This Week In Blockchain on 19th April with Conor Svensson – Crypto, DeFi, NFT, Enterprise
Welcome to this week’s episode of This Week in Blockchain!
Each week your host, Conor Svensson (https://twitter.com/conors10), founder and CEO of Web3 Labs (https://www.web3labs.com), will provide a rundown of the major events that took place in the blockchain industry that are relevant to business during the past week. We cover #crypto, #enterprise, #DeFI and #NFTs.
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Links to items discussed:
– Coinbase’s Nasdaq listing
https://decrypt.co/66421/coinbase-awards-all-employees-100-shares-in-surprise-giveaway
https://www.coinspeaker.com/coinbase-public-dpo-ipo/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/04/14/coinbase-skyrockets-in-nasdaq-listing-landing-105-billion-valuation-on-first-day-of-trading/
– ConsenSys closes $65 million funding round
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/101463/consensys-closes-65-million-funding-round-backed-by-jpmorgan-mastercard-and-more
– MicroStrategy now pays its board of directors in bitcoin
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/101351/microstrategy-board-of-directors-bitcoin-btc-payment
– HSBC bans customers from buying MicroStrategy shares
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/101448/hsbc-microstrategy-shares-ban-bitcoin-concerns
– Grayscale surpasses $50B in crypto assets under management
https://cointelegraph.com/news/grayscale-tops-50-billion-will-soon-pass-world-s-largest-commodity-etf
– TIME keeps Bitcoin on its balance sheet and will partner with Grayscale
https://decrypt.co/66263/time-joins-tesla-keeping-bitcoin-balance-sheet
– AXA Switzerland allows customers to pay in Bitcoin
https://www.coindesk.com/axa-switzerland-allows-customers-to-pay-in-bitcoin
– Close to $9B worth of Ether is now staked on Eth 2.0
https://www.coindesk.com/valid-points-ether-staked-eth-2-0-q1
– Ethereum & Bitcoin hit new ATHs
https://coinmarketcap.com/
– Ethereum’s Berlin Hard Fork goes live
https://decrypt.co/66569/berlin-hard-fork-live-promises-reduce-sky-high-ethereum-fees
We are pleased to release v3.2.3 which includes a fix for the Berlin Upgrade consensus error. https://t.co/h5B1bzrGA5
— OpenEthereum (@OpenEthereumOrg) April 15, 2021
– Dogecoin in top 10 cryptocurrencies by Market Cap
https://coinmarketcap.com/
– Ticketmaster owner Live Nation launches digital entertainment wallet
Live Nation France partners FanDragon to launch fan engagement platform
– Ethereum’s Gitcoin raises $11.3 M
Gitcoin Grows Treasury to Accelerate Open Source
– Linux Foundation launches blockchain-based platform for insurance
https://cointelegraph.com/news/linux-foundation-launches-blockchain-based-platform-for-insurance
– Lockheed Martin adopts blockchain for supply chain management
https://cointelegraph.com/news/lockheed-martin-adopts-blockchain-for-supply-chain-management-in-switzerland
– DeFi startup MOUND has raised $1.6M in seed funding led by Binance Labs
Binance Labs leads $1.6M seed round in DeFi startup MOUND, the developer of Pancake Bunny
– PancakeSwap’s value locked in DeFi exceeds Uniswap
– Binance destroys $595M worth of BNB tokens in its largest-ever burn
https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684901944/15th-BNB-Burn-%7C-Quarterly-Highlights-and-Insights-from-CZ
– NYSE releases collection of NFTs commemorating notable IPOs
https://www.nyse.com/nft
– Topps debuts its first MLB baseball card NFT collection
https://www.topps.com/blog/topps-debuts-its-first-mlb-baseball-card-nft-collection-with-topps-series-1-baseball-launch-.html
– USPS certifies CaseMail as first blockchain generated ePostage
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usps-certifies-casemail-as-first-blockchain-generated-epostage-301267842.html
– Pak launches new token that can only be obtained by ‘burning’ NFTs
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/101419/pak-nft-burning-platform-burn-art-token-ash
– Binance is helping Vogue Singapore’s publisher build an NFT platform
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/101589/binance-vogue-singapore-publisher-nft-platform
– Edward Snowden auctions NFT to benefit the Freedom of the Press Foundation
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/101834/edward-snowden-is-auctioning-off-a-non-fungible-token-to-benefit-the-freedom-of-the-press-foundation
– New funding round will value NFT startup Dapper Labs at more than $7.5 billion
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/101981/dapper-labs-7-5-billion-valuation
– Crypto Market Cap
https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/
– Assets locked in DeFi
https://defipulse.com/
– NFT Volumes
https://nonfungible.com/market/history
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