🗞 Blockchain Gets Drafted by the NBA – Popular Crypto #17

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Blockchain Gets Drafted by the NBA – Popular Crypto #17

Welcome to Issue 17 of Popular Crypto, a newsletter about the mainstream products and services taking crypto to the masses.

In this issue:

  • NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie tokenizes his contract
  • FTX and the CME debut Bitcoin options products
  • DeFi lending protocol Aave launches flash loans
  • The first-ever direct IRA investment into an STO

We also cover Almonit’s mission to index the decentralized web (dWeb), a more robust, censorship-resistant Internet built on Ethereum Name Service and IPFS.

All that and more in this week’s issue. But first, here’s some…

🚀 Updates From Nomics

  • #1 Nomics Mobile App Is Live (Beta): We’re pleased to announce the beta launch of the Nomics mobile app for Android and iOS. Now, you can get real-time crypto market cap rankings, historical prices, charts and more for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and 4,000 other cryptoassets. The app is available for download from Google Play and the App Store.
  • Nomics Android app
  • #2 Binance Futures Added: We’ve added Binance Futures data to our API and Nomics.com. Binance has an “A” Transparency Rating, indicating full transparency. To earn an A-level rating, an exchange must provide trade-level data and full histories.

    Thanks to the addition of Binance Futures, Binance flipped BitMEX to become the top crypto exchange on Nomics – in terms of trade volume.

    We also completed a deep data integration with FarhadMarket, which earned an A+ Transparency Rating.
  • #3 Supply Data Added for 2,800 Additional Assets: This week, we added supply and market cap data for more than 2,800 additional currencies. The data is available on Nomics.com and via the API through the Currencies Ticker endpoint.
  • #4 How To Get Hired (or Hire) In The Crypto Industry: Flippening episode #67, How to Recruit (or Get Hired in Crypto) in 2020, is live on our blog. In the episode, we’re joined by Rob Paone, founder of Proof of Talent, a boutique recruiting firm specializing in the blockchain and crypto industries. We discuss the state of hiring and recruiting in the blockchain/crypto space, how to get hired by a crypto company, and more.

And now, let’s see what the cryptocurrency world has brought us this week.

Clay Collins
Nomics Co-Founder

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🎧 How to Recruit (or Get Hired in Crypto) in 2020 w/ Rob Paone From Proof of Talent (Ep. 0067)

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How to Recruit or Get Hired in Crypto in 2020 w/ Rob Paone From Proof of Talent

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Quotes

"Interest in #blockchain jobs follows the price of the #cryptocurrency markets. People are interested in putting their money into #bitcoin and also interested in working in that industry." ~@crypto_bobby, founder of @ProofOfTalent Click To Tweet "Unlike startups in industries with proven models of success, there's also this technology risk of a startup that's building in the #blockchain and #cryptocurrency industry." ~@crypto_bobby, founder of @ProofOfTalent Click To Tweet "You've seen people within the #crypto Twitter world – they put in a lot of work. People respect that, and they are open to helping out new people whether they have 5 followers or 50,000." ~@crypto_bobby, founder of @ProofOfTalent Click To Tweet [Read more…] about 🎧 How to Recruit (or Get Hired in Crypto) in 2020 w/ Rob Paone From Proof of Talent (Ep. 0067)

🗞 Bitso Exchange Now Handles 2.5% of US-Mexico Remittances – Popular Crypto #16

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Bitso (Crypto Exchange) Now Handles 2.5% of US-Mexico Remittances – Popular Crypto #16

Welcome to Issue 16 of Popular Crypto, a newsletter about the mainstream products and services taking crypto to the masses.

In this issue:

  • Crypto exchange Bitso leads the way in US-Mexico remittances
  • Bitcoin (BTC) turns 11 as its hash rate hits all-time highs
  • Aragon puts juries on the blockchain
  • Binance & MyCrypto’s Ambo add fiat on-ramps

We also cover the growing decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, which continues to break new ground in lending, cryptoasset trading, and savings products.

All that and more in this week’s issue. But first, here’s some…

🚀 Updates From Nomics

  • Nomics Update #1: The Market tabs for each exchange on Nomics.com now includes an “Unmapped” section that lists markets for which we have data but haven’t yet mapped. A market can go unmapped for several reasons. The market ID (used by the exchange) could be difficult to parse or there may be an issue with the symbol used for the base or quote currency. For a look at the new section, check out the OKEx Markets tab.
OKEx Markets tab – unmapped
  • Nomics Update #2: Flippening episode #66, A Cryptoeconomic Designer’s View of Markets, is live on our blog. In the episode, we meet Matt Chwierut, co-founder and Director of Research at Smith + Crown, a blockchain research organization. We discuss cryptoeconomic design, market trends, the evolving case for Bitcoin, and more.
  • Nomics Update #3: On January 9th, we held a Flippening Podcast [LIVE] webinar with Camila Russo, founder of The Defiant, a daily newsletter focused on the DeFi space. In the webinar, titled Ethereum’s Untold History & Defying Future, we cover the history of Ethereum and the promise of decentralized finance, most of which runs on the Ethereum blockchain. Replay available here.
Ethereum's Untold History & Defying Future

And now, let’s see what the cryptocurrency world has brought us this week.

Clay Collins
Nomics Co-Founder

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🎧 A Cryptoeconomic Designer’s View of Markets w/ Matt Chwierut From Smith + Crown (Ep. 0066)

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A Cryptoeconomic Designer's View of Markets w/ Matt Chwierut From Smith + Crown

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Quotes

"We have tried to be the bridge between projects that are doing groundbreaking work & the variety of people that believe or want to understand the potential of blockchain." ~Matt Chwierut, Director of Research @smithandcrown Click To Tweet "We're in a market regime now where everything really trades together despite very significant changes in underlying components to these distributed systems." ~Matt Chwierut, co-founder & Director of Research @smithandcrown Click To Tweet "As a set of societies and markets, we are still making sense of what #bitcoin is, what kind of an asset we want Bitcoin to be or think Bitcoin is going to be." ~Matt Chwierut, co-founder & Director of Research @smithandcrown Click To Tweet [Read more…] about 🎧 A Cryptoeconomic Designer’s View of Markets w/ Matt Chwierut From Smith + Crown (Ep. 0066)

🗞 The Biggest Events From 2019 (For Mainstream Crypto Adoption) – Popular Crypto #15

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The Biggest Events From 2019 (For Mainstream Crypto Adoption) – Popular Crypto #15

Welcome to Issue 15 of Popular Crypto, a newsletter about the mainstream products and services taking crypto to the masses.

In this issue, we look back at the year that was. 2019 was rough for many cryptocurrencies, but not all. Bitcoin (BTC) finished the year up 85% and more secure than ever with its hash rate surpassing all-time highs. The Litecoin price climbed about 30%. Of course, our focus here is not the market but the products and services bringing crypto to the masses. The market’s ups and downs are merely the backdrop as we review the year’s biggest events for mainstream crypto adoption.

Along the way, we’ll preview our new format.

Going forward, each issue of Popular Crypto will be a Top Ten list of the most important developments for crypto mainstreaming. We’re switching formats to bring more focus to our coverage.

All that and more in this week’s issue. But first, here’s a . . .

🥂 Message From Nomics

2019 was a great year for Nomics.com. We accomplished a lot as a company, beat our revenue goal by 100%, and our traffic goal by much more.

But we’re just as proud of our contributions to transparent data initiatives. As a provider of crypto market data, we see ticker stuffing, exchange spam, and other forms of fake volume on a daily basis. And we started the year on a mission to clean things up.

In April, we introduced our new crypto exchange rating system, which grades exchanges according to their willingness to provide auditable histories. See Nomics’ Exchange Transparency Ratings (And The Correlation Between Transparency & Fake Volume, and Toxic Activity).

In August, we followed up with the release of our transparent volume indicator. Indeed, for each cryptoasset on Nomics.com, we now provide the amount of trading volume occurring on transparent exchanges.

Finally, in September we also released the Nomics Manifesto (entitled Transparency Must Be Trustless) to affirm our commitment to transparency. By shining a light on shady exchange practices and proposing innovative solutions, we hope to push the space towards the day when average consumers can save and spend crypto as comfortably as they use fiat.

And now, 2019’s biggest events for mainstream crypto adoption.

Clay Collins
Nomics Co-Founder

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