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The State of Stablecoins in the Crypto Industry
By:
Nate Urbas
12 April 2019
TLDR; Stablecoins are becoming an increasingly important part of the crypto market There are several types of stablecoins that can be launched in either a centralized or decentralized manner The larger number of stablecoins may be driving increased amounts of correlation among top crypto assets Stablecoins are mostly being used for speculation but can also be used to transfer value Over the past year, we have seen stablecoins become an increasingly prominent part of the crypto industry. We have...
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Can Cryptocurrencies Counter Surveillance Capitalism?
By:
Nate Urbas
9 April 2019
“Will we be the masters of information, or will we be its slaves?” Shoshana Zuboff, Pioneer of the study of the surveillance capitalism The term “surveillance capitalism” has been causing a stir recently. Amber Baldet delved into the topic on Peter McCormack’s What Bitcoin Did podcast while Shoshana Zuboff recently published a book titled “The age of surveillance capitalism”. But what even is surveillance capitalism and how do cryptocurrencies tie in with this idea? In this latest Cryptolinks post, we...
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Change is Constant at Coinbase
By:
Nate Urbas
6 April 2019
“We’re proud to be the first full-service, regulated, comprehensively insured, and 100% offline staking provider in crypto” Sam McIngvale, Head of Product at Coinbase Custody Coinbase is one of the longest operating and most well-known exchanges in the cryptocurrency business. Starting in 2012, the company has progressed to be among the leading exchanges. While initially starting out offering exchange services, the company has since ventured into multiple areas of business. Their latest venture is into providing staking as a service...
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Bitwise Shines Light on the Crypto Market 🧐
By:
Nate Urbas
4 April 2019
As part of their efforts to launch the first bitcoin ETF, Bitwise delivered a presentation to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The presentation contained extensive research carried out by key personnel in Bitwise Asset Management and delved deep into the bitcoin market to reveal several findings that have shaken the crypto world to its core. In light of their findings, leading cryptocurrency data provider CoinMarketCap has admitted that inaccuracies highlighted in their data are indeed correct. Apart from data...
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Are Cryptocurrencies Correlated? 🤔 Binance Finds Out…
By:
Nate Urbas
1 April 2019
A recent study released by Binance Research, the research arm of the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has delved into the question of whether the returns of the major cryptocurrencies are correlated with one another. This is a pertinent question for anyone who is in any way exposed to the prices of cryptocurrencies. The question is especially relevant to those who need to take such associations into account when exposing themselves to the prices of various cryptocurrencies. This post...
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Is Institutional Investment in Crypto Still Relevant in 2019?
By:
Nate Urbas
27 March 2019
2019 kicked off with high expectations for institutional investment entering the cryptocurrency space. Exchanges such as Bakkt and ErisX were seemingly setting up to revolutionize the industry and pave the way for huge capital inflows. We are yet to see these exchanges launch with both still awaiting regulatory approval. Furthermore, we have just seen CBOE wind down its bitcoin futures after months of dwindling volume.d Are we taking a step back instead of forward when it comes to institutional investors?...
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Does Bitmain’s $80 Million Investment Mark the Bear Market Turnaround Point?
By:
Nate Urbas
25 March 2019
CoinDesk has recently reported that according to mining farm operators in South West China, Bitmain is setting to invest hardware to the tune of $80 to $100 million for their own cryptocurrency mining operations. The company which typically derives the vast majority of its revenue from the sale of such hardware may be sensing changing conditions given its purported willingness to dedicate this hardware to its own mining. The price of cryptocurrency market leader bitcoin is down 80% from...
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Scaling Bitcoin and Blockchain – The Biggest Solutions to Scalability
By:
Nate Urbas
22 March 2019
How to make Bitcoin and blockchain scalable has long been an important point of discussion. Many see Bitcoin and the blockchain technology that it runs upon as having little value if they fail to reach the speed offered by other technologies. As it stands, it takes ten minutes for a block to be added to the Bitcoin blockchain. With many envisioning blockchains being applied to enterprise use cases, developers are constantly striving to come up with the best solution...
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JPM Coin Versus Facebook Coin
By:
Nate Urbas
20 March 2019
We have recently seen the behemoths of business take a significant interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The big four accounting firms have all launched divisions dedicated to blockchain while firms that have previously renounced the use case for cryptocurrencies decide to launch their own. Both JP Morgan and Facebook, two companies among the largest publicly traded companies in the world, have both announced their plans to launch cryptocurrencies. In this latest Cryptolinks post, we delve into how similar the...
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Blockchain and Gaming – Can it work?
By:
Nate Urbas
17 March 2019
Gaming is a $135 billion global industry. But can blockchain have any part to play in this? The answer from Ripple is a big yes with the recent announcement of a $100 million fund to spur development of gaming applications to be built upon blockchain technology. The fund is going to be overseen by the recently forged Forte company which was just established in February. The Forte company was started by Kevin Chou who has been a prominent figure in...
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