Adam White announced he is leaving Bakkt after 3-years with the company.
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Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) saw a record $1.1 trillion in trading volumes in the year 2021 as of December 23.
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the billionaire founder of crypto exchange FTX, joins The Scoop to close out 2021 in a two-part episode that explores the origin story of the increasingly ubiquitous trading venue, Bankman-Fried’s worldview, and what he expects for the digital asset market in the year to come. In Part 2 of this episode, Bankman-Fried and […]
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Quick Take
- In this weekly series, we dive into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 1 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and bridges to network activity and funding
- Some of the most significant changes to L1 blockchains this year have come from protocol upgrades enacted through on-chain governance
- This week, we check in with the latest governance decisions and proposals among L1 ecosystems, including Terra, Cosmos, Tezos, Polkadot, and Kusama
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is planning to conduct a trial early next year that will see the global payments intermediary explore how it may play a role in the nascent asset tokenization market.
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As regulators seek to develop appropriate investor protections for digital assets, more traditional investors are moving into the asset class. Asia’s stature in global crypto markets means it will be highly influential in shaping a more institutional market, said leading market figures during a recent webinar organized by The Block and sponsored by Eventus Systems.
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Quick Take
- Of the 44 darknet markets analyzed by The Block Research, approximately 92% offer support for bitcoin.
- The average number of cryptocurrencies supported per darknet market is 2.11.
- Monero is seeing increased support by darknet markets growing from 45% last year to 67% this year
Bitcoin miners made more than $15 billion in revenue over the course of 2021, according to The Block Research.
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Quick Take
- Decentralized exchanges are often seen as a privacy-first alternative to centralized exchanges.
- Yet many of the biggest ones are tracking what trades their users are making and collecting data that could be used to identify them.
Uniswap has gone live on Ethereum sidechain network Polygon after a successful governance process.
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