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Category: Blockchain

Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes the proposed bipartisan Lummis-Gillibrand bill for cryptocurrencies and considers the comprehensiveness of the bill and the thoughtful approach of its provisions and concludes that although unlikely to pass in its current form, it nonetheless establishes a strong foundation for the ultimate legislation.
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes the UK commitment to the stablecoins as a form of payment and the consultation paper for when they fail and explores how the UK Treasury is building an already robust regulatory framework to establish the clarity so desperately needed in cryptocurrencies and how that positions the UK to be a leader in the industry.
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes the indictment of OpeaSea’s former head of product in a crypto industry first insider trading scheme using NFTs and compares the changes OpenSea purported to make in the wake of the alleged incident to the actual hiring the company has done to turn words into action.
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes blockchain startup Chainalysis’s $170 million Series F and Storyline product announcements and discusses why new investigative tools are needed in cryptocurrency and why how government agencies are rapidly catching up to the bad guys.
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes Ripple’s $100 million commitment to global carbon and considers Ripple’s multiyear commitment to carbon neutrality, the many partnerships the company’s is striking as it attempts to lift the entire ecosystem, and how the approach contrasts with the rhetoric-heavy action-light announcements around proof of work blockchains.
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes Circle’s industry-first weekly USDC stablecoin transparency report announcement and explores how Circle has positioned USDC to become among the most trusted and transparent stablecoins and how the company can further cement its leadership by leading industry-wide change.
In this episode of Making Markets, host Daniel Newman is joined by Five9 CEO Rowan Trollope to discuss the company’s recent earnings results, the strong secular tailwinds that position the company to perform uniquely well even in an economic downturn, AND a dive into Trollope’s takes on Crypto and whether the recent capitulation of Terra has created a dark moment for the future of cryptocurrency.
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes the collapse of Terra’s not-so stablecoin UST and details the underlying flawed mechanism, the similarities between UST’s collapse and the Asian Financial Crisis of the 90s, and why the stablecoin terminology is causing more harm than good.
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer explores the news of a recent executive order in California aimed at building a regulatory framework and infrastructure for blockchain and crypto businesses that both encourages their growth and protects consumers.
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes asset manager VanEck’s community NFT launch and explores VanEck’s increasingly prominent role in cryptocurrencies and how the VanEck NFTs may demonstrate a new way for asset managers to engage their investors.
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes the SEC’s newly expanded crypto enforcement division including SEC Commission Peirce’s dissatisfied comments, how regulatory clarity continues to be a problem for crypto startups, and why SEC regulatory clarity will be good for the industry.
Futurum’s principal analyst Shelly Kramer responds to the newly announced multi-year partnership between global brands McLaren Racing and OKX crypto exchange, a Formula 1 crypto partnership with high potential to create intriguing innovations — especially in the esports arena.