BlockchainIST Insights

Issue #10

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📰 TOP NEWS

  • Turkish deputies submit crypto regulation bills focusing on licensing.

    “Turkish authorities have been working on the crypto regulation to protect investors. New crypto regulation paves the way for blockchain and crypto adaption in Turkiye.”

  • Over 1 million new crypto tokens launched since April.

    “They were minted on Ethereum and Solana blockchains. However, most of these tokens do not carry fundamental value since memecoin hype continues.”

  • Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev was sentenced for money laundering.

    “Even though its goal was to increase privacy in the crypto ecosystem, Tornado Cash was a preferred protocol by criminals.”

  • DTCC's PoC explored posting fund NAV data on the blockchain with Chainlink.

    “Chainlink’s CCIP will be used by high-grade institutions such as JP Morgan and Franklin Templeton to tokenize assets.”

 📌 REMARKS OF THE WEEK

Source: Investing.com

🔐 CRYPTO UNLOCKS

Source: Token Unlocks

🎟️ EVENT OF THE WEEK

OzU FinTech Day

  • In OzU FinTech Day, there will be 10+ speakers who will talk about AI, blockchain, data science regarding their usage in FinTech. Our advisor Turan Sert will be one of the speakers during the “Blockchain Tech. and FinTech Regulation” session.

  • Date May 21

  • Detailed Info & Registration

💬 EXPERT OPINION

Mining should not be too profitable (because nothing should be too profitable, the world doesn't leave free money lying around). Therefore the price of Bitcoins can't rise too much above the cost of mining (counting equipment depreciation among the costs of course).”

 

Hal Finney

📊 METRIC OF THE WEEK

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GLOSSARY CORNER

Liquid staking refers to a process where users can stake their crypto assets to earn rewards while still maintaining liquidity. This is achieved by receiving a liquid token representing the staked asset, which can be traded, transferred, or used in other decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.

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