This news of the bank’s new digital currency for cross-border payments has been reported in many places. I’m choosing this American Banker article partly because it’s finance-industry appropriate, but mostly because it quotes our very own subscriber Nelson Rosario a bunch of times. | learn more
Understanding Web 3 – a user controlled internet.
Coinbase’s blog breaks down the layers of the new stack for the web in enough detail to be technical and yet understandable to us commoners. It gets pretty nerdy, so only click through if you’re really into this. | learn more
Digital asset industry map.
From Vision Hill Research (I’m not familiar with this group, but the product looks good): “We summarized our results in this info-graphic as the State of the Digital Asset Industry — 2019.” |learn more
Layer1 raises money from Peter Thiel and Digital Currency Group.
Fundraising in the space isn’t the interesting part here. Instead, that caught my eye is that Layer1 uses the approach of capital PLUS other support. This reminds me of Multicoin Capital’s writing on the topic. |learn more
Bitcoin is no longer the money-laundering currency of choice
Now, it’s the in-game digital currency of Fortnite called V-Bucks. | learn more
TwoBitIdiot releases his crypto theses for 2019.
Last year a strange person called TwoBitIdiot released his 95 Crypto These for 2018, landing him on my radar. Ryan Selkis is his real name, and he’s established himself as a thought leader in the crypto space. | learn more
Curated list of crypto project trackers and analytics dashboards.
Check this link out for cool dashboards that summarize activity on blockchains, dApps, and exchanges – and of course cryptokitties. | learn more
Almost $500k of Ethereum Classic stolen by forking its blockchain
The news is interesting, and what’s maybe even more interesting is that the price of the cryptocurrency hasn’t collapsed since. “The heist was the result of carrying out what’s known as a rollback attack, which allowed the attackers to reorganize the Ethereum Classic blockchain…” | learn more
Arjun Balaji’s crypto theses for 2019.
This is an interesting and thoughtful read. It is also very long, so carve out some time before committing to it. I did have to start skimming toward the end. | learn more
A data-driven look at dApp adoption in 2018.
“While most mainstream headlines have focused on the price crash, most people in the space are well aware that loads of interesting products are currently being built out. … In this post, we’ll explore data … for a handful of high profile Ethereum projects. What did dApp usage in 2018 really look like?” | learn more