people...
▪️ value cryptoassets
▪️ hold cryptoassets
▪️ trade cryptoassets
▪️ borrow cryptoassets
▪️ use crypto applications
▪️ transact with stablecoins
▪️ earn by building in crypto
▪️ can use crypto networks for ~free
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People value cryptoassets
▪️ Five cryptoassets have reached a market cap of over $100 billion
▪️ The combined market cap of these 5 assets is ~$3 trillion
People hold cryptoassets
▪️ Close to 1 billion unique addresses hold a cryptoasset balance
▪️ The tokenholder count has gone up 10x over the past four years
People trade cryptoassets
▪️ The monthly DEX trading volume regularly surpasses $200 billion
▪️ The DEX market sector took off properly in July '20
People borrow cryptoassets
▪️ Over $20 billion is actively borrowed via onchain lending marketplaces
▪️ The active loans figure has been up only since January '23
People use crypto applications
▪️ The global daily active user count in crypto is at all-time highs of 18.7 million
▪️ The same figure was 7.7 million at the start of '24
People transact with stablecoins
▪️ The global stablecoin supply is at all-time highs of $190 billion
▪️ The stablecoin supply has increased by over $60 billion since the start of '24
People earn by building in crypto
▪️ The quarterly revenue for the crypto market is close to $3 billion
▪️ The quarterly revenue figure has been trending up since Q4 '22
People can use crypto networks for ~free
▪️ It is possible to transact on a blockchain for less than $0.01
▪️ Transaction fees are no longer a blocker for the mainstream adoption of crypto applications
📊✅ BMX enters into a Data Partnership with Token Terminal
▪️ @MorphexBMX is one of the fastest growing derivative exchange projects on @base, with a deployment also on @modenetwork.
▪️ The project has been entirely self-funded, with its core contributors bringing several years of experience from building onchain protocols.
▪️ Now, with ~$1 billion in all-time notional trading volume, BMX recognized the need for reliable, continuous, and data-driven stakeholder reporting.
Reliable onchain data & transparent stakeholder reporting matter
▪️ To improve its existing onchain analytics and stakeholder reporting, BMX turned to Token Terminal, a leading onchain data platform trusted by institutional partners like Bloomberg.
▪️ Token Terminal's dedicated focus on data standardization made it an ideal partner for BMX.
▪️ The decision to partner was further eased by the fact that Token Terminal already had a public track record of reporting standardized financial and usage metrics for other leading derivative exchange projects, such as GMX, dYdX, and more.
“By partnering with Token Terminal, we’re able to benchmark our performance against the competition in a fair and accurate way. Having a real-time dashboard on Token Terminal is not only a great tool for our team, but for all BMX stakeholders.”
▪️ Owner of @iShares, Bitcoin Trust ($18B AUM)
▪️ Owner in @circle, the issuer of USDC ($32B supply)
▪️ Owner in @Securitize, the transfer agent for the BUIDL onchain money market fund ($300M AUM)
2. BITCOIN (ASSET)
The firm sees three unique advantages to BTC the asset:
▪️ BlackRock serves customers across the globe and now, with BTC and IBIT, has a unique product to sell to its clients.
▪️ It’s likely that BlackRock will productize all major cryptoassets (ETH, SOL, etc.) in a similar manner.
3. BLOCKCHAIN (TECHNOLOGY)
The firm believes that blockchain technology can improve capital markets in several ways:
1⃣ 24/7 operational capital markets
2⃣ Improved transparency and investor access
3⃣ Lower fees and faster settlement
Strategy:
▪️ We believe that @BlackRock will eventually launch its own blockchain, and follow a similar playbook that Coinbase has used with @base.
▪️ This would allow BlackRock to concentrate the recordkeeping of its holdings across asset classes ($10T AUM) to a single, global, interoperable, and transparent ledger.
Great interview on the topic w/ @robbiemitchnick
More @BlackRock BUIDL data coming to the Terminal 🔜