This Week in Blockchain

Each week your host, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, will provide a rundown of the major events that took place in the blockchain industry that are relevant to business during the past week. We cover #crypto​, #enterprise​, #DeFI​ and #NFTs​.

• Watch this podcast here

Links to items discussed:

• PayPal 
• Paxos - PAX to USDP 
• FTX & Cal Memorial Stadium
• Kraken EU License
• Infrastructure bill
• Cardano Foundation & Coinfirm
• Metamask
• Microsoft
• Ethereum Foundation $1.5M Donations
• Cardano Sidechain 
• DeFi Adoption Index
• SushiSwap & Avalanche
• Pyth Network
• Solana & Chainlink
• DeFi TVL
• SEC Investigate DeFi Transactions 
• EtherRock
• OpenSea
• Visa & CryptoPunk
• $900M month NFT sales
• Budweiser
• NBA Top Shot
• Fox Corporation
• Art Blocks
• Moonshot Bots

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

• Watch this podcast here

Links to items discussed:

• Samsung Electronics + Bank of Korea CBDC Platform
• Ethereum 2.0 Staking at $21.3B 
• Top Banks Investing in Crypto and Blockchain
• Dogecoin Foundation
• Binance KYC
• Coinbase + Mitsubishi UFJ
• Crypto Adoption
• Microsoft + Ethereum to fight piracy 
• TikTok + Audius
• IBM + Mitsubishi
• TotalEnergies + Circulor
• SEBI mandates blockchain
• Polygon + Hermez
• Why has the chain capacity increased by ~9% after London?
• 1inch + Optimism 
• Kusama parachain auctions 
• DEX Avoids $350M DeFi Hack
• Vitalik thinks decentralized governance is holding DeFi back 
• Avalanche DeFi incentive scheme
• Polygon DAO
• TIME Magazine + Cool Cats
• Terra Virtua + Polygon
• SuperRare

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​.

• Watch this podcast here

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

Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, provides a rundown of the major events that took place in the blockchain industry during the past week. 

We cover #crypto​, #enterprise​, #DeFI​ and #NFTs​.

• Watch this podcast here

Links to items discussed:

• Split over US crypto tax
• Square's bitcoin profit
• Messari $21M Series A
• Coinbase Apple Pay Options
• HSBC + Binance 
• Binance + Alchemy Pay
• Blockchain identity market
• DAOs Digital Assets
• AccuWeather + Chainlink
• Textile traceability
• Cardano Connector
• Ethereum
• Vitalik
• Ethereum Burning
• Chainlink
• Bitwise
• Swisscom + Chainlink
• Weekly NFT trade volume
• OpenSea
• CryptoPunks NFTs 
• FTX + Dolphin Entertainment
• FTX + Riot Games 
• FTX + Axie Infinity 
• NBA Top Shot
• UN NFT marketplace
• Marvel NFTs

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

• Watch this podcast here

Links to items discussed:

• BlockFi
• FTX a+ Binance
• Amazon
• Fireblocks 
• Binance non-KYC withdrawal limits 
• Binance
• Goldman Sachs
• Mastercard
• Robinhood
• PayPal
•  India to use Ethereum blockchain
• EthSign
• FTX
• Lloyds Register, IBM
• Paxos 
• EY + UK Authorities
• ZKSwap
• Aave
• Uniswap
• Mila Kunis
• Africa's wildlife 
• Shopify
• Splinterlands
• Binance + Russian Museum
• Coca-Cola
• AlchemyNFT

Each week your host, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, will provide a rundown of the major events that took place in the blockchain industry that are relevant to business during the past week. We cover #crypto​, #enterprise​, #DeFI​ and #NFTs​.

• Watch this podcast here
• Discuss this podcast on Clubhouse weekly at 12:00 EST / 17:00 UK

Links to items discussed:

• FTX
• Aave
• BlockFi
• Bitcoin +Twitter
• Crypto Project 'Djed' 
• Fidelity 
• Neon Labs EVM
• Crypto.com EVM
• Bison Trails
• Reddit + Arbitrum 
• ETH2
• MakerDAO
• SushiSwap
• Decentralized Exchange on Polkadot and Kusama
• Polygon Studios
• Ethereum Documentary
• OpenSea
• Enjin
• Damien Hirst
• Apple founder's 50-year-old job application 
• DraftKings
• Tyson Fury NFT

 Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, provides a rundown of the major #crypto​, #enterprise​, #DeFI​ and #NFT events from the past week. 

• Watch this podcast here
• Discuss this podcast on Clubhouse weekly at 12:00 EST / 17:00 GMT

Links to items discussed:

• Grayscale's main crypto fund
• BNY Mellon + Grayscale
• Binance + Clear Junction 
• Visa, Mastercard + Binance
• Italy + Binance 
• Hong Kong + Binance
• Square
• Fidelity Digital Assets
• S&P Dow Jones
• Visa + Australia
• Brazil's Ethereum ETF 
• PayPal
• Traceability of mica
• Superfluid
• Band Protocol
• Cardano
• Ethereum DeFi
• Uniswap + Optimism 
• ​​Fireblocks + Polygon 
• Los Angeles Dodgers
• Nifty's
• Damien Hirst
• Sorare
• D&G 

Your host, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, provides a rundown of events in the blockchain industry during the past week. 

• Watch this podcast here
• Discuss this podcast on Clubhouse weekly at 12:00 EST / 17:00 UK

Links to items discussed:

• Barclays + Binance
• Binance + SEPA
• Binance CEO 'CZ' Responds
• Circle
• Visa 
• Grayscale + Cardano
• Sotheby's Sells Rare Diamond
• Crypto.com + UFC
• Tech Mahindra
• IBM, Heifer International
• CIBC, NatWest, NAB  
• EY New Protocol
• Ethereum
• Shiden + Kusama
• Alchemy + Polygon
• Gitcoin + Tezos
• Aave
• Zerion
• Million Doge Disco
• Ethereum Music Festival
• Wimbledon NFT
• NFT Sales Volumes
• NFT presidential oath
• CryptoPunks

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

• Watch this podcast here
• Discuss this podcast on Clubhouse weekly at 12:00 EST / 17:00 GMT

Links to items discussed:

Singapore + Binance
Binance + Cayman Islands
Thailand + Binance
NatWest + Crypto Exchanges
Beijing Subway + Digital Yuan
USDC
Mistake in NFT web source code
Mexico's First Bitcoin-Accepting Bank
NCR
EEA + OASIS
Polygon + Avail
Ethereum Classic hard fork 
CoinMarketCap
Balancer + Polygon
Marvel Official NFT
CryptoPunk Prints
Katy Perry NFTs
Twitter NFT giveaway
Republic Realm
18-Year-Old Trans Artist Sells NFTs for $2.1 M
Mintable $13M in Series A
Animoca Brands raise
VeChain's NFT COVID Vaccination Passports

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

• Watch this podcast here
• Discuss this podcast on Clubhouse weekly at 12:00 EST / 17:00 BST

Links to items discussed:

Cryptocurrencies Plummet
China + Crypto
Andreessen Horowitz
Goldman Sachs
Brave
TSB 
Banque de France CBDC Experiment  
Bakkt
FTX + MLB 
Securitize  
Chainalysis
Alchemy + Optimism
London upgrade launches on testnet 
Karura
Wirex Fireblocks Integration   
Wicked Cranium NFT
Rarible on Flow
Reddit Snoo NFT
Alipay NFT
'Gotchiverse' litepaper
Beeple's NFT Marketplace