In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin to make it serve as an uncorrelated asset. However, this remarkable currency shows a correlation with some real world assets such as stocks, index or commodity. This paper will analysis the relationship between bitcoin and S&P 500 in different points of view. Bitcoin is the largest blockchain-based digital asset, with a market capitalization of $896.7 billion as of December 2021. It is wildly popular among cryptocurrency enthusiasts and speculative in...

In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin to make it serve as an uncorrelated asset. However, this remarkable currency shows a correlation with some real world assets such as stocks, index or commodity. This paper will analysis the relationship between bitcoin and S&P 500 in different points of view. Bitcoin is the largest blockchain-based digital asset, with a market capitalization of $896.7 billion as of December 2021. It is wildly popular among cryptocurrency enthusiasts and speculative in...

There are bound to be some embarrassing occasions while we’re maneuvering in the crypto industry, and cross-chain transfers are one of them. Here’s a simple example: When swapping Ethereum’s ETH to Polygon’s Matic, you must first go through Polygon’s official bridge. However, you found that there’s a minimum limit. So, you switched to Connext and tried to swap ETH to Matic through Quickswap. Unfortunately, due to poor liquidity on the DEX, it would take about 1.5 hours to complete the convers...

There are bound to be some embarrassing occasions while we’re maneuvering in the crypto industry, and cross-chain transfers are one of them. Here’s a simple example: When swapping Ethereum’s ETH to Polygon’s Matic, you must first go through Polygon’s official bridge. However, you found that there’s a minimum limit. So, you switched to Connext and tried to swap ETH to Matic through Quickswap. Unfortunately, due to poor liquidity on the DEX, it would take about 1.5 hours to complete the convers...

2020 was dominated by DeFi, while 2021 saw the explosion of NFT, GameFi, and DAO. Over the past year, we witnessed more profound discussions, basic tools, and new DAOs in this crypto segment. In 2021, many DAOs with different visions emerged, covering ConstitutionDAO that aims to purchase a US Constitution copy, FreeRossDAO, which aims to free Silk Road founder Ross, BanklessDAO, which strives to go bankless, CityDAO, which aims to achieve blockchain-powered urban governance, and Krause House...

2020 was dominated by DeFi, while 2021 saw the explosion of NFT, GameFi, and DAO. Over the past year, we witnessed more profound discussions, basic tools, and new DAOs in this crypto segment. In 2021, many DAOs with different visions emerged, covering ConstitutionDAO that aims to purchase a US Constitution copy, FreeRossDAO, which aims to free Silk Road founder Ross, BanklessDAO, which strives to go bankless, CityDAO, which aims to achieve blockchain-powered urban governance, and Krause House...

As one of the major indicators for the valuation of public chains, Total Value Locked (TVL) measures the level of prosperity and the fundamentals of a public chain’s ecosystem, especially for public chains with extensive applications on DeFi.During the short bull market that has just ended, native public chain tokens differed from one another in terms of their performance in the secondary market. Even for public chains with moderate performance like BSC, the TVL rebounded after the May 19 cra...

As one of the major indicators for the valuation of public chains, Total Value Locked (TVL) measures the level of prosperity and the fundamentals of a public chain’s ecosystem, especially for public chains with extensive applications on DeFi.During the short bull market that has just ended, native public chain tokens differed from one another in terms of their performance in the secondary market. Even for public chains with moderate performance like BSC, the TVL rebounded after the May 19 cra...

Recently, ViaBTC Capital invested in a Web 3 data infrastructure project called BlockVision, which just completed its $5 million seed round fundraising co-led by Shima Capital, Synergis Capital, and Qiming Venture Partners. BlockVision is a high-availability indexing and computing network that enables complex queries and data analysis and supports multiple chains for DeFi, GameFi and NFT applications.Problems for existing API products At present, the existing API products cannot support devel...

Recently, ViaBTC Capital invested in a Web 3 data infrastructure project called BlockVision, which just completed its $5 million seed round fundraising co-led by Shima Capital, Synergis Capital, and Qiming Venture Partners. BlockVision is a high-availability indexing and computing network that enables complex queries and data analysis and supports multiple chains for DeFi, GameFi and NFT applications.Problems for existing API products At present, the existing API products cannot support devel...

The global finance, service, and manufacturing industries have been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Frequent quarantines and restrictive exposure measures have devastated most industries that require human contact. Many workers, most of whom are breadwinners, have lost their jobs, who are not well protected by local governments, especially in Southeast Asian countries. In the Philippines with labor export and tourism as its economic pillars, a large number of unemployed people earn...

The global finance, service, and manufacturing industries have been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Frequent quarantines and restrictive exposure measures have devastated most industries that require human contact. Many workers, most of whom are breadwinners, have lost their jobs, who are not well protected by local governments, especially in Southeast Asian countries. In the Philippines with labor export and tourism as its economic pillars, a large number of unemployed people earn...

An Introduction to Social TokensThe year 2021 has witnessed the fast development of social tokens. Yet this promising segment failed to catch enough attention due to the better performance of other sectors (such as DeFi and the metaverse). This article will introduce the background and value proposition of social tokens, with several value gems for your reference.What are social tokens?Social tokens are tokens issued by individuals or a certain community. Investors can share the economic valu...

An Introduction to Social TokensThe year 2021 has witnessed the fast development of social tokens. Yet this promising segment failed to catch enough attention due to the better performance of other sectors (such as DeFi and the metaverse). This article will introduce the background and value proposition of social tokens, with several value gems for your reference.What are social tokens?Social tokens are tokens issued by individuals or a certain community. Investors can share the economic valu...