Erik Voorhees tips $40K BTC by June, but little consensus among pundits
    03 Jan 2023
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    ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees expects Bitcoin to reach $40,000 by the summer, while Tim Draper has stood by his $250,000 prediction for the second year running. There is little agreement among Bitcoin’s commentators over the last few weeks, with crypto execs, research analysts and billionaire investors offering wildly different takes on what’s in store for…

    Crypto technology will shift toward ‘steadier hands’ in 2023: Circle CSO
    03 Jan 2023
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    Turmoil in the crypto sector in 2022 will see the tech change hands to “more regulated and established institutions,” says Circle’s chief strategy officer. Circle’s chief strategy officer and head of global policy, Dante Disparte, believes that the turmoil in the crypto sector over the last year could mark the handover of crypto technology to…

    10 predictions for crypto in 2023
    02 Jan 2023
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    Expect blockchain adoption to increase in the year ahead, in addition to the culture wars surrounding it – predicts Mahesh Vellanki on Cointelegraph. This year has been a particularly tumultuous one for the crypto market, with many decentralized and centralized entities failing or struggling to stay afloat. It feels as though we are in the…

    Crypto is down bad, but VCs keep pouring money in
    26 Dec 2022
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    After the collapse of FTX, Web3 VCs say they believe in decentralized tech as much as ever. What the hell else can they say? – Ben Munster writes on Decrypt. Given the contagion and chaos we have witnessed since Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX had a sudden multibillion-dollar coronary, you may be tempted to conclude…

    ZK rollups bring Ethereum’s decentralized vision into focus
    25 Dec 2022
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    Polygon founder Mihailo Bjelic makes the case for zero knowledge technology. In 2015, the Ethereum protocol proposed a vision for a decentralized world computer capable of rearchitecting a free and open internet – removed from the whims and constraints of centralized entities. While Ethereum has become the foundation for Web3 as we know it, its…

    Stablecoin on-chain settlement may surpass Visa next year
    23 Dec 2022
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    Amid a massive downturn in the crypto market, stablecoin usage and adoption are still increasing. Stablecoin settlement reached $8 trillion in 2022, rivaling Visa with $12 trillion. According to CoinMetrics, the total value settled by them in 2021 was just over $6 trillion. In 2022, the value settled could top $8 trillion. Peter Johnson, co-head…