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DeFi
What Are VASPs and Should We Be Worried About Them?
You see, if you thought that just because you’re “decentralized” the regulators can’t touch you, well you might have to think again. There’s new guidance and the implications are startling. A big conversation about a big topic with Joseph Weinberg of Shyft Network

NFTs & Web3
Nifty’s Wants to Bring Social Media to NFTs
The NFT boom has yet a new twist: social media. Nifty’s, which is led by NBA’s former SVP of new media Jeff Marsilio, is creating an NFT-focused social media platform. Members will be able to create, collect, and display all sorts of NFTs under one community. Nifty’s recently closed pre-seed round secured support from Mark…

Markets
ETH Fundamentals Improve Despite Correction
As prices retrace across the board in crypto, it is helpful to analyze fundamentals and assess to what extent have prices and fundamentals changed. Leveraging key on-chain indicators from IntoTheBlock, it is evident that Ethereum’s demand and store of value proposition continue to grow, unaffected by the recent price volatility. Ethereum’s fees have been notoriously…

DeFi
Record Bitcoin Options Expiring Putting Presssure on Price
The highest amount of Bitcoin options ever is set to expire this Friday, which might put some temporary selling pressure on the largest cryptocurrency. $5.5B in options contracts come due tomorrow, according to derivatives data platform Bybt. Options are investment contracts which give traders the right but not the obligation to sell or buy a…

Research & Opinion
The Betrayal of Cashing Out
After a New Yorker profile on Beeple revealed that the NFT-megastar converted $53M worth of ETH into USD from the sale of his record-breaking “Everydays: The First 5000 Days,” some members of the crypto community seemed to feel betrayed. Betrayal “Beeple rugged us like a 2017 ICO scam,” said EthHub co-founder Anthony Sassano in a…

DeFi
Alpha Finance Lab Launching ALPHA Tokenomics
Alpha Finance Lab will be launching its ALPHA tokenomics system “in the coming days,” allowing token holders to earn fees from staking across all of ALPHA’s products, including Alpha Homora on Ethereum, Alpha Homora on Binance Smart Chain, and Alpha Homora v2. Token stakers will gain access to features on Alpha products with the goal…

DeFi
Curve Finance Fork Ellipsis Launches on BSC
Ellipsis Finance, an authorized fork of Curve Finance, launched yesterday on Binance Smart Chain (BSC).The protocol is an exchange for stablecoins and its launch doc promises traders “very low slippage and minimal fees.” As the protocol is an “authorized fork,” holders of veCRV, Curve’s governance token which earns trading fees and liquidity provider rewards, will…

DeFi
DeFi Has a First World Problem: Too Few Developing Nations’ Users
It’s become a consensus view that the use case for cryptocurrencies becomes stronger in emerging economies, which are more often plagued with authoritarian regimes and devaluing currencies than developed nations. If that’s the case, then DeFi builders aren’t reaching the audience that needs them most. Developing nations made up only 10% of the biggest DeFi…

Education
How to Earn Fixed Interest (20%) on UST Using Anchor Protocol
Anchor protocol aims to deliver a fixed rate of 20% APY on your deposits. A huge improvement over traditional savings accounts in trad fi. As always, please exercise caution and common sense. This is NOT financial advice.

DeFi
Uniswap V3 Drop Features L2 Move and 4,000x Gain in Capital Efficiency
Uniswap has mapped out what is perhaps the most anticipated DeFi product launch of the year with its post introducing its version three (V3) iteration. The team confirmed what many hoped: following a targeted May 5th launch, a deployment to Optimism’s Layer 2 scaling solutionis “set to follow shortly after.” As Uniswap trades currently cost…





