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5/31/2023
12 : 16
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 22,25/05/2023 - 31/05/2023)
Ethereum surpasses US$40B in deposit contract balance. New token standard BRC-721E bridges Ethereum NFTs to the Bitcoin blockchain. Tether invests in sustainable Bitcoin mining in Uruguay.
5/29/2023
12 : 4
Market Pulse by the Crypto.com Research & Insights Team (Week 22, 23/05/2023 – 29/05/2023)
Crypto being used to send money faster, according to Federal Reserve report. Beijing released a whitepaper to advance Web3 industry. Hong Kong to allow retail investors to trade crypto.
5/26/2023
12 : 4
Weekly NFT & GameFi Update (Week 21, 20/05/2023 - 26/05/2023)
Cronos Labs to launch Seoul Web 3.0 Festival 2023. Bitcoin becomes the second-most popular NFT blockchain. Brave browser introduces NFT-gated video calls.
5/24/2023
12 : 4
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 21,18/05/2023 - 24/05/2023)
Crypto.com introduces an enhanced Pay experience in DeFi Wallet. Cronos Labs partners with Seoul for the Seoul Web 3.0 Festival 2023 #SWF2023. Uniswap V3 to launch on Polkadot via Moonbeam Parachain.
5/22/2023
12 : 17
Market Pulse by the Crypto.com Research & Insights Team (Week 21, 16/05/2023 – 22/05/2023)
Trading volume of meme coins surges. Visa experiments with smart contracts on #Ethereum Goerli testnet. Tether plans to use profits to buy $BTC for stablecoin reserves.
5/19/2023
12 : 4
Weekly NFT & GameFi Update (Week 20, 13/05/2023 - 19/05/2023)
Pepe-themed 'Bitcoin Frogs' NFTs gain popularity amid Ordinals hype. Epic Games and LEGO Group collaborate to build metaverse. Ubisoft is creating an NFT collection for Assassin's Creed.
5/17/2023
12 : 15
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 20,11/05/2023 - 17/05/2023)
ETH's Beacon chain experienced two finality issues within 24 hours. Circle rebalanced its Treasury holdings, citing US debt default risk. Optimism's latest major upgrade, Bedrock, is set for 6
5/15/2023
12 : 24
Market Pulse by the Crypto.com Research & Insights Team (Week 20, 09/05/2023 – 15/05/2023)
US inflation indicator CPI rose 4.9% YoY in April. Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and more are developing a blockchain called Canton. New survey finds 26% of family offices are invested in crypto.
5/12/2023
12 : 4
Weekly NFT & GameFi Update (Week 19, 05/05/2023 - 12/05/2023)
Elon Musk tweets meme from 'Milady' NFT collection. The market cap of BRC-20 Bitcoin tokens surpassed US$1 billion. The government of Turkey launches a virtual office in the metaverse.
5/12/2023
7 : 30
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 19,04/05/2023 - 10/05/2023)
Bitcoin transaction fees surpass block subsidy for miners. MakerDAO launches Spark Protocol, a DeFi lending solution for $DAI users. SushiSwap rolls out v3 liquidity pools across 13 networks.
5/8/2023
12 : 14
Market Pulse by the Crypto.com Research & Insights Team (Week 19, 03/05/2023 – 08/05/2023)
Crypto.com launches artificial intelligence chatbot, Amy. US Federal Reserve raises rates by 25 bps. Kingdom of Bhutan is running $BTC mining operations.
5/5/2023
12 : 4
Weekly NFT & GameFi Update (Week 18, 29/04/2023 - 05/05/2023)
Auction house Sotheby's launches secondary NFT marketplace. Blur launches NFT lending protocol, Blend. Sports Illustrated launches NFT ticketing platform on Polygon.
5/3/2023
12 : 6
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 18, 27/04/2023 - 03/05/2023)
Cronos Labs partners with AWS for its AWS Activate programme. Bitcoin's transaction volume hits all-time high thanks to Ordinals. Circle launches USDC transfer protocol for Ethereum and Avalanche.
5/2/2023
12 : 4
Market Pulse by the Crypto.com Research & Insights Team (Week 18, 25/04/2023 – 02/05/2023)
Crypto.com and Samsung enhance Crypto.com App for Galaxy Z Fold. Cronos Labs collaborates with AWS to support Web3 startups. Franklin Templeton launches money market fund on Polygon.
4/28/2023
12 : 14
Weekly NFT & GameFi Update (Week 17, 22/04/2023 - 28/04/2023)
Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs wins landmark victory over copycat project. Musicians Steve Aoki and 3LAU announce track inspired by CryptoPunks. Romania launches national NFT marketplace.
4/26/2023
12 : 26
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 17, 20/04/2023 - 26/04/2023)
Third round of Ethereum withdrawals almost meets the deposits amount. Aptos introduces Delegated Staking. 1inch deploys protocols on Ethereum rollup zkSync Era.
4/24/2023
12 : 15
Market Pulse by the Crypto.com Research & Insights Team (Week 17, 18/04/2022 – 24/04/2023)
EU lawmakers approve the Markets in Crypto Act (MiCA). Societe Generale introduces Euro-pegged stablecoin EURCV. TransUnion will provide credit scoring to blockchain dApps.
4/21/2023
12 : 14
Weekly NFT & GameFi Update (Week 16, 15/04/2023 - 21/04/2023)
Sotheby's is auctioning rare NFTs from 3AC's collection. Starbucks is dropping its 'First Store' NFT collection. Square Enix partners with games distribution platform Elixir.
4/19/2023
12 : 4
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 16, 13/03/2023 - 19/04/2023)
Ethereum's Shapella upgrade goes live. Uniswap community approves proposal to launch on Polygon's zkEVM. Arbitrum proposal to return 700M ARB tokens fails.
4/19/2023
7 : 25
Weekly Update - DeFi and Layer 1 & Layer 2 News (Week 15, 07/03/2023 - 12/04/2023)
Solana on-chain staking is now supported on Crypto.com. Tether blacklists validator address that drained US$25M from MEV bots. Ava Labs launches Evergreen subnets.