla invests $1.5 billion in Bitcoin
The crypto tweets of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and currently the richest man in the world, gathered a lot of attention over the past few weeks. Now it has been revealed that Tesla has invested $1.5 billion in…
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3 years, 9 months agoFederal Council Gives The Go-Ahead For Digital Securities
The Federal Council has enabled the issuance of Blockchain-based shares as of the 1st of February 2021. Below is the background of the new law, and an outlook on the possibilities which have been created. On the…
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3 years, 9 months agoWeekly Bitcoin USD Chart Analysis Calendar Week 5 – 2021
Bitcoin USD daily basis Bitcoin USD Chart Analysis – Breaking the downward consolidation phase At the beginning of the reporting week, the market was looking for clues of sustainability of the fast-moving b…
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3 years, 9 months agoJanuary Highlights in the Crypto Industry
A monthly review of what’s happening in the crypto markets enriched with institutional research on key industry topics in collaboration with Swiss digital asset specialist, 21Shares AG. The first month of the y…
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3 years, 9 months agoProject Helvetia: CBDCs in Switzerland?
Project Helvetia, an experiment between the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the financial market infrastructure operator SIX, plans to integrate tokenized assets into…
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3 years, 9 months agoOpposition to expanded FinCEN AML/KYC rules
A broad front of opposition is growing against FinCEN’s latest regulatory proposal regarding KYC/AML rules for digital assets. Opponents say the rules would destroy many of the benefits of the technology and c…
