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Checking in on 20 Crypto Personalities Predictions for 2021

Last December, Soona Amhaz, founder of Volt Capital, compiled a great list of predictions by some of the crypto industry’s most prominent personalities about what would go down in 2021. Similar to last month’s review of Messari’s Crypto Theses for the year. We’ll be using the Red, Amber, Green framework […]

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Checking in on 23 of Messari’s Crypto Theses for 2021

I look forward to reading Ryan Selkis‘s, founder of Messari, Crypto Theses report every year. Now that we are a few months into 2021. I thought I’d take a look back at his predictions to see how they are playing out using the Red, Amber, Green framework. Green – On […]

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How to Invest in Debt, Equity, and Commodities in One Investment

23 Takeaways ETH 2.0: The Next Evolution of the Cryptoeconomy Wilson Withiam and Ryan Watkins assembled a comprehensive overview of the path from ETH 1.x to ETH 2.0 in their research report ETH 2.0: The Next Evolution of the Cryptoeconomy. Outlining in detail the phases and development milestones required to make […]

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Notes – Bitcoin A Novel Economic Institution and Bitcoin as An Investment

Bitcoin: A Novel Economic Institution By Yassine Elmandjra P. 5 financial systems founded on a trust-based model fail to provide predictable economic assurances. If one transaction can be censored and controlled, can’t all transactions be censored and controlled? Can’t the powers-that-be deprive participants of the ability to exchange value globally […]

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Notes – Impending arrival: A Sequel to the Survey on Central Bank Digital Currencies

https://www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap107.pdf p. 1 – Our survey shows that central banks are undertaking extensive work on central bank digital currencies. Globally, emerging market economies are moving from conceptual research to intensive practical development, driven by stronger motivations than those of advanced economy central banks. Central banks representing a fifth of the […]

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Factom: Building an Immutable Audit Trail

Question Is, Does Anyone Actually Need This? Summary Interesting project with challenges identifying protocol market fit and opaqueness on were company ends and project begins. Resulting in a token score of 28 out of 50. Check out the Audit Full Report in PDF Overview of the Crypto Jungle methodology used to conduct […]

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7 Lessons Learned From the Bitcoin Standard

Understanding Bitcoin’s Potential Impact on the World’s Monetary Systems The premise of the Bitcoin Standard is bitcoin will replace central banks as the foundation of the World’s monetary system because of its limited supply, portability, and security. Even if you don’t agree with this premise. Many lessons are there to […]

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Notes – The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

By Saifedean Ammous Yellow highlight | Location: 416 Bitcoin can be best understood as distributed software that allows for transfer of value using a currency protected from unexpected inflation without relying on trusted third parties. In other words, Bitcoin automates the functions of a modern central bank and makes them […]

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