What’s Coming Up?
The rise of middle-class content creators and the renaissance of micro-economies.
Fabio Panetta shares his inflation outlook and explains why Europe needs a digital euro.
Brian Amstrong uncovers the status of decentralisation within a centralised world.
The Rise of Micro-Economies
@Coopahtroopa and Kinjal Shah make a case for a creator middle class, showing how it captures value and why crypto primitives set the stage for the renaissance of micro-economies.
‘While Web2 is passive, Web3 makes it active, thus turning communities into functioning micro-economies’.
State of Blockchain Funding - Q1 2021
Joel John has written state of funding reports since the bear market of 2018 to guide founders and investors. Nothing prepared him for the madness that was Q1 2021. He lays down his case with the help of ten charts and a broad macro-economic context below.
‘If past trends hold, I believe 2021 could be the best year for blockchain venture financing so far’.
Governance in Decentralized IoT Marketplaces
Philipp Sandner and Marcel Kaiser analyse which governance requirements must be met to implement blockchain solutions in a consortium - especially emphasising decentralised IoT governance. The analysis is based on the three governance's pillars: decision rights, accountability, and incentives.
Top Headlines 💥
🎁 Beijing to give away over $6 million in latest digital yuan test
🔋 Turkey's Central Bank Weighs In on Bitcoin Energy Concerns as Regulation Looms
🏋️ UK Bank Starling Will Lift Crypto Ban on June 23
📲 Coinbase Adds Apple Pay to Crypto Debit Card
👩⚖️ Thailand’s SEC Wants To Regulate DeFi
🏦 Singapore Bank DBS Issues $11.3 Million in Blockchain Bonds
Tweets of the Month 🐦
🗞️ European Ecosystem News
Interview with Fabio Panetta
Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, shares his assessment of the current situation in the Euro area. He talks about the inflation outlook in Europe and answers the over-asked question ‘Why does Europe need a digital euro?’
The international role of the euro, June 2021
The ECB’s 20th annual review of the international role of the euro presents an overview of developments of the use of the Euro by non-Euro area residents.
While this period was characterised by the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented contraction in global economic activity, and exceptional global policy support, these developments didn't significantly change the Euro's international role.
Latest Article from dGen
Cooperatives offer to users and workers decentralisation of power. Now, with blockchain technology to provide the technical infrastructure, Joshua Davila discusses the new potential solutions towards better-decentralised business models.
How far do you think we are from seeing an attempt at synthesising the blockchain with the user decentralisation of cooperatives?
Potentially not too far off.
🎥 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on Cryptocurrency and the Future of Decentralization
Garry Tan, Venture Capitalist and Founder at Initialized Capital, talks to Co-Founder and CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong. Armstrong started his crypto exchange project back in 2012. Today it’s the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, and just went public at a nearly $100B market cap.
Beyond Bitcoin and Coinbase, Armstrong sits down with Tan to explain the importance of democratising information and money, and how blockchain will change science and research. Finally, he reveals the status of decentralisation in a centralised world.
Top Research 📚
Exploring central bank digital currencies
A new joint paper from SWIFT and Accenture looks at the opportunities and challenges of central bank digital currencies for international payments. The paper also sets out practical requirements for adopting digital currencies at scale and outlines how SWIFT can support the financial community as new solutions are developed.
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