Grayscale has again revealed the value of its assets under management, which grew by more than 2 billion in a week, while the profits of Bitcoin network miners are growing exponentially. These and more news in this practical daily summary so that you are always informed with the most recent events that occur within the crypto world.
📍 Digital assets under management of Grayscale Grayscale has surprised again this week, with a growth of more than 2 billion dollars. A few days ago, this media reported that the digital assets under management of Grayscale grew by more than 3 billion dollars in just over a week, being its product Grayscale Bitcoin Trust who held the most funds, with $14,1 billion.
Well, by that time Bitcoin (BTC) was worth close to $24.000 USD on the markets. Now, as of today, BTC is hovering around $27.800 USD, giving Grayscale Bitcoin Trust an incredible surge from $14,1 billion last week, to $16,3 billion currently. In total, Grayscale's assets under management, including those of Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum Classic and others, add up to 19 billion dollars.
📍 Also with the increasing rise in Bitcoin prices, the mineros The network's miners are seeing huge gains this month. To date, Bitcoin miners are generating close to $3 million per day, while so far this month, profits are already around $XNUMX million. 600 million of dollars, exceeding the November earnings and December being the most profitable month of 2020 for this activity.
📍 Ethereum 2.0, which was born on December 1 of this year, already concentrates almost 1,9% of the total supply of the Ethereum network according to data from etherscan which shows about 114 million ETH in circulation. It also shows that the Beacon Chain has a total of 2.125.538 ETH at the time of this writing and users continue to deposit their ETH to join the network as validators.
📍 The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) le granted a license to the company GMO-Z.com Trust Company Inc., of Japanese origin, to operate stablecoins backed by the US dollar and the Japanese yen. With this authorization GMO-Z can issue, manage and exchange stablecoins linked to both fiat currencies in New York.
The regulator, seen as one of the strictest in the industry, assured that New York State continues to be at the forefront of financial innovation, as stablecoins become increasingly important within global markets and aim to “New directions in the future of money”. For his part, the president and CEO of GMO-Z pointed out that issuing a regulated stablecoin linked to the dollar and the yen will be the first of its kind to be offered to the public and that this is thanks to the fact that the company has made great efforts to be pioneers and innovators in the implementation of blockchain to transform traditional financial services.
📍 eToro, the trading and exchange platform, looks set to follow in Coinbase's footsteps and also prepare to go public. insights It was made known by some of the company's workers, quote CalcalisTech, which claims that eToro is preparing its initial public offering (IPO) for 2021 and plans to list on the London Stock Exchange. At the moment, eToro has not made any official statements on the matter.
📍 In your report “Crypto, what is it good for? An overview of cryptocurrency use cases”, published this December, the World Economic Forum points out that, Bitcoin and Lightning Network They are significantly influencing society and the financial business world, thanks to their properties of decentralization, speed, security, privacy, liquidity, and the number of users they currently have. The report includes a detailed analysis of this blockchain and other more important networks in the markets today, such as Ethereum, Litecoin, Tezos, Zcash, among others, and explains its development and its current use and application cases.
📍 In Spain, the airport Lanzarote will use blockchain technology to control the coronavirus pandemic and promote safe tourism. According to the release of the airport authorities, blockchain technology will allow the creation and management of highly efficient and reliable health control systems to control and prevent cases of contagion of the virus, creating “COVID-19-free air corridors”.
📍 Chiliz, the first tokenized sports exchange, consolidated its proposals nomination of sports teams to its platform, through the mechanism Locker room, where users and football fans could deposit $CHZ tokens to nominate their favorite teams and invite them to join Chiliz and its Socios.com app, for the launch of Fan Tokens. The 3 Locker Room groups, called The Galácticos, Milan Devils and Blue Manchester, refer to Real Madrid, AC Milan and Manchester City, which will now be able to be part of Chiliz, if the exchange manages to finalize the nominations of its fans.
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