This week, we look at:
The Bitcoin money supply being worth as much as the M1 of several countries
The Visa/Plaid deal DOJ anti-trust filing and the PayPal integration of Bitcoin
Understanding Central Bank Digital Currencies in the context of card networks, payment processors, and digital economies
Chinese CBDC and how it could relate to stopping the $34B Ant Financial IPO
How a CBDC ecosystem is like an operating system, rather than a payment rail
VC3 brings decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) to venture capital by using the power of a very selective crowd.
On Monday, BlockFi agreed to pay $100 million to settle SEC allegations; a couple of hours after the Super bowl ran with so many crypto ads, media began calling it the 'crypto bowl.'
Thursday afternoon, the Boston Federal Reserve and MIT Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) released Phase 1 of Project Hamilton.
Unreliability of blockchain networks and node downtime could restrict mass adoption of DeFi. Metrika could provide essential support.
