Lawmakers who are important to the crypto industry are on the ballot this year. CoinDesk is tracking these races for Election 2020.
69,369 bitcoins, worth approximately $955 million, just moved out of wallet address 1HQ3Go3ggs8pFnXuHVHRytPCq5fGG8Hbhx, the fourth-largest bitcoin wallet according to BitInfoCharts. This is the first outflow activity of the wallet since April 2015. Vice previously reported that the address has been passed among hacker circles in an attempt to crack the wallet and access the bitcoins […]
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69,369 bitcoins, worth approximately $955 million, just moved out of wallet address 1HQ3Go3ggs8pFnXuHVHRytPCq5fGG8Hbhx, the fourth-largest bitcoin wallet according to BitInfoCharts. This is the first outflow activity of the wallet since April 2014. Vice previously reported that the address has been passed among hacker circles in an attempt to crack the wallet and access the bitcoins […]
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Bitcoin options interests reach new heights in October, according to data compiled by The Block Research. The aggregated open interest of bitcoin options reached an all-time high of $2.4 billion by the end of October, a month-over-month increase of 54.7%. On October 29, the open interest of Bitcoin options hit a new daily all-time high […]
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A detailed blow-by-blow of one of the most closely watched governance decisions in the history of DeFi.
One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years.
The 2020 U.S. election has been a boon for decentralized prediction markets, according to data compiled by The Block Research. On Augur, open interest recently passed $4 million, primarily driven by Catnip.exchange, a simple end-user interface for Augur’s U.S. election market. According to The Block researcher Mika Honkasalo, open interest on Augur has been steadily […]
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DeFi indices on FTX and Binance continue to plummet
Quick Take
- ‘Fiat Freeway’ is a weekly column on the latest updates for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and Stablecoins.
- This week’s column looks at recent developments with the European Central Bank’s ‘digital euro’ initiative.
Quick Take
- This research piece is a compilation of different metrics across projects — including stablecoins, lending, DEXs, derivatives, privacy solutions, and more
- In October 2020, most DeFi related metrics were slightly down compared to September. E.g. DEX volumes decreased by 26.3%
- Due to 2020 election betting markets, the fastest growing sector in decentralized finance have recently been prediction markets
