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Quick Take

• Algorand is a public blockchain network that intends to provide a highly scalable platform for decentralized applications and financial solutions
• The Banking & Payments category is one of the largest verticals that currently makes up Algorand’s ecosystem, including popular stablecoins like USDC and CBDC initiatives such as the Marshal lslands’ plans to launch its national digital currency on Algorand
• In total, The Block has identified 97 projects and companies across 17 different verticals currently expanding on its ecosystem

Crypto exchange OKEx Korea is shutting down on April 7.

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“Uniswap” search interest also reached the second highest volume ever this week.

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The Block’s Saniya More sat down with Cory Van Lew, an artist who’s been tokenizing his work on SuperRare.

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Researchers at the Boston Fed and the MIT have been developing software prototypes that can handle a central bank digital currency.

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Quick Take

• Last month the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust began trading at a discount for the first time ever.
• New competition and selling pressure are major factors behind the trend.
• What happened to the GBTC premium — and will it ever come back?

Dorsey has said he will donate all the proceeds from the sale of the tweet, which he tokenized using Cent, to charity.

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Included in the list of qualifications that TIME is looking for: “comfort with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.”

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Ethereum-based interoperability project Connext has raised $2.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by Polychain Capital, with participation from 1kx and Huobi Capital.

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Quick Take

• Leveraged ETFs from traditional finance have inspired leveraged tokens.
• Alameda Research is a pioneer in the leveraged token market, but their tokens have limited popularity due to complexity.
• Binance offers a black-box version of tokens, where the exchange’s proprietary algorithms control all parameters.