The pandemic accelerates the shift toward blockchain and the creator economy
    06 Mar 2022
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    The global pandemic changed everything for creators: The stay-at-home orders accelerated the shift toward blockchain and Web3 advancement, writes Doug Petkanics, a co-founder at Livepeer, where the team is building a decentralized live video broadcast platform to enable the next generation of video streaming. After two years and many COVID-19 restrictions finally subsiding, the world…

    Making sense of the UAE crypto goldrush
    01 Mar 2022
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    Keith J. Fernandez writes on Gulf News Focus about understanding the risks and rewards of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies have made millionaires of ordinary people. But even as investors flock to digital tokens in record numbers, so too has there been a corresponding rise in crypto scams and thefts. There were 116,139 addresses belonging to declared Bitcoin…

    Three things are driving the latest crypto pullback
    24 Feb 2022
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    Bitcoin (BTC) and other major cryptocurrencies have tracked the volatility and broader market declines seen so far in 2022. But the pressure could be short-lived, according to at least one pundit, with a handful of temporary factors driving the latest pullback for digital currencies. “It always is uncomfortable when the market goes down, but I…

    The industry needs dynamic NFTs, Vivid Labs CEO says
    22 Feb 2022
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    Halsey Minor, CEO of the NFT publishing platform provider Vivid Labs, says that NFTs, however multimedia-rich they may be, “can be more valuable if connected to real-world products.” The industry will need to have dynamic NFTs, he claimed. In an interview with Cointelegraph, he noted a distinction between NFT creators that “sell media” like a…

    Can crypto-assets be a threat to financial stability?
    20 Feb 2022
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    In a recent interesting report, the Financial Stability Board argues that cryptocurrency markets are evolving at a rate that could pose a threat to global financial stability, writes Nikolaos Akkizidis from LegacyFX. The three main reasons for this assessment are: Their scale. Their structural vulnerabilities. The increasing interconnectedness with the traditional financial system. Also, the…

    PwC report: Crypto M&A surged 4,846% in 2021, average deal size tripled
    13 Feb 2022
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    According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report, the total value of crypto-related mergers and acquisitions (M&A) rose to $55 billion in 2021 versus $1.1 billion a year earlier. The average deal size has more than tripled since 2020 to $179.7 million, while the total value of crypto fundraising deals climbed by 645%. The US led in…