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AN UNINSPIRING BEGINNING Bitcoiners often talk about meaning behind the message hidden in the genesis block: “Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks” referring to a Times of London headline from the day the first block was mined so with the first block of Ethereum 2.0, it was hoped that an inspirational message would be included, or as Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin said, “something profound… about giant leaps for mankind.”...
ETHEREUM 2.0 IS HERE While I avoid discussing technical attributes of different blockchain protocols, it should be noted that today marks a milestone in the evolution of Ethereum with the release of Ethereum 2.0’s proof-of-stake beacon chain signifying the start of a move away from proof-of-work and perceived high cost mining. THE HEADLINES MARKET DATA EXCHANGE, CUSTODY AND PRODUCT NEWS DIGITAL DIVERSIONS
WHAT WE ARE WATCHING 📈 With numerous exchanges trading bitcoin, defining an all-time-high is a difficult number to establish. Coinmarketcap. com has bitcoin hitting $20,052 on December 17, 2017 and among the bitcoin community, I think it’s commonly stated that bitcoin surpassed $20k that year. But among many institutional investors bitcoin’s high is $19,511 as this figure is what Bloomberg is reporting. With the increasing entrance of institutional investors entering the cryptosphere, we...
BLOCKCHAIN IS AT A TIPPING POINT Over the past few days Economist Nouriel Roubini reiterated his belief that blockchain is the “most overhyped technology ever.” Ken Seiff and the team at Blockchange Ventures recently published an investor letter that clearly disagrees with Roubini’s statement and suggested that blockchain is on a trajectory to become a generation technology shift as consequential as the internet. They identified 6 reasons why they see blockchain “at a tipping...
Highlights from the North American listed crypto, blockchain and mining stocks:Grayscale’s Litecoin Trust (OTCQX: LTCN) with its 3335% premium to NAV was the top performing crypto asset in the North America equity universe jumping 104% on extremely low volumes.Galaxy Digital (TSX: GLXY) had a very big week, announcing record high trading volumes of $1.4 billion drove quarterly income to $44.5 million, the acquisition of two leading cryptocurrency trading firms, and plans to...
