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This Week in Blockchain - 18th October 2021 - Podcast + Vlog
Welcome to This Week in Blockchain!
Each week your host, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, will provide a rundown of the major events that took place in the blockchain industry that are relevant to business during the past week.
In order to get a succinct update of the blockchain news you care about, This Week in Blockchain has now been split into 4 updates: -
Make 'This Week in Blockchain' part of your weekly routine, it’s a great opportunity for you to catch up with the latest trending blockchain events.
This Week in Blockchain - Crypto
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Links to items discussed:
- Bitcoin hits $60K for the first time since April after reports of imminent ETF approval
- Vitalik Buterin: El Salvador's Bitcoin Approach Is 'Contrary to the Ideals' of Crypto
- Official: Google Pay adds support for Bakkt's virtual Visa crypto card
- Coinbase unveils its Digital Asset Policy Proposal
- Charting platform TradingView raises $298 million at $3 billion valuation
- Crypto Market Cap
This Week in Blockchain - Protocols & Enterprise blockchain
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Links to items discussed:
- Trafigura to use Circulor blockchain to track CO2 emissions
- Indian TikTok competitor Chingari raises $19 million to develop a 'social token'
- ConsenSys plans funding round at $3 billion valuation
- Stacks Blows Up 57% After Bitcoin NFTs Take Off
- Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic raises $60 million in Series C funding
- R3 acquires tech for stablecoins, blockchain-based bank coins
- Wanchain Launches First Crosschain Bridge with Link to Polkadot, Brings EVM Smart Contracts to DOT
- Binance to launch $1B fund to develop BSC ecosystem
- Polkadot to debut parachain auctions after governance vote
This Week in Blockchain - DeFi
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Links to items discussed:
- Rari Capital launches permissionless lending pools
- Crypto lending firm Celsius Network raises $400M
- XDEFI Wallet, the Browser Wallet Built for DeFi, Announces its Public Release
- Regulated Swiss bank SEBA to provide access to permissioned DeFi
- Shell Protocol Jumps into 'Concentrated Liquidity' Just Like Uniswap and Curve
- Decentralized finance is now a $200 billion industry
- Assets locked in DeFi
This Week in Blockchain - NFTs
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Links to items discussed:
- Bored Ape Yacht Club expects to launch its own token in Q1 of 2022
- Bored Ape Yacht Club creators just signed with a big media manager
- A Polygon-Ethereum bridge is bringing Aavegotchi NFTs to Rarible
- Coinbase announces NFT waitlist, following lead of rivals Binance and FTX
- Coinbase Sees 1.4 Million Signups for New NFT Platform
- Visa to Help Creators, Small Businesses Learn About NFTs and Crypto
- ViacomCBS gets into NFTs via a partnership with NFT startup Recur
- Flow integrates Filecoin storage services to make NFTs more decentralized
- Sotheby's Dives Deeper Into NFTs With Ethereum 'Metaverse' Marketplace
- NFT Volumes
We'd love you to listen to our new podcast 'Blockchain Innovators' too. It's an informative podcast where Web3 Labs founder and CEO, Conor Svensson, talks to guests who have made significant contributions to the blockchain ecosystem. Find out what inspires these innovators, get their thoughts on the latest industry news and events spanning crypto, blockchain, protocols, DeFi, NFTs, DAOs and IoT.
If you’d like to learn more and understand the opportunities blockchain presents to your business, watch our Principles of Successful Blockchain Deployments Webinar.
