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WEEKEND READINGLibra executive Dante Disparte published an article in The Harvard Business Review suggesting that blockchain-based payments can help bring more than 1.7 billion unbanked and underbanked people into the formal economy and help eliminate the expense structures that currently exist.The Financial Times published a profile on Ripple and its effort to “ find [a] compelling [use] for the blockchain technology underpinning … currency .”👍German based crypto VC Greenfield One has published a detailed report on the state...
Highlights from the North American listed crypto, blockchain and mining stocks:Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund (OTCQX: GDLC) was the top performing stock in the blockchain and crypto universe, posting a 7.4% return, and the only company that achieved a positive return on the week.Marathon Patent Group (NASDAQ: MARA) and Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ: RIOT) both started the week achieving all-time-highs before beginning a gradual decline in price.Hut8 Mining (TSX: HUT. TO) announced various operational updates last...
For a full copy of this report in PDF format please click here MARKET ANALYSIS For the second time in two weeks, Bitcoin climbed above $12,000. Overall, it finished the week ended 8/11 up 5.6% at $11,878. Notably, it traded above $11,000 for the entire week for this first time since August 2019. Source: FSInsight, Bloomberg Source: FSInsight, Bloomberg Bitcoin led all other major crypto assets by 3% - 9%...
WILL BLOCKCHAIN BECOME THE NEXT TECH BATTLE GROUND WITH CHINA Like many others, I spent the weekend reading about President Trump’s decision to ban Americans from carrying out transactions with Chinese owned apps TikTok and Wechat. This morning, I discovered that China has released an international website for its national blockchain, the Blockchain Service Network (BSN), inviting developers to create new applications to run on this seemingly-centralized network. Given that China appears to be...
Highlights from the North American listed crypto, blockchain and mining stocks:The Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund (OTCQX: GDLC) was the top performer among the North American blockchain and crypto stocks reporting a 142% price increase. GDLC’s premium to NAV jumped from 27.8% to 189.9%.For the second week in a row, Marathon Patent Group (NASDAQ: MARA) posted a a considerable return with a new all-time-high of $4.79. MARA is up 130% over the past seven days...
MARKET ANALYSIS After last week’s spike, BTC continued its rise nearing $12,000 before a $1 billion liquidation event caused the price to crash $1,500 and then stabilize above $11,000. BTC finished the 7-day period ending August 3rd up 1.7%. As the dollar suffered this week (measured by the DXY), Bitcoin and gold continued their outperformance compared to all other asset classes. Ripple and Ethereum both surged this week up 37%...
CRYPTO FEAR AND GREED INDEX The Fear & Greed Index for bitcoin and other large cryptocurrencies fell four points over the past seven days to 72. The index hit a 12-month high reaching 80 on Sunday. The last time the index printed above the seventies was in July 2019 when bitcoin (BTC) was trading at current levels. KEEPING YOUR PRIVATE KEYS SAFE It is always good to get a reminder on best...
US PRINTING MACHINE According to leading crypto VC Pantera, the US government printed more money in June than during the first two centuries of its history (1776 – 1979). WEEKEND READINGFidelity Digital Assets released its long awaited analysis on bitcoin as a store of value exploring the inherent characteristics that position bitcoin to fulfill this role in the future, consider whether it is being used in this way today, and discuss factors that may drive...