Blockchain This Week – Crypto’s House of Cards, Nat Geo NFTs, FTX Reboot?

Genesis Joins the Long List of Crypto Failures Genesis Global Holdco LLC, the parent company of crypto lender Genesis, and…

Blockchain This Week – World Bank Backs Carbon Fund, $300M Web3 Fund, Layoffs, Canceled Mergers, Regulatory Nods

Image Source: Photo by Monstera World Bank Backs Carbon Credits Fund The World Bank’s International Financial Corporation (IFC) is collaborating…

How Web 2 and 3 Technologies Together Benefit GRC?

This Post is Also Published on Medium Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance, or GRC, is a loaded word that is…

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What Is an Automated Market Maker?

Liquidity is vital for the success of any trading platform. Does Automated Market Maker provide the necessary liquidity for a DeFi exchange?

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Blockchain in the Carbon Credit Markets

Blockchain could help build the digital infrastructure underpinning the carbon credit markets, adding transparency, liquidity, and standards.

Blockchain IoT – Making Them Work Together

Blockchain has the potential to convert Internet of Things into Internet of Trusted Things. But some challenges need to be addressed for Blockchain IoT to work. This post explores these concerns.

DeFi and CeFi: What Is the Difference?

This latest post in the series explores the salient differences between much contemplated DeFi and CeFi ecosystems.

How Blockchain Adds Value to REC Market?

Renewable Energy Certificate(REC) enables measuring the amount of renewable energy generated. The article will focus on how the REC market could benefit from Blockchain.

Blockchain This Week – Growing Mainstream Adoption, Green Initiatives, Blockchain Education

Knocking on your doors a little early today. This week, the newsletter covers several significant initiatives that mainstream firms are taking to adopt crypto. Alongside, there are many green, eco-friendly projects that were in the news. All these and many more are in this week’s newsletter.

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A Symbiotic Bitcoin Mining and Renewables Relationship?

Bitcoin mining is often regarded a vital contributor to carbon emissions. How to make mining greener and build mutually beneficial relation with renewables?

Blockchain This Week – Everyone Wants to Sell You NFTs, El Salvador Bitcoin Drama, Twitter’s Tip Jar

NFTs, NFTs, and more NFTs – NFTs dominated this week. But, there were other significant happenings as well. Several altcoins soar high. Many countries doubled down on CBDCs. Twitter might allow you to tip the content you like in Bitcoin. These and many more are in this week’s newsletter.

How Blockchain and Other Technologies End Poverty?

This post explores the causes of poverty and how technologies such as Blockchain can help achieve SDG Goal 1.

Blockchain This Week – CBDC Experiments, Binance Woes, Crypto Partnerships, NFT Auctions

Several countries are experimenting with CBDC. Many sports clubs are partnering with crypto firms. Meanwhile, films and sports moments are becoming NFTs. Farmers are earning more for their produce using Blockchain. These and many more in this week’s newsletter.

NFT – Taking a Balanced Approach

NFT or Non-Fungible Tokens are in the news almost every single day in the past couple of months. From 69 million dollars digital artwork to 2.5 million dollar tweets, everything under the sun seems to be ensnared by the lure of tokenization. Why is there such a sudden interest? What happens when the dust around NFT settles down? How to ensure our now expensive tokens remain priceless forever?

Blockchain This Week – NFT Craze, Green Blockchain, Continued Mainstream Adoption

This week’s newsletter covers a wide range of topics – increased interest in NFTs, growing investment in Blockchain for sustainable economy use cases, among others.

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Creating Sustainable Carbon Economy With Blockchain

Global warming has become a dire threat to climate in past decade. This article explores how Blockchain helps with the decarbonization goal.

US Banks To Run Blockchain Network, Issue Stablecoins

The OCC has issued a letter that further pushes the US banks in the direction of crypto. What does the OCC letter means to Blockchain? What is the impact on stablecoins and the broader crypto space?

Ethereum 2.0 – What’s the Hype?

After years in the making, finally, the much anticipated Ethereum 2.0 is here. On Dec 1, 2020, at noon UTC,…

Building Sustainable Circular Economy With Blockchain

Today, several businesses and individuals are shifting to the circular economy. Blockchain technology can drive adoption of such sustainable practices.

Blockchain This Week – Bitcoin at 16K, An Unintended Ethereum Fork

This week’s newsletter is the 25th one in the weekly newsletter series. And what a week it has been. Bitcoin soars to US $16,000. Interest for staking in Ethereum 2.0 is gaining momentum. A mysterious fork in the Ethereum Blockchain raises alarms. These and many more in this week’s Blockchain This Week.

Can CBDC Drive Financial Inclusion?

There are still 1.7 billion unbanked in the world. What are the reasons behind such a significant number of unbanked? Can CBDC drive their financial inclusion?

Influencing Traditional Voting With Blockchain

This post illustrates how we can leverage Blockchain in every stage of the election process while upholding the election integrity.

How Blockchain Can Revolutionize Micropayments?

Micropayments, as the name suggests, are transactions involving small amounts of money usually done electronically. Micropayments are an integral part of today’s subscription services and in-app payments. However, many factors, technological and economical, have hindered its widespread adoption. But, the dawn of Blockchain technology and the growing adoption of crypto and digital currencies have solved many of the longstanding issues with micropayments, leading to its increased acceptance.