This Week in Blockchain - 8th November 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 Crypto
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Links to items discussed:
- US Treasury releases long-awaited report on stablecoin risk, features request for new laws
- CME to launch micro ether futures next month
- Ethereum Hits New All-Time High Amid Surging Hashrate
- Commonwealth Bank to enable crypto trading for 6.5M Aussies, 'other banks will follow'
- Coinbase Confirms It's Launching a Subscription Service With Zero Fees
- Coinbase Users Can Now Borrow Up to $1M Loan with BTC Serving as Collateral
- Binance to spend $115M in France to develop European crypto ecosystem
- SQUID token up 600% despite debacle and Binance investigation
- Crypto Market Cap
This Week in Enterprise Blockchain & Protocols
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Links to items discussed:
- Ethereum Name Service announces governance token plan
- SoftBank, Alphabet Join $700M Investment in Digital Currency Group, Valuing DCG at $10B
- Microsoft muscles into the metaverse with Teams updates and Xbox upgrades
- 3air Solves Africa's Massive Internet Access Problem with Cardano-Based ISP Platform
- Goldman Sachs boosts tokenization efforts with new partnership
This Week in DeFi
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Links to items discussed:
- DeFi Lending Hub Goldfinch Fuses NFTs and User IDs to Attract Wary Investors
- Blockchain tech firms AllianceBlock and Flare integrate technologies to expand their DeFi ecosystems
- Panther Protocol and Supra Oracles Join Forces to Enable Cross-Chain, Private DeFi
- Aave Teases Cross-Chain, Layer 2 Plans in V3 Proposal
- Chainlink's total value secured surpasses $75B as DeFi continues to surge
- Assets locked in DeFi
This Week in NFTs
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Links to items discussed:
- NFTs Take Over NYC
- NFT gaming startup The Sandbox raises $93 million in round led by SoftBank
- Huobi trials NFT marketplace to further GameFi and metaverse strategy
- Grammy Awards Academy Partners with OneOf to Build NFTs on Tezos
- Sfermion raises $100M for NFT and metaverse ventures
- Quentin Tarantino to auction six uncut scripts for Pulp Fiction as NFTs
- Nike Applies for Virtual Goods Trademarks Amid Facebook's Meta Rebrand
- NFT-backed Lending Market Surges with $1M-Plus Loans and 20% Interest Rates
- Mythical Games Nets $150M in Funding From Andreessen, NFL, Michael Jordan
- Enjin floats $100M Efinity Metaverse Fund to boost NFT marketplace
- NFT Volumes
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