Blockbuster Weekly: DeFi blessing ETH2.0 may be a catalyst for the bull market; Grayscale has become the biggest negative?
Keywords of this issue:
Keywords of this issue:
Ethereum 2.0, DeFi, Polkadot launch, Bitcoin deflation, Grayscale negative, Visa, institutional fundraising, Goldman Sachs singing empty, Hainan blockchain new deal, digital dollar, Korean blockchain standard.
On May 25, The Paper reported that the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Hainan Province issued a notice on "Several Policies and Measures of Hainan Province to Accelerate the Development of the Blockchain Industry". According to the notice, in order to accelerate the development of blockchain technology and industrial innovation, accelerate the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Zone (Hong Kong) blockchain pilot zone, and cultivate and create a "chain Hainan" blockchain industry ecology, ten policy measures have been formulated. And the trial period is three years. After the expiration, it will be further revised and improved according to the results of the implementation evaluation. The ten policy measures are: establishing a blockchain joint innovation platform; establishing a blockchain industry fund; supporting the construction of blockchain infrastructure, and supporting enterprises registered and settled in Hainan to build blockchain public service platforms and computing power public service systems And blockchain infrastructure such as the underlying platform of the public chain with independent intellectual property rights, the underlying platform of the enterprise-level alliance chain; promote tourism consumption blockchain points; promote chain reform of e-government projects; encourage blockchain core technology research and development; implement blockchain Blockchain application demonstration project; hold the world blockchain conference; explore blockchain + financial sandbox supervision mechanism; and build blockchain industry clusters.
2. Central Bank of India: No restrictions on banks providing accounts to encrypted traders
Indian banks are not prohibited from dealing with cryptocurrencies, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently responded to a message on May 26. Since the Supreme Court of India lifted the RBI ban on financial entities dealing with crypto-related clients, there is still a lot of uncertainty as to whether banks will be able to support the accounts of these clients. Earlier this year, it was reported that some banks were still refusing to service crypto businesses. To clarify traders’ concerns about why banking portals still prohibit trading in virtual currencies, Harish BV filed a request for information on April 25 asking whether the financial regulator still prohibits banks from offering bank accounts to cryptocurrency companies or traders. In response, the RBI wrote: "As of now, there is no such ban."
3. Many provinces and cities have introduced policies related to "digital asset transactions" Experts said that encrypted digital currency is not included
On May 28, according to the Securities Daily, policy documents on the content of "digital asset transactions" have been released intensively in the past two weeks. Does "digital assets" in the above policy documents include encrypted digital currency? Is the domestic virtual currency regulatory policy becoming looser? In this regard, many industry experts believe that the digital assets here do not include encrypted digital currency, and the regulatory policy has not been relaxed, or will be more stringent. Cai Kailong, a senior researcher at the Institute of Financial Science and Technology of Renmin University of China, said that at present, my country's central bank and other financial regulatory authorities do not recognize the legal status of encrypted digital currency, and have implemented strong regulatory measures for it and there is no sign of relaxation. Look, the digital assets here do not include encrypted digital currency.
4. Digital Dollar released a white paper, mentioning the core principles of promoting the digital dollar project
According to Cointelegraph, on May 28 local time in the United States, an American think tank dedicated to digitizing the dollar released a white paper. The digital dollar project was developed by former CFTC leaders and Accenture, and one of the noteworthy co-founders is former CFTC Office of Fintech Daniel Gorfine, who said the white paper is digital A key step in the development of the U.S. dollar project, which outlines the prototype of the U.S. central bank’s digital currency, that is, the digital dollar will operate with traditional financial institutions and existing U.S. dollar payment mechanisms including cash and automatic clearing house technology.
5. South Korea launched a 258.6 billion won national standard implementation plan, and the promotion projects include blockchain
On May 31, the Korean National Standards Committee government announced that 16 departments, ministries, commissions and agencies have jointly formulated the "2020 National Standards Implementation Plan". The plan will invest 258.6 billion won to establish international and national standards for key technologies in various fields in Korea. The program promotes a total of 18 projects, including technologies such as 5G, Internet of Things, and blockchain for the science and information communication technology sector; other technologies such as the agricultural sector, and the pharmaceutical sector.
Ethereum 2.0 is progressing smoothly, and the beacon chain will be launched as early as July this year. Can Ethereum, which is entering a new era of public chain, give birth to the super bull market in 2017 again? DeFi projects are booming, and a large amount of BTC has poured into the pledge platform. Why is DeFi so favored by capital? How should investors grasp the trend of the times?
Communities at home and abroad have different opinions on whether the grayscale fund's hoarding of 350,000 bitcoins is good or bad. According to the analysis, the entry of institutions is not to hoard spot goods, but for speculative arbitrage. It will reduce the position of Bitcoin and cause great selling pressure on the Bitcoin spot market. Which of the two statements is more reliable?
Once Visa was a revolutionary technology. How can a plastic card replace real money? People will never accept it. Merchants will never accept it. Banks will never accept it either. It will fail. But it didn't fail. It changes business. Many of us grew up using these plastic cards instead of cash. Are there similarities between early Visa and modern crypto networks? Yes! Some of them will surprise you.
Three major puzzles in the blockchain industry: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? When will FileCoin launch? When will the Polkadot mainnet be launched? As Polkadot officially announced the launch of the first candidate chain on May 27, the mystery of the Polkadot mainnet launch will be solved.
This Friday (May 29), the Digital Dollar Project (Digital Dollar Project) released its first white paper, which aims to propose a framework for the creation of a US central bank digital currency (CBDC). The white paper also details the need for tokenized US dollars. , as well as some potential ways to build a digital dollar system, and determine that a digital dollar can help the United States maintain the US dollar's status as the world's reserve currency.
2. Under the fear of deflation, what will happen to Bitcoin? (Recognize the QR code directly)
Affected by the new crown epidemic, the global economy has suffered a huge impact. Institutional and retail investors are seeking shelter amid fears of inflation. Now more than ever, it is necessary to re-examine how these macro trends will affect Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market. With Bitcoin completing its third block reward halving on May 12, we next examine how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect Bitcoin prices, and the impact of monetary and fiscal stimulus on the world economy and Bitcoin.
Goldman Sachs has poured "cold water" on the crypto market as sentiment in the crypto market recedes as the global liquidity crisis recedes. However, the outside world scoffed at Goldman Sachs' "bearish" view. Although Goldman Sachs' wealth management team is still bad-mouthing Bitcoin and letting their high-net-worth clients continue to buy traditional bonds and other assets, various data show that in the new world opened by Bitcoin, there is an "all in" trend. , more and more people began to step into this "territory".
1. CoinDCX received a new financing of US$2.5 million after 2 months of Series A financing
On May 26, according to Lianwen News, CoinDCX, India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, received another US$2.5 million in new financing just two months after its A round of financing. This round of financing was led by Polychain Capital and participated by Coinbase Ventures.
According to CoinDCX, this is Coinbase Ventures’ “first investment in an Indian blockchain company.” Sumit Gupta, co-founder and CEO of CoinDCX, said the new funds will be used to promote the adoption of crypto technology in India, and said that it plans to launch a variety of new products for retail investors, including loans.
2. The German payment platform SatoshiPay received an investment of US$550,000 from the Stellar Development Foundation
On May 28, Lianwen News, Berlin-based payment platform SatoshiPay announced that it has received a financing of 550,000 US dollars from the Stellar Development Foundation. SatoshiPay said that this financing will be used to develop new products for cross-border B2B payments.
Founded in 2014, SatoshiPay has processed over 200,000 accounts and over 650,000 EUR transactions.
3. Swiss securities giant SIX Group invests $14 million in Omniex, which provides cryptocurrency investment tools for institutional investors
On May 28th, according to Forbes, SIX Group, the operator of Switzerland's largest stock exchange SIX, will lead a $14 million investment in Omniex, an enterprise infrastructure provider that provides investment tools for institutional investors. Omniex's Series A investors also included Jump Capital, Wicklow Capital and Sierra Capital.
Omniex was founded in August 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco. Primarily targeting institutional investors, the company provides it with a technology stack that connects clients to trading platforms such as Binance, BitMEX, Coinbase Pro, and more, making it easy for institutions to trade cryptocurrencies.
4. Floating Point Group, a provider of trading infrastructure, completed a $2 million seed round of financing
According to news on May 29, trading infrastructure provider Floating Point Group completed a $2 million seed round of financing led by Naval Ravikant, founder of MetaStable Capital, and investment agency AngelList. Other investors include BoxOne Ventures, Seabury Global Markets and Algorand CEO Steve Kokinos.
Floating Point Group originally originated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aiming to provide institutional investors with a one-stop trading service center for automatic trading under the premise of complying with US laws. Floating Point Group can provide applications for institutional traders The interface (API) enables traders to easily connect to different exchanges and platforms for trading.
5. Tim Draper's venture capital firm made equity investment in the public chain project CasperLabs
On May 29, according to Lianwen News, Draper Goren Holm, a venture capital firm owned by venture capitalist Tim Draper, announced a round of equity financing for the public chain project CasperLabs. The specific amount of this round of investment was not disclosed.
CasperLabs is building an open source blockchain platform based on the CBC Casper proof-of-stake mechanism. In April this year, an incentive testnet was launched. Node operators including HashQuark, SNZ Pool, and Stake.fish joined the CasperLabs testnet.
6. Fortmatic completed a $4 million seed round of financing led by Placeholder Ventures and announced a rebrand to Magic
On May 30, Lianwen News, San Francisco-based Ethereum startup Fortmatic completed a $4 million seed round led by Placeholder Ventures. Other investors include Lightspeed Ventures, SV Angel, Social Capital, AngelList founder Naval Ravikant wait.
Founded in 2018, Fortmatic is an Ethereum-based Web3 application wallet solution provider. The company recently changed its name to Magic, aiming to provide authentication technology services for Web 3 and Web 2 developers and users. The company stated that its wallet solution has been applied to several Ethereum applications including Uniswap, TokenSets, PoolTogether, etc.
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