Uniswap announces protocol upgrade (V3)

The long-awaited official announcement on the launch of Uniswap version 3 has finally arrived. However, it dashed hopes for vast improvements in transaction costs and speeds. What’s new and why were some user disappointed? Following a teaser posted on March 23, the team behind the world’s most popular decentralized exchange, Uniswap, has finally released details on the specifications of version […]

Morgan Stanley offers access to Bitcoin funds

Morgan Stanley becomes the first major U.S. bank to offer its wealthy clients access to Bitcoin funds. The Bitcoin rally over the past year has seemingly put pressure on Wall Street to consider diversification into the emerging asset class. In an internal memo on Wednesday, the investment bank told its financial advisors about this development. […]

Bitcoin Suisse withdraws FINMA application for Banking License

Since the summer of 2019, crypto company Bitcoin Suisse has been waiting for its Swiss banking license. However, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has classified the application as not approvable as things stand today. The company has now withdrawn their application. As early as July 2019, Crypto Valley veteran Bitcoin Suisse submitted an application to […]

Does Wall Street Need More Decentralization?

The GameStop (GME) debacle garnered a lot of attention. Some people consider the problem to be centralized systems. According to these critics, the shortcomings of today’s financial system could possibly be solved by decentralized Blockchain alternatives. Robinhood’s trading app came under fire after trading restrictions were imposed on its users. As more brokers followed suit, […]

Market review calendar week 11 – 2021

A summarizing review of what has been happening at the crypto markets of the past week. A look at trending sectors, liquidity, volatility, spreads and more. The weekly report in cooperation with market data provider Kaiko. The last 7 days in the cryptomarkets: Price Movements: Bitcoin crossed $60k, a premium emerged on BTC-Euro markets, and […]

NFT artist reveals new project

Conceptual artist and crypto-art/NFT pioneer Kevin Abosch made headlines across the globe in 2018 with his groundbreaking work IAMACOIN as the first person to tokenize himself in the form of 10 million ERC-20 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. Kevin Abosch is a conceptual artist known for his works in photography, sculpture, installation, AI, blockchain and film. […]