This Week in Blockchain

This Week in Blockchain on 16th August 2021


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Welcome to this week's episode of This Week in Blockchain!

Each week Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, provides a rundown of events that took place in the blockchain industry during the past week. 
We cover #crypto​, #enterprise​, #DeFI​ and #NFTs​.

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Links to items discussed:

  • Circle's bank plans
  • AMC to Accept Bitcoin
  • ETH 2.0 contract deposits hit a record $20.7B 
  • $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
  • Poly Network $600.3M Hack 
  • Poly Network Hacker AMA
  • Venmo's Crypto Credit Card Rewards 
  • Ethereum network burns $100M of ETH
  • Messi receives crypto fan tokens
  • Crypto & blockchain investments: KPMG
  • BBVA to join Trusple 
  • Helium Raises $111M
  • Testnet gives Cardano its first ever smart contracts 
  • 'Wormhole' protocol goes live
  • Uniswap $1B in fees for liquidity providers 
  • Axie Infinity $1B in Sales 
  • EtherRock Selling for $100,000+ 
  • OpenSea Overtakes Uniswap on Ethereum Usage 
  • Twitter NFTs generate $5M+
  • Bored Ape Yacht Club donates $850,000 
  • Polygon's New Gaming Studio Launches
...more
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This Week in BlockchainBy Conor Svensson