Ninepoint Digital Asset Group

In this week’s Digital Asset Digest, we discuss how stablecoins and prediction markets are leading the Web3 wave, Stripe’s record $1.1 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider Bridge, BlackRock’s ambitions for cryptoexchanges to use BUIDL for collateral in derivatives trades, Chainlink’s launch of its CCIP Private Transactions protocol, a high-level summary of the flourishing $170 billion stablecoin market, the exponential surge in betting volumes driven by the U.S. election, and more. Subscribe to our weekly Digest, it’s free: bit.ly/DigitalAssetDigest #Stablecoins #PredictionMarkets #Web3 #DigitalAssetDigest #NinepointDAG

A Brand New DeFi Decoded Podcast is Live 🎞️ Episode 169: Bringing the World’s Assets Onchain with Chris Yin of Plume Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Chris Yin, Founder & CEO of Plume Network. Listen in as they discuss the real-world asset (RWA) thesis, the benefits of bringing assets onchain and the exciting new possibilities it unlocks, the various subsets within the RWA market and how they work behind the scenes, bootstrapping liquidity for emerging asset classes, verifying the authenticity of assets not on blockchain networks, Plume’s role within the RWA space and its ecosystem metrics, key growth drivers for the RWA market in the year ahead, and more! > What is the overall thesis for real-world assets (RWAs), and what are the primary benefits of bringing assets onchain? > What role does Plume play within the RWA ecosystem, and why is it so important? > How do you bootstrap liquidity for new RWA classes, and verify the authenticity of them? WATCH: bit.ly/40k0uqI #Plume #RWA #Web3 #DeFiDecoded #NinepointDAG

In this week’s Digital Asset Digest, we discuss if Uptober is still in play, Visa’s introduction of its tokenization platform on Ethereum, PayPal completing its first business transaction using its PYUSD stablecoin, global banks gearing up to trial live digital asset transactions on SWIFT, VanEck’s expansion into the venture capital space with VanEck Ventures, some ETF inflow metrics that highlight the immense demand for crypto exposure, PYUSD’s transfer volume by network, and more.   Subscribe to our weekly Digest, it’s free: bit.ly/DigitalAssetDigest #Uptober #Memes #Web3 #DigitalAssetDigest #Ninepoint

A Brand New DeFi Decoded Podcast is Live 🎞️ Episode 167: Is "Uptober" Still in Play? Five Crypto Catalysts to Watch Now Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss a crypto market roundup, major catalysts that could ignite the next leg of the bull market, potential risks that could counter these catalysts, the real impact of the U.S. election outcome on the industry, the memecoin supercycle thesis, and more.   > Which five key catalysts should you watch in the coming months?   > How significant will the impact of the U.S. election outcome be on crypto?   > What’s driving the memecoin supercycle thesis? WATCH: https://bit.ly/3Y0cpai #Crypto #Memecoins #Web3 #DigitalAssetDigest #NinepointDAG

In this week’s Digital Asset Digest, we discuss Facebook versus an Open Metaverse, PayPal allowing U.S. businesses to trade and hold cryptoassets, Robinhood enabling cryptoasset transfers for European users to and from self-custodial wallets, Bitwise submitting its initial filing for an XRP ETF, Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money market fund FOBXX expanding to Aptos, the accelerating enterprise adoption of Web3 along with some recent big announcements, PayPal’s stock performance compared to its PYUSD stablecoin growth, the Fed’s 50 basis point rate cut reigniting Bitcoin ETF flows, and more. Subscribe to our weekly Digest, it’s free: bit.ly/DigitalAssetDigest   #Metaverse #DigitalAssets #Web3 #DigitalAssetDigest #NinepointDAG

A Brand New DeFi Decoded Podcast is Live 🎞️ Episode 166: Making DePIN Real with Yannik Schrade of Arcium Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Yannik Schrade, CEO and Co-Founder of Arcium.   Listen in as they discuss what Arcium is building and its importance for public blockchain networks, how it compares to traditional L1s, its relationship to zero-knowledge proofs, the new use cases it unlocks for decentralized AI, how it works from a technical perspective, value capture within the decentralized infrastructure stack, enabling specialized uses of DePIN, and more.   > What is Arcium building, and how does it work?   > Where will value capture occur within the decentralized infrastructure stack?   > How does Arcium enable specialized uses of DePIN? WATCH: bit.ly/3Byjpni #Arcium #DePIN #Web3 #DeFiDecoded #NinepointDAG

A Brand New DeFi Decoded Podcast is Live 🎞️ Episode 165: Unlocking the Open Metaverse with Alfred Tom of the Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Alfred Tom, Executive Director and Board Member of OMA3. Listen in as they discuss the core differences between an open and closed metaverse, Alfred’s journey into the space, OMA3’s 100+ members and their reasons for joining the consortium, the complexities involved in building metaverse standards, the value and benefits of interoperability, the future liquidity hub of the metaverse, best practices for collaborating on standards, Wivity's relationship with OMA3, the best-equipped network for the metaverse, and more! > What is the difference between an open and closed metaverse? > What is the Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 (OMA3), and why is their work so important? > What will be the web browser of the open metaverse? WATCH: https://bit.ly/3XWSzxP #Metaverse #OMA3 #Web3 #DeFiDecoded #NinepointDAG