This Week in Blockchain #25 - 2nd August 2021 - Podcast + Vlog

Welcome to this week's episode of 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.

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Overview and links to all events mentioned in episode #25 -

• Crypto lender BlockFi now on the radar of four US states

• FTX and Binance Remove High Leverage From Their Exchanges 

• Amazon Says It's 'Exploring' Cryptocurrency Payments 

• Blockchain unicorn Fireblocks raises $310M 

• Binance shrinks non-KYC withdrawal limits as crypto exchanges face regulatory pressure 

• Changpeng Zhao Is Open to Stepping Down as Binance CEO in Pursuit of Regulatory Compliance 

• Crypto Exchange Binance Launches Tax Reporting Tool 

• Binance to Wind Down Derivatives in Europe; Malaysia Orders Closure 

• Goldman Sachs Files for DeFi ETF Tied to Public Companies 

• Crypto Briefing Mastercard Launches Cryptocurrency Startup Accelerator 

• Robinhood Secures $32B Valuation in IPO, Set to Debut on Nasdaq Exchange 

• Robinhood CFO Talks Up Crypto Plans Post-IPO 

• PayPal set to launch crypto trading in the UK and may embrace DeFi PayPal CEO 

• Cointelegraph India to use Ethereum blockchain to verify diploma certificates LegitDoc CEO 

• Ethereum-based project EthSign raises seed funding to put signed documents on the blockchain 

• FTX crypto exchange becomes carbon neutral 

• Lloyds Register, IBM in UK blockchain food consortium 

• Bank of America, FTX, Coinbase Ventures Join $300M Investment in Paxos 

• EY Collaborates with UK Authorities to Design Blockchain Solution for Global Tax Problem 

• ZKSwap's v2 mainnet is set to go live on Wednesday 

• Biconomy raises $9M

• Aave to launch institutional DeFi platform Aave Arc within weeks Aave has rebranded its 

• Ethereum DEX Uniswap Drops Tokenized Stocks As Regulators Close In 

• Uniswap's Growth Pushes DeFi to 3 Million Total Users 

• Uniswap creator, Paradigm devs are trying to improve large DEX trades

• Cats cause chaos on Ethereum again as Mila Kunis' project sells out in 35 minutes 

• How blockchain, NFTs, and on-demand satellites are saving Africa's wildlife 

• Shopify is starting to allow its e-commerce customers to sell NFTs 'directly' 

• Splinterlands raises $3.6 million in a private sale 

• Binance and Russian Museum to Tokenize Da Vinci and Van Gogh Paintings 

• Yahoo Japan works with Line to launch NFT trading

• Coca-Cola creates its first collection of brand-inspired NFTs 

• Crypto unicorn Amber Group launches NFT creator studio with TR Lab Creator Finance

• AlchemyNFT Raises $6M for Autographed NFTs, With Mark Cuban as Participant

• Crypto Market Cap
  
• Assets locked in DeFi
• NFT Volumes

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