Bitcoin 2022 Recap & Highlights

The Metaverse: Coming Soon To A Child Near You

If you’re like us, you are both excited and worried about the metaverse.

Exploring Real World Crypto Use Cases

By using tokens to incentivize builders, we may be able to create large-scale infrastructure projects without the need for large conglomerates. Here are a few companies making it happen…

How Blockchain.com’s New $14 Billion Valuation Stacks Up Against the Competition

While exchanges like Coinbase, FTX, and Binance seem to get a consistent amount of press, investors shouldn’t be sleeping on Blockchain.com

Kraken Exchange & BitPay Integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

Two long-established major players in the crypto space, Kraken (exchange) and BitPay (payment processor), just implemented Bitcoin’s favorite side-chain, also known as the Lightning Network.

Goldman Sachs, Galaxy Digital Announce Milestone OTC Crypto Trade

The Wall Street giant bought an OTC Bitcoin non-deliverable option (NDO) from Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital (GLXY). While an OTC Bitcoin NDO sounds complicated, it essentially means Goldman Sachs bought a contract betting on the future price of Bitcoin – rather than actually buying the digital asset itself.

Ronin Network Hacked For More than $600 Million

Ronin Network was hacked for for ~$624 million, thus becoming the largest DeFi protocol hack in history and toppling Poly Network’s record hack of $611 million.

Exxon Subtly Endorses Bitcoin While Climate Activist Launch New Campaign

The company has partnered with Crusoe Energy Systems to convert the gas into power mobile generators used for mining operations on-site.

Stablecoins Shine as Safe Haven Crypto Assets

In recent months, BTC hasn’t acted as a safe haven asset at all, having tracked more closely with risk-on assets, like tech and growth stocks. This could evolve with BTC decoupling from traditional markets and maturing into a safe-haven asset, but for now, a different crypto asset is fulfilling that role: stablecoins.

After Walt Disney, Robert Iger Heads to the Metaverse

This is just another suit and tie getting exposure to the metaverse trend, right? Yes. But there’s a bigger story here…

Planet of The Bored Apes

For those not interested in the NFT space, this may seem like a nothing-burger, but the truth is we may look back at this as a pivotal moment in the history of NFTs.

State Street Partners With Copper For Crypto Offerings

The Boston-based bank expects to have the infrastructure available to its institutional clients by the end of this year, representing just one part of the firm’s expansion into crypto that included launching a dedicated digital division in June.