On 18 December 2023, Jamie Coutts, a freelance blockchain strategist and former crypto market analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, shared insights on social media platform X about the current state of the cryptocurrency market. Drawing a historical parallel, the analyst compared today’s crypto market to the U.S. stock market of the early 1900s, highlighting the unique opportunities it presents. Key Points […]

Introduction Fiona Murray, Managing Director of APAC at Ripple, has shared insightful predictions for the cryptocurrency landscape in 2024. Her projections, particularly focusing on the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, suggest a pivotal year ahead for institutional adoption and blockchain integration in financial services. Murray, currently serving as the Managing Director at Ripple since November 2023, has been a key figure in […]

The Onchain Paradigm: Reshaping the Internet’s Legacy Coinbase’s Co-Founder and CEO, Brian Armstrong, opened the Q3 2023 earnings call with a bold proclamation, asserting that ‘onchain’ is poised to become the new benchmark for online interaction, much like the Internet revolutionized communication and business decades ago. He argued that blockchain and cryptocurrencies are mirroring this disruption, emphasizing a shift back […]

Traditional Finance Enters the Blockchain Arena On 16 October 2023, Jamie Coutts, a crypto market analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, highlighted the increasing role of traditional finance (TradFi) in the expansion of real-world assets on public blockchains. According to Coutts, more traditional financial firms are expected to join this trend soon. The growth, although starting from a modest base, is showing […]

Earlier today, Ripple released a video (which is part of a series called “Crypto in One Minute”) featuring Brendan Berry, who is the the head of payments product management. Berry identifies three core concepts that need improvement in the payments sector: Cost, Speed, and Reliability. Berry contrasts the experience of making payments within a country to that of making payments […]

Financial giant Visa has proposed a method that allows users to pay blockchain gas fees using their Visa cards. Blockchain transactions, especially on platforms like Ethereum, require users to pay gas fees. These fees are essentially the cost of processing a transaction on the blockchain. Traditionally, these fees are paid using the native cryptocurrency of the platform, such as Ether […]

Worldcoin has published two security audit reports that cover areas like key encryption, vulnerabilities, and data privacy.  The three-month-long security audits were performed by audit firms Nethermind and Least Authority.  The audits revealed 29 issues, which were subsequently resolved by the blockchain protocol.  The audit reports were published just hours after France’s privacy watchdog launched a probe into Worldcoin.  Worldcoin, […]

In the ever-evolving world of Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Quidi has emerged as a trailblazer, pushing the boundaries of liquidity provision and trading. By introducing revolutionary cross-chain solutions, Quidi sets itself apart as a platform that enables seamless asset management across multiple blockchain networks. As DeFi continues to gain traction, the demand for efficient and secure liquidity provision becomes paramount. Quidi […]

According to a blog post published by Coinbase on 28 June 2023, the Canadian House of Commons Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU) recently released a comprehensive report exploring the potential of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency use cases in Canada. The report, which includes 16 recommendations, acknowledges the value and utility of blockchain technology, a move that has […]