Blockchain This Week – Silvergate Collapse, SVB Contagion, BIS’ New CBDC Report, Hedera, Getty NFTs

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Blockchain This Week – Altair Upgrade, eNaira Launch, Million Dollar Grants, Mastercard Offers Crypto, MOBI Trusted Trip, DBS Joins Hedera

It has been 75 weeks since I started penning this newsletter!! This 75th edition covers Ethereum’s Altair upgrade, eNaira launch, Mastercard’s efforts to bring crypto to the mainstream, MOBI’s new standards, DBS Bank’s new venture in the DLT space, and more.

Blockchain This Week – Bitcoin is Now a National Currency, Mastercard Bets Big on Crypto, FTX NFT, Green PoS Network

This week, for the first time in history, Bitcoin became a national currency, with El Salvador becoming the first country to make Bitcoin a legal tender. Mastercard plans to buy crypto transaction tracing firm, CipherTrace. A study by UCL attempts to find out the greenest PoS DLT network. FTX launches an NFT platform shooting the price of Solana’s token. These and many more are in this week’s newsletter.

Blockchain This Week – CBDC, Ethereum in Space, Mining Council, Polygon, Carbon Neutrality

This week too, a lot of initiatives surfaced that focuses on making crypto greener. Meanwhile, several countries are advancing their CBDC plans. These and many more in this week’s newsletter.

Blockchain This Week – Coinbase Goes Public, Turkey Bans Crypto

Coinbase’s listing on Nasdaq, Ethereum network forks, Turkey bans crypto – These and many more in this week’s newsletter.

Blockchain This Week – Liquidations, Settlements, Donations, and Alliances

This week’s newsletter features salient information about how crypto price drop has affected the markets, a multi-million dollar settlements and donations, new alliances formed, and a protracted NFT boom.

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Blockchain This Week – Mainstream Bitcoin Investments and Crypto Naysayers

It was yet another exceptional week for Blockchain and crypto, especially Bitcoin. Amid several positive adoption stories, there are also a few negatives, with some countries plan to impose a crypto ban. These and many more in this week’s newsletter.