Thursday, July 8, 2021

Future Finance - Issue #114: Circle Is SPAC'ing, $1b+ Was Spent Via Crypto-Linked Visa Cards In H1, And Apparently 'Compliance is a Journey'

Future Finance
Future Finance - Issue #114: Circle Is SPAC'ing, $1b+ Was Spent Via Crypto-Linked Visa Cards In H1, And Apparently 'Compliance is a Journey'
By Alan Tsen • Issue #114 • View online
Welcome to another issue of Future Finance, your weekly off-chain newsletter about the world of on-chain finance.
And always, there's no shortage of news from the industry. So grab a coffee (or beer), and let's get into this week's news from the world of open and decentralised finance.
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📰 News This Week
Circle is going public in a deal that values the crypto financial services firm at $4.5 billion, it said Thursday.
www.coindesk.com  •  Share
Source: Circle Investor Presentation
Source: Circle Investor Presentation
It's that time of year again: announcing the Annual Crystal Ball. Similar to last year's Crystal Ball and the 2019 Crystal Ball, we asked some friends to do a little armchair fortune telling for the new year. Considering what we've already seen in industry trends and patterns, here's a compilation of what some of us expect in 2021.
1729.com  •  Share
As DeFi continues crafting infrastructure for things of intrinsic value on an open-source web, like NFTs, our global economy will soon be entirely digitized.
cointelegraph.com  •  Share
Bullish news continues to circulate as ETH price keeps dropping. Are we merely in an accumulation phase, or has the bear market started, and we're all in denial?
thedefiant.io  •  Share
Source: Dapp.com
Source: Dapp.com
Payments giant Visa has revealed that over a billion dollars was spent using its crypto-linked cards during the first half of 2021.
decrypt.co  •  Share
We are thrilled to announce that Alchemy, one of the most powerful and highly reliable blockchain developer platforms, is launching on Polygon. Alchemy is a blockchain development platform focused…
blog.polygon.technology  •  Share
While crypto exchanges have demystified some of the largest cryptocurrencies for retail investors, many of the intricacies of decentralized finance are still lost on even more savvy investors as a result of DeFi's weave of diverse offerings.
techcrunch.com  •  Share
Binance faces scrutiny from regulators in the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada and the United States.
cointelegraph.com  •  Share
Crypto services company BlockFi is offering clients up to 2% back in bitcoin on every purchase they make through a new rewards Visa credit card.
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Following Bitcoin's rough quarter, Tesla could face an impairment charge on its balance sheet that could cost the company up to $100 million.
decrypt.co  •  Share
🎧 Podcasts Of The Week
Arweave - Store Data Forever With a New Type of Storage That Backs Data with Perpetual Endowments
Arweave - Store Data Forever With a New Type of Storage That Backs Data with Perpetual Endowments
Kevin chats with Sam Williams, Founder of Arweave. Arweave is a new type of storage that backs data with sustainable and perpetual endowments, allowing users and developers to truly store data forever – for the very first time.
Due to the holiday, show notes coming soon.
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Fintechs Are Hungry For DeFi Yields, Says Compound's Robert Leshner
Fintechs Are Hungry For DeFi Yields, Says Compound's Robert Leshner
It's no secret that investors find themselves in a low-yield environment. And that backdrop is forcing investors to explore DeFi. That's part of the logic behind the recently announced Compound Treasury, a new company that allows investors and firms to access the yields on Compound without engaging directly with the blockchain.
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