OpenFi, Fintech’s End Game DAILY MARKET WATCH Each month, Jasper De Maere, Head of Research at Outlier Ventures, will zoom in on trends and events happening in cryptocurrency and the broader ecosystem across public and private markets. A new trend called OpenFi (Open Finance) is gaining momentum in the financial corner of Web3. Leveraging the core DeFi infrastructure built last cycle (2019), [...]
Memecoins, all fun and games Investor Update Memecoins, tokens representing viral internet culture, are having their time in the sun.
Guess who’s back? RWA Tokenization Investor Update Tokenization of real world assets is finally seeing adoption by financial institutions. This time it’s different as the technology is more mature, regulators are supportive and there’s an increasing mindset on the topic. For anyone following blockchain and Web3, the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) might have a familiar ring. Expected to be a key driver of the adoption of blockchain technology for the next couple of years, RWA tokenization has already been explored in past cycles, specifically between ‘16 and ‘18. In this article I’ll uncover what is different this time and quantify some of the adoption we’re seeing by the large financial players.
Bitcoin halving time April 8, 2024 Bitcoin (BTC), the world's most famous blockchain, is anticipating one of its significant, quadrennial recurring catalysts, "the halving," happening on 20 April 2024. This phenomenon is central to the blockchain's design and involves reducing the BTC rewards that miners receive for validating the chain by half.
