The Blockchain Association’s Kristin Smith recaps a busy 2021 in Washington.
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Quick Take
- In the W3BB (“Web3 Building Blocks”) series, we dive into the mechanics and developments behind major areas of Web3 as part of a larger effort toward a general understanding of Web3
- Here, we look at decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and governance
ProShares, which debuted a bitcoin futures-tied exchanged-traded fund earlier this year, wants to list an ETF that tracks companies working on metaverse-themed initiatives.
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Quick Take
- The Sandbox is an open metaverse to deliver a seamless social and immersive gaming experience that connects players and creators.
- The Sandbox closely follows the Roblox playbook in gameplay, price structure, and business model, though in a more equitable environment enabled by blockchain.
- Overall, The Sandbox may be too early for the current generation as the blockchain is still in infancy.
The exponential growth of virtual assets offers tremendous opportunities on reshaping the capital market. In order to strengthen the competitiveness of global financial market, a growing number of countries are gearing up for the trend of virtual assets
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A new US regulatory entity focused on crypto will be proposed next year by Senator Cynthia Lummis, according to Bloomberg.
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Quick Take
- This is a section from The Block Research’s published 2022 Digital Assets Outlook report
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After the market was flooded with an immense supply of PFP and blockchain gaming projects, it remains to be seen which projects will be able to walk the talk and follow up on their promises, separating long-term winners from losers
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As a result of layer two scaling solutions and novel fair launch innovations, NFT drops could become more user-friendly and cost-effective
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The recently triggered cascade of escalating metaverse hype could continue to flourish while walking a tightrope between fantasy and actual applicability
Since November, MoonPay has been helping celebrities purchase items from some of the most popular — and expensive — NFT collections.
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Centralized crypto exchanges reported more than $14 trillion in trading volume in the year 2021, according to The Block Research.
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Amber Group, a leading global digital asset platform, has announced that its UK subsidiary, WhaleFin Technologies (UK) Limited, has secured the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approval to become the Appointed Representative (AR) of FCA-authorised Strata Global Limited.
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