In a twist worthy of a John Le Carré novel, what I and other environmentalists were led to believe was the villain, turns out to be the good guy

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Epic Games laid off 830 employees as it experiments with metaverse-style offerings
Less than a year after declaring bankruptcy, BlockFi’s bankruptcy plan was confirmed
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A government shutdown is looking more likely by the hour. Here’s what the impact on crypto could be, should Congress fail to come to an agreement

Key metrics

ETH/BTC Ratio

Ethereum Gas Price

DeFi TVL

Fear and Greed Index

Federal Reserve Balance Sheet

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Research

This analysis focuses on financial metrics for general-purpose L1 blockchains. In many ways, L1s should be viewed as an entirely new asset class more comparable to digital economies than traditional businesses. L1s are the core infrastructure enabling the creation of new-age businesses like onchain protocols.

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Bloomberg Intelligence analysts expect ether futures ETFs by VanEck, Bitwise and ProShares to launch as soon as Monday

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CommEX took over Binance’s operations in Russia this week after Binance left the country due to a mismatch with its compliance strategy

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Fireblocks said its goal is to expand its tokenization capabilities

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Liquidator Teneo in a statement said that Zhu had been arrested and charged

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To get back to our subculture roots, crypto needs to extricate itself from a poisonous dynamic: Our reliance on X

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The ‘internet of blockchains’ listed a series of next year’s priorities in a lengthy developer-focused document

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London

MON - WED, MARCH 18 - 20, 2024

Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit (DAS) will take place March 18-20, 2024 at The Hilton London Metropole. Why London? Momentum.  London has become one of the world’s hottest crypto hubs.  Innovation is thriving, new institutional investors are flocking in, and regulators like […]
This webinar will delve into the importance of scaling market infrastructure to achieve sustainable growth in the crypto industry. Key topics that will be discussed include the challenges and opportunities of building scalable infrastructure, and the crucial role it plays in […]
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Why L1 Blockchains are Valuable

Blockworks Research

This analysis focuses on financial metrics for general-purpose L1 blockchains. In many ways, L1s should be viewed as an entirely new asset class more comparable to digital economies than traditional businesses. L1s are the core infrastructure enabling the creation of new-age businesses like onchain protocols.
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Base: Signs of Early Success

Blockworks Research

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Blockworks Research

Pendle is the market leader in DeFi yield trading and could be poised for significant growth through domination in LST interest rate derivatives and RWA integrations.
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Gov Hub: September Update

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This past month had a flurry of highly important governance votes across the crypto landscape. We leverage GovHub, our powerful governance aggregator, to provide deep insights into the most important proposals in crypto.
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