The 28th edition of our curated newsletter. In today’s newsletter we look at:
When Culture Meets Commerce Visa Buys a CryptoPunk Visa has enlarged its artifact collection by buying a CryptoPunk 7610 for roughly $150,000. The decision was less about the individual punk but more about CryptoPunks in general, given that it is a historical NFT project.
SEC’s Doubling Down on an Effort Crypto’s ‘DeFi’ Projects Aren’t Immune to Regulation According to The Wall Street Journal, SEC’s longtime policymaker and former Goldman Sachs banker Gary Gensler has been on the DeFi case for a while. Considering working out some proper regulations, Mr Gensler promised a vigorous attack on fraud and misconduct in the market.
Besides, he will ask Congress to help legislate a solution to fill regulatory gaps, such as cases in which some digital assets don’t fall into an existing regulatory framework. The term DeFi is “a bit of a misnomer,” Mr Gensler said. ”These platforms facilitate something that might be decentralized in some aspects but highly centralized in other aspects.”
Mercuryo Co-Founder’s Piece DAOs in Web 3.0 Opinions and curated pieces by Mercuryo Co-Founder Greg Waisman – Follow on Twitter
A Story of One Vulnerability Two Rights Might Make A Wrong You would think that if every part of the system is safe, then the whole system is also secure. It might be true in some cases, but not in software development. The DeFi space is a perfect example of why such beliefs are not solid.
Non-Fungible Immensity How Large is the Market for NFTs? Estimating the size of the NFT market is no easy task. The thing is, NFTs are not just funky-looking collectibles, but a whole myriad of assets that can represent ownership of bonds and real estate, art, in-game items, music, and even insurance and liquidity.
Meet The Rarible Protocol An Open-Source, Cross-Chain Tool For NFT Innovation The Rarible Protocol is a set of smart contracts that work with various blockchains and an open-source indexer. Projects can use it to build apps, while smart contract developers can design features in the protocol that benefit an entire ecosystem of projects.
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