The Daily Spin. Rate-Hike Wednesday Edition. On-chain amount of stablecoins being converted into Bitcoins reaches a 4-year high. Options open-contracts hit ATH at 468k BTC, Coinbase’s Bitcoin premium index also hits record highs. And the bears are still waiting for $10k…
DefiLlama resolves its internal conflict between founders, easing concerns of a ‘hostile takeover’ forking of its code. MakerDAO’s emergency proposal causes MKR to shed 26%. SushiSwap’s Head Chef receives a subpoena from our regulator of the year, Gary the Salamander – Garrymander. DeFi insurance grew by 22 providers in 2022. And one of the most anticipated airdrops in the crypto community – $ARB – happens tomorrow. Magic Eden launches Ordinal NFT marketplace, Sony files for an NFT patent. Cardano’s DJED stablecoin expands into Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. Biden’s administration reports that cryptocurrencies are “mostly speculative investment vehicles.”
Mastercard announces collaboration with Australian payment gateway, Stables, to issue a stablecoin-only physical payment card for daily use in the APAC region. Stables will work with a third party to convert USDC to currency and settle transactions on the Mastercard network. Stables’ digital app will enable instant USDC transactions by providing digital asset custody technology that are ISO and SOC2 certified.
Cryptowallet.com makes a press release about their successful renewal of their Estonian license. Circle goes for regulatory approval in France. India’s new crypto laws are making it difficult to just HODL. Binance launches its Verifiable Random Functions (VRF) Oracle, providing Random Number Generator (RNG) capabilities to blockchain networks. Its utility will see use cases in blockchain gaming, consensus sampling, and any scenario where true randomness is valuable and verifiable. Lastly, don’t forget to catch last week’s episode of the All-in Podcast, covering the banking crisis and the great VC reset… here is our round-up of curated news and opinions (surely biased) from the world of Blockchain, keeping you informed into the market news with the most trending, in-the-know, and controversial topics. In the name of transparent, dissemination of information to keep you curious, inspired, and clinically sane…
Ongoings at Coinweb
Coinweb’s Layer 2 marks 4 million transactions milestone
https://twitter.com/CoinwebOfficial/status/1638125472814092291?s=20
Coinweb Partners With Ceffu for Institutional Crypto Custody
https://www.ceffu.com/blog/coinweb-partners-with-ceffu-for-institutional-crypto-custody?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=cweb0321
Coinweb’s Fireside Chat Series, digitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality
https://twitter.com/CoinwebOfficial/status/1636676933361745920?s=20
“A Thread on Refereed Delegation of Computation” by Kawin on Twitter
https://twitter.com/CoinwebOfficial/status/1635952081302589441?s=20
Coinweb to bring cross-chain tokenisation to Layer 2
https://cryptoslate.com/coinweb-to-bring-cross-chain-tokenisation-to-layer-2/
“A Thread on L2 Scalability, Network Efficiency and Throughput/TPS” by Anton on Twitter
https://twitter.com/CoinwebOfficial/status/1633424957693915137
The Coinweb Monthly Spin - Coinweb Project's Monthly Round-Up and Curated News & Events From The Bleeding Edge of All Things Web3
https://coinweb.beehiiv.com/p/coinweb-monthly-spin-fifth-edition
A Leading Layer 2 Platform Looking To Tackle Crypto's Interoperability Issue
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/23/02/31067514/a-leading-layer-2-platform-looking-to-tackle-cryptos-interoperability-issue
Toby Gilbert takes the stage at the Thai Technology Investment Summit 2023, “On the future of Web3” and Ain Mohd represents Coinweb on a panel discussing “The Role of Women in Web3”
“The Reality of Large-scale Enterprises Adopting Blockchain Technology” an article by Toby Gilbert for CityAM Magazine
https://www.cityam.com/the-reality-of-large-scale-enterprises-adopting-blockchain-technology/
Coinweb Labs is proud to unveil LinkMint ⛓️🍃, our groundbreaking Cross-Chain Tokenisation Platform and DeconX, our integrated native DEX! Live Walkthrough Demonstration for the Community by Toby, Knut, and Alexander.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSKA3cAB15U
“A Thread on Guaranteed Liveness and the Coinweb Routing System” by Anton on Twitter
https://twitter.com/CoinwebOfficial/status/1630052477579169793?s=20
“A Thread on Rollups, Monolithic, and Modular Blockchains” by Kawin on Twitter
https://twitter.com/rukawin/status/1616342851507613696?s=46&t=BjBOK3soH3kOMbsWEa_jlg
Coinweb to Deliver Cross-Chain Smart Contract Architecture and Blockchain Loyalty Programme to BMW
https://cryptoslate.com/bmw-to-bring-blockchain-loyalty-program-through-coinweb-and-bnb-chain/
KuCoin Labs launches incubation program to accelerate builders (Coinweb, DoraHacks, Ava Labs)
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/kucoin-labs-launches-incubation-program-to-accelerate-builders
Toby’s full presentation at Token2049-London
https://youtu.be/pdtKx3vAs9c
On the Radar
Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade, Delayed (On-chain)
FOMC Meeting, Mar 21-22 (Washington D.C.)
Arbitrum Airdrop, Mar 23
Polygon zkEVM Launch, Mar 27 (On-chain)
WOW Summit, Mar 29-30 (Hong Kong)
ASEAN Web3 Summit, Mar 30-31 (Singapore)
Hong Kong Web3 Festival, Apr 12-15 (Wan Chai, Hong Kong)
Consensus 2023, Apr 26-28 (Austin, Texas)
Web3 Weekend, May 8-13 (Jakarta)
AIBC Asia, Jul 19-22 (Manila)
TOKEN2049, Sep 13-14 (Singapore)
Blockchain Events curated by CryptoNomad
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KtyFTb_W282bQ1xoVA5rlTwTDz3QfhswWIVpXhpbQIc/edit
On the Block(chain)
Stablecoins being converted into Bitcoin approach a four-year high
https://cryptoslate.com/insights/stablecoins-being-converted-into-bitcoin-approach-a-four-year-high/
Options open contracts hit new ATH – 468K Bitcoin
https://cryptoslate.com/insights/options-open-contracts-hit-new-ath-468k-bitcoin/
Bitcoin Coinbase premium index hits record levels
https://cryptoslate.com/insights/bitcoin-coinbase-premium-index-hits-record-levels/
DefiLlama resolves internal conflict, quelling ‘hostile takeover’ accusations
https://crypto.news/defillama-resolves-internal-conflict-quelling-hostile-takeover-accusations/
MakerDAO’s emergency proposal triggers 26% MKR price plunge
https://crypto.news/makerdaos-emergency-proposal-triggers-26-mkr-price-plunge/
Sushi and its ‘head chef’ receive SEC subpoena
https://cryptoslate.com/sushi-and-its-head-chef-receive-sec-subpoena/
DeFi insurance grew in 2022 to include nearly two dozen providers
https://cryptoslate.com/defi-insurance-grew-in-2022-to-include-nearly-two-dozen-providers/
Arbitrum to airdrop 112.8M ARB tokens to DAOs on its ecosystem
https://cryptoslate.com/arbitrum-to-airdrop-112-8m-arb-tokens-to-daos-on-its-ecosystem/
Competitive Landscape
Mastercard and Stables introduce first APAC stablecoin-only wallet
https://crypto.news/mastercard-and-stables-introduce-first-apac-stablecoin-only-wallet/
Magic Eden Launches Ordinals Marketplace for Bitcoin NFTs
https://decrypt.co/124078/magic-eden-ordinals-bitcoin-nft-marketplace-launch
Introducing Binance Oracle VRF: The Next Generation of Verifiable Randomness
https://news.bitcoin.com/introducing-binance-oracle-vrf-the-next-generation-of-verifiable-randomness/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications
GamesOnChain: The Decentralized Platform for Fun and Fair Gaming
https://dappradar.com/blog/gamesonchain-the-decentralized-platform-for-fun-and-fair-gaming
Coinbase offered Circle $3b credit line to repeg USDC
https://crypto.news/coinbase-offered-circle-3b-credit-line-to-repeg-usdc/
Amid stablecoin turbulence, Djed to expand to Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain
https://cryptoslate.com/amid-stablecoin-turbulence-djed-to-expand-to-ethereum-binance-smart-chain/
Sony Interactive Entertainment files for NFT patent
https://cryptoslate.com/sony-interactive-entertainment-files-for-nft-patent/
Binance CEO highlights USDT growth amidst rival issues
https://cryptoslate.com/binance-ceo-highlights-usdt-growth-amidst-rival-issues/
World
Yellen Says US Could Back All Deposits at Smaller Banks if Needed to Prevent Contagion
https://news.bitcoin.com/yellen-says-us-could-back-all-deposits-at-smaller-banks-if-needed-to-prevent-contagion/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications
SC justices hear Coinbase’s first arguments in favor of class action arbitration
https://cryptoslate.com/sc-justices-hear-coinbases-first-arguments-in-favor-of-class-action-arbitration/
USDC issuer Circle seeks regulatory approval in France amid US banking troubles
https://cryptoslate.com/usdc-issuer-circle-seeks-regulatory-approval-in-france-amid-us-banking-troubles/
India’s new crypto rules are making life hard for hodlers
https://thenextweb.com/news/india-cryptocurrency-tax-banking-regulation-investment-analysis
Head of Venezuelan Crypto Watchdog Sunacrip Arrested on Alleged Corruption Charges; Institution to Face Restructuring
https://news.bitcoin.com/head-of-venezuelan-crypto-watchdog-sunacrip-arrested-on-alleged-corruption-charges-institution-to-face-restructuring/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications
Argentine Tax Authority AFIP Detects Irregularities in 184 Digital Wallet Tax Statements
https://news.bitcoin.com/argentine-tax-authority-afip-detects-irregularities-in-184-digital-wallet-tax-statements/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications
Crypto Ads in Belgium to Feature ‘Punchy Warning’ of Risks, New Rules Imply
https://news.bitcoin.com/crypto-ads-in-belgium-to-feature-punchy-warning-of-risks-new-rules-imply/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications
OneCoin associate Irina Dilkinska charged following US extradition
https://cryptoslate.com/onecoin-associate-irina-dilkinska-charged-following-us-extradition/
CryptoWallet.com Among Minority of Successful Companies to Renew Coveted Estonian License
https://cryptoslate.com/press-releases/cryptowallet-com-among-minority-of-successful-companies-to-renew-coveted-estonian-license/
Thought Leadership
Playing Mind Games With The Economy: The Federal Reserve’s Reverse Psychology Gambit
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2023/03/21/playing-mind-games-with-the-economy-the-federal-reserves-reverse-psychology-gambit/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=2800634&sh=31dcb2097829
All-in Podcast E120: Banking crisis and the great VC reset (90mins)
https://youtu.be/yYwfiqYocc0
A reimagined vision of the future of digital banking
https://crypto.news/a-reimagined-vision-of-the-future-of-digital-banking/
Biden Administration's Economic Report Deems Crypto Assets ‘Mostly Speculative Investment Vehicles’
https://news.bitcoin.com/biden-administrations-economic-report-deems-crypto-assets-mostly-speculative-investment-vehicles/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications
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