By taking a look at some of the notable events happening for crypto in the last few weeks, it will help to understand exactly how fast this space moves.

It moves so extraordinarily fast… it’s almost scary.

Here is some food for thought below… 💭🥐
Just a few months ago the market was red all around.

We were hit with headline after headline, each one bashing the entire industry.

Combine this with the #Bitcoin mining ban in China, and you’d think this would line up to be the perfect “black swan,” right?

but it wasn’t.
Why?

Because cryptocurrency was silently transitioning from being a “fringe asset class”, straight to being a part of mainstream finance

Big companies, celebrities, and even entire countries are now taking part in this revolution

The cat is out of the bag.
At the end of September, news broke of Sorare, an NFT fantasy sports game raising $680M from remarkable investors.

Hosted on Ethereum, the platform has over 600,000 users + partnerships with 180+ soccer organizations

This raise perfectly illustrated the state of the NFT market
Going into October we then had VISA announcing plans to build out a layer two network for stablecoins

They plan to help scale many different blockchains & make them interoperable with CBDC’s

VISA has more than a billion users.

They even deployed their first smart contract!
Then, a few more days into October, the Bank of America released a particularly interesting paper with very bullish insight for crypto

From the report:

“We are bullish on the prospects for digital assets as it enters the mainstream”

Adding that they expect “significant growth”
Then on October 7th, NFTs were back breaking records.

.@CozomoMedici, who was previously revealed to be .@SnoopDogg, purchased Fidenza 938 at a mind-blowing valuation of $8.5M

This shattered the prior record for the most expensive photo ever being purchased in the world.
A short time after all of this, Coinbase joined the hype by releasing a signup for their NFT platform

They received a shocking 1M+ signups in the first day after announcing, with that number now exceeding 1.5M!

For reference, only 3.5M users have ever interacted with DeFi…
Next, the largest geographical transition of hash power in recorded history occurred, with a new flood of miners rushing towards the U.S. from China

Two birds were killed with one stone here (mining centralization + environment)

The United States now has the most hash power
Around the same time on October 15th, the market cap of cryptocurrency briefly surpassed its previous all time high

Although a massive feat, the noise on this statistic was way more “quiet” this time around

Cryptocurrency is now an established, multi-trillion dollar asset class
Then, of course just a few days ago we had the official announcement of the #Bitcoin ETF

The move signified the “green light” for big companies to adopt Bitcoin tech

Trillions of dollars in traditional finance are now taking interest in crypto, and its only just begun for them.
Lastly, DeFi is back and absolutely booming.

The last few weeks have brought up news leaders in the space, attracting billions in TVL.

In the last two months alone, DeFi protocols have amassed over $50B in total value locked.

People aren’t ignoring this 👀
TLDR?

It’s clear that both digital assets and decentralized finance are growing at a pace faster than we can even begin to comprehend.

We are only just getting started, & the next few months are about to get very interesting…

Enjoy! 🥐

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11 Oct
Are you ready for these next few months in crypto?

There have been so many things leading up to exactly this point in time that it’s very hard for me to not be extremely bullish

Let’s take a deeper look… 🥐
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Lightning network adoption is going parabolic with El Salvador’s recent initiatives

This trend will only continue as more nation states join in and the game theory ensues
Then we have the highly anticipated Taproot upgrade coming for Bitcoin in November.

#Bitcoin doesn’t have upgrades a lot, so when it does, you’ll probably want to pay attention

The major upgrade is set to increase smart contract capability, privacy, & security on the blockchain
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It took hours of pure dedication and studying, but I wouldn’t of been able to do it if it weren’t for the other great researchers in the ecosystem sharing their knowledge

This includes… 🥐
.@AndreCronjeTech

Andre Cronje is one of the smartest devs working on Ethereum

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-ocassionally leaks alpha

+ his page offers a unique look inside the DeFi eco…
.@SquishChaos

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-picks up on unique topics and what is going on in DeFi
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Before you read this thread, I ask you to forget everything you know about crypto

By starting from the very beginning we can help to fully grasp the bigger picture at play

Only then can you start to see the true mathematical genius behind Bitcoin…

Inspired by @3blue1brown 🥐
How exactly would 𝘺𝘰𝘶 go about creating a censorship-resistant, decentralized, public network on a global scale?

We can first start with a public ledger that anyone can add lines to, where individuals would transact and settle in fiat currency at a later time

Very quickly…
You’d start to see some very serious issues arise as more and more users come to the ledger for accounting, & that would require trust in each and every one of them

We don’t know if people are being honest when adding new lines of transactions to this ledger

So what do we do?
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If you take a step back…

There are so many absolutely insane things that can be done with certain DeFi protocols, yet it still seems no one applies it to the world outside of crypto.

DeFi on $ETH has tons of unique opportunities for you to discover.

I’ll explain below… 🥐
Did you know that a $DAI loan can be converted to fiat & used as a traditional loan?

I know this sounds very obvious, but hear me out.

You can keep exposure to $ETH by borrowing $DAI, then use for loans on cars, houses, etc!

No credit scores, no banks, & lower interest rates…
Did you know that tens of thousands of farmers in Kenya have crop insurance thanks to smart contracts on Ethereum?

Utilizing $LINK oracles, Etherisc provides you with automated protections for a variety of use cases

It has insurance for flight delays, crops, hurricanes, & more!
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I wanted to start this off by pointing out the great & professional way of which the United States approached regulation of digital assets

They have proven to be contenders of free markets by empowering this emerging asset class as it grows in the trillions of dollars

(1/13) 🥐
Now that I have your attention…

I’m actually going to go over some of the shocking ignorance displayed by many U.S. officials when discussing blockchain technology

They have almost no idea what they are talking about, and it should be very worrying.

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In June, Senator Elizabeth Warren called for a crack down on #Bitcoin over environmental issues

But she failed to mention how much more devastating Christmas lights can be for energy usage

Furthermore, $BTC actually has properties to incentivize use of renewable energy

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