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Un set di token collezionabili Topps Series 1 Baseball verrà emesso dal principale produttore di carte in collaborazione con Major League Baseball e MLB Players Inc.

Una serie di gettoni non fungibili verrà emessa dal principale produttore di carte collezionabili degli Stati Uniti Topps in collaborazione con Major League Baseball e MLB Players Inc

La collezione di carte da baseball annuale di punta di Topps, che ora circola in forma NFT, riflette il perno dell’azienda verso una transizione digitale e la consapevolezza del crescente e significativo fascino degli oggetti da collezione basati su blockchain.

To help bridge between the traditional and digital worlds of collectors, artwork from the physical versions of this year’s Topps Series 1 baseball release will be reimagined and enhanced for the officially licensed Topps MLB NFT set.

A range of cards of varying degrees of rarity from “common” to “legendary,” as well as limited edition and platinum anniversary cards, will be available for purchase; moreover, the company is making use of motion graphics and what it dubs “nostalgic card templates” and “other digital flourishes” to increase the allure of the new digital set. Evan Kaplan, managing director of MLB Players, said:

“As collectibles enjoy a breakout moment with NFTs and blockchain technology, we can’t think of a better way to honor the legendary players from years past and look forward to the incredible careers ahead of today’s stars and breakout rookies.”

Topps is no stranger to blockchain and has long shown its willingness to bring a traditional hobby into the digital age. Alongside its series of officially licensed Topps collectibles on a blockchain, the company has expanded its suite of mobile sports and entertainment digital collectibles apps, including its Topps Bunt baseball app.

In a recent interview, Topps chairman Michael Eisner said the sports and entertainment side of the company is already 25% digital and is growing fast. As the company now plans to go public, he singled out blockchain and NFTs in particular for their wide appeal, noting that they offer Topps an opportunity to participate in the secondary market.

In the wider U.S. baseball world, Cointelegraph recently reported that MLB’s Oakland Athletics has this year begun accepting Bitcoin (BTC) as payment for home season suites and intends to hold onto the cryptocurrency obtained from any suite sales. Meanwhile, blockchain sports firms, such as Chiliz, have also been eyeing the MLB fanbase via sports fan tokens.

Hermitage goes crypto – World’s second largest art museum exhibits NFT art

The NFT exhibition is part of a digital art project

Russia’s Hermitage, the world’s second largest art museum, plans to host a digital art exhibition that will include crypto art in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

The corresponding event is scheduled to take place before the end of 2021, with this being the first Immediate Bitcoin exhibition of NFT art in Russia, the museum announced on Thursday.

The exhibition will take place within the framework of the „Hermitage 20/21“ project, which is specifically designed to present modern art. Accordingly, the announcement states:

„Non-fungible tokens are a new form of securitising the rights to a work of art via blockchain technology, giving artists sole control over copyright and ownership.“

The Aksenov Family Foundation, a fund that promotes art and culture in Russia, is involved in the NFT exhibition as a strategic partner.

The digital presentation will also test new forms of engaging the art-interested public

The Saint Petersburg-based museum houses three million works, including pieces by some of the most important artists ever. With Crypto-Art, the Hermitage is now taking an important step towards expanding this treasure, not losing touch with modernism and maintaining its own relevance.

Whether the exhibition will also be accompanied by an auction of NFT art is, however, unclear. At the time of going to press, the museum had not yet responded to Cointelegraph’s enquiry.

As Cointelegraph had reported, NFTs are gaining interest in the crypto industry because of their literal lack of fungibility, which makes them the perfect vehicle for art and collectibles. For example, artist Kevin Abosch, who will be exhibited at the Hermitage, is also trying his hand at the technology.

One fund to rule them all – So far, the Grayscale investment fund has mainly focused on the cryptocurrencies that are best established in the ecosystem. But that position is changing, with the potential addition of many projects.

Grayscale takes on DeFi

With currently $ 25 billion in assets under management, Grayscale has so far primarily targeted high-profile cryptocurrencies.

However, the firm seems to want to broaden its offer , by offering new products based on other cryptos.

After recently completing the documents relating to the creation of new funds for BAT, LINK, XTZ, MANA, LPT and FIL tokens, it is the turn of several tokens from DeFi or competitors to Ehtereum to be explored.

Thus, Grayscale filed 5 new files for the following cryptocurrencies:

As we can see, this selection of projects is very heterogeneous. Indeed, it presents DeFi projects , such as the decentralized lender Aave, as well as smart contract blockchains , competing with Ethereum, such as Polkadot, Cosmos or Cardano.

Interesting point: where many exchange platforms choose to remove anonymizing cryptocurrencies, Grayscale makes the choice to explore Monero .

Cena Bitcoina utrzymuje się na stałym poziomie pośród giełdowych wyprzedaży

Jak na razie Bitcoin nie ma się najlepiej. Kryptowaluta numer jeden na świecie pod względem kapitalizacji rynkowej niedawno osiągnęła nowy rekord wszech czasów przekraczający 40 000 dolarów za jednostkę, ale teraz waluta spadła o około 6 000 dolarów i jest notowana na poziomie około 34 000 dolarów.

Bitcoin jest wyprzedawany

Co może stać za tak niedawnym spadkiem wartości tego, co w ciągu ostatnich kilku miesięcy było bardzo silnym aktywem? Wielu analityków zgadza się, że jest to wynik niedawnej wyprzedaży i że wielu posiadaczy bitcoinów handluje swoimi jednostkami za zimną, twardą gotówkę.

Byliśmy świadkami takich przypadków w przeszłości. Bitcoin lub inna kryptowaluta radzi sobie wyjątkowo dobrze i w rezultacie wielu posiadaczy stara się spieniężyć te zyski. Jest to zarówno mocna, jak i słaba strona omawianej przestrzeni. Podczas gdy ci, którzy handlują swoimi aktywami, prawdopodobnie zarabiają całkiem sporo pieniędzy, wciąż ryzykują utratę dalszych zysków, biorąc pod uwagę, że coś może potencjalnie uderzyć jeszcze wyżej.

W przypadku bitcoina, wielu analityków – w tym Tom Lee z Fundstrat – jest przekonanych, że jeden bitcoin może osiągnąć cenę ponad 100 000 dolarów do końca roku, więc sprzedaż na tym etapie może być nieco przedwczesna według wielu traderów.

Ponadto, ci, którzy zdecydują się nie wyprzedawać swoich magazynów i „hodl“ tylko trochę dłużej, utknęli radząc sobie z korektą, że przestrzeń bitcoin prawdopodobnie doświadcza. Za każdym razem, gdy masowa ilość ludzi wyprzedaje swoje zasoby BTC lub duże części tych zasobów, bitcoin cierpi i spada w cenie, a gdy cena bitcoina spada, ci, którzy nadal posiadają bitcoin, są świadkami spadków w swoich zasobach.

Niektórzy eksperci branżowi uważają, że to właśnie miało miejsce tym razem. Z jednej jednostki bitcoin osiągając $ 40,000 zaledwie kilka tygodni temu, wielu prawdopodobnie widział okazję do handlu niektóre z ich aktywów w i rake w niektórych tymczasowych ciasto, ale dla reszty z nas, jesteśmy prawdopodobnie doświadcza minusy tej postawy.

Teraz twierdzą, że jeśli bitcoin nadal będzie się obniżał, możemy być świadkami, jak inni zaczynają sprzedawać swoje zasoby w nadziei, że nie doświadczą dalszych strat. Craig Erlam – starszy analityk rynku w Oanda Europe – wyjaśnił w ostatnim wywiadzie:

Przełamanie tego poziomu może być powodem do niepokoju w najbliższym czasie, przy czym 33 000 USD wygląda wtedy dość podatnie.

Więcej spadków równa się więcej wyprzedaży

Jednakże, powiedział on swoim zwolennikom, że nie powinni się jeszcze zbytnio martwić. Później stwierdził, że $30,000 to jedyny poziom, „który naprawdę się liczy“. Jeśli bitcoin spadnie poniżej tego poziomu, przestrzeń kryptowalutowa może być w niezłych tarapatach.

Wygląda na to, że spadek bitcoina zbiera swoje żniwo również na innych aktywach, biorąc pod uwagę, że Ethereum spadło o około osiem procent w czasie prasy.

Il 2020 è stato a quanto pare l’anno dei portafogli per la privacy, come più scambi a bordo dei requisiti di KYC.

Elliptic, azienda leader nell’analisi delle catene di blocco, ha trovato importanti cambiamenti nelle recenti tendenze dell’uso illecito di crittografia.

Secondo lo studio dell’azienda, pubblicato mercoledì, la percentuale di transazioni Bitcoin (BTC) che l’azienda ha legato all’attività criminale è in calo, sicuramente rispetto al picco del 2012:

Tom Robinson, lo scienziato capo di Elliptic, ha spiegato al Cointelegraph che questo è il risultato di molte tendenze nel campo della crittografia. Tra queste, l’accresciuta conformità degli scambi e l’attività delle forze dell’ordine, così come la crescente forza delle società di analisi come la stessa Elliptic. È interessante notare che Robinson ha anche detto che l’uso generale è semplicemente esploso:

„Altri casi di utilizzo del cripto sono esplosi in popolarità – la speculazione più notevole. La maggior parte dei cripto vengono semplicemente inviati tra una borsa e l’altra. Il valore di queste transazioni rende insignificante qualsiasi cosa legata al crimine“.

Ciononostante, i cattivi attori continuano a trovare nuovi modi di collocare i guadagni illeciti attraverso il cripto. Elliptic ha notato un leggero aumento nell’uso della crittografia, ma un notevole aumento dei portafogli per la privacy:

La crescente pressione legale e le accuse penali sugli operatori possono aver cambiato la dipendenza dai miscelatori nel corso degli anni. Questo è probabile anche grazie a società come Elliptic, o ai concorrenti Cyphertrace e Chainalysis, che sono diventati bravi a tracciare le monete attraverso i miscelatori.

Di fronte alle accresciute esigenze dei clienti a livello globale, gli scambi hanno anche perso terreno come destinazione per il cripto illegale. I portafogli privati, invece, sono saliti alle stelle. Diceva David Carlisle di Elliptic:

„La tendenza più significativa che abbiamo osservato è stato il crescente utilizzo di portafogli per la privacy come il Wasabi Wallet nel processo di riciclaggio. Nel 2020 almeno il 13% di tutti i proventi del crimine in Bitcoin System sono stati inviati attraverso i portafogli privacy, che è in aumento rispetto al 2% del 2019″.

Tuttavia, Elliptic ha una gamma limitata di conoscenze sulle origini, criminali o meno, dei fondi che passano attraverso questi portafogli privacy. In risposta a una domanda su come Elliptic sappia se il Bitcoin che passa attraverso un portafoglio Wasabi è collegato ad attività illegali, Tom Robinson ha detto al Cointelegraph: „In generale, non possiamo – possiamo vedere cosa entra e cosa esce, ma non possiamo collegare le due cose“.

Wasabi, dal canto suo, in passato ha dovuto affrontare domande sulla durata delle sue caratteristiche di privacy. Sembra che, come minimo, esse costituiscano una barriera per le società di analisi.

L’interesse istituzionale per il Bitcoin può aver portato a nuovi massimi, ma i minatori sono sempre emersi come i principali sostenitori dei rally dei prezzi del Bitcoin.

Il deflusso dei minatori Bitcoin è sceso di oltre il 68%

Così è stato nel 2017 e nel 2020, ci sono stati alcuni segnali del coinvolgimento dei minatori nel rally dei prezzi. Il deflusso dei minatori Ethereum Code è sceso di oltre il 68% dal novembre 2020 e sempre più minatori stanno scegliendo di mantenere il loro Bitcoin, anche al livello attuale dei prezzi.

Sulla base dei dati di Glassnode, l’offerta attiva è aumentata rapidamente considerando il fatto che quasi il 97% dei portafogli Bitcoin sono redditizi. L’aspettativa è che la pressione di vendita aumenterà, tuttavia, i minatori potrebbero non aver risposto allo stesso dato di oggi.

Questo significa che i minatori sono in attesa di una maggiore redditività? I minatori si sono accapigliati per la maggior parte di settembre e ottobre 2020, mettendosi in fila per i profitti nel novembre 2020. Questo è stato un altro motivo per l’aumento dell’offerta alle borse e per l’aumento delle riserve valutarie. Le riserve si sono gonfiate nel novembre 2020, anche se molto prima di raggiungere i livelli precedenti, l’offerta più recente è stata ritirata dalle borse.

Un’altra metrica critica per l’attività mineraria, ma nel complesso meno popolare, è il Total Miner Outflow [TMO].

Il deflusso totale dei minatori è ancora al livello medio

Sulla base dei dati del grafico sopra riportato, il deflusso totale dei minatori è ancora al livello medio, molto più basso rispetto alla precedente corsa dei tori. Nel 2017, e all’inizio del 2018, il deflusso dei minatori è stato molto più elevato e si è ridotto considerevolmente nell’arco di 12 mesi. Durante il rally dei prezzi del 2019, con un breve rialzo dei prezzi, c’è stato un altro aumento del deflusso dei minatori e l’attuale rally dei prezzi non ha ancora registrato un aumento del TMO.

I minatori stanno attraversando l’attuale livello dei prezzi, anticipando un’ulteriore scoperta di prezzi superiori a 24200 dollari, e una volta che il deflusso inizia ad aumentare è un segno per i commercianti al dettaglio di osservare da vicino i grafici dei prezzi. Proprio come l’attuale rally dei prezzi non ha prodotto picchi nella volatilità dei prezzi e nello slancio della rete Bitcoin, non ha ancora mostrato una spinta nelle metriche dei minatori.

Il livello di prezzo intorno al quale il TMO inizia ad aumentare, più vicino al livello del 2017, potrebbe essere il nuovo ATH per alcuni mesi, a meno che ulteriori attività istituzionali o regolamentazioni non portino a bruschi cambiamenti nel ciclo del mercato Bitcoin.

Here are some of the financial institutions that have invested in Bitcoin in 2020, as a protection against the economic crisis.

In recent weeks, there has been a significant interest in the acquisition of Bitcoin by financial institutions. Many of them have done so out of a genuine belief that such an asset will potentially increase in price. Today we’ll introduce you to the most prominent ones that have invested in Bitcoin, in 2020.

A recent study by Trustnodes revealed that large companies have invested around $10 billion in Bitcoin.

Likewise, a new presentation of the Blockchain Summit Latam, commented on the institutional investment in Bitcoin. Specifically, on the fourth day, which took place on November 5, Joaquin Moreno, founder of BTCenEspañol, presented a paper entitled: Why public companies are buying Bitcoin as an investment?

In particular, starting this year, two financial institutions were able to invest in Bitcoin. They are MicroStrategy and Square. He detailed that there are 23 public business organizations that own 770,000 Bitcoins.

The institutions take bullish bets on Bitcoin

It’s one of the financial institutions that have taken refuge in Bitcoin. Currently the company has approximately 500 million dollars in BTC.

In this regard, Michael J. Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, announced that his company had purchased a substantial amount of BTC ($250 million at the time). This investment was made as an inflation protection.

„This investment reflects our belief that Bitcoin is a reliable deposit of value and an attractive investment asset with more potential for long-term appreciation than cash.

Galaxy Digital

Indeed, the company currently holds approximately 70% of its shares in BTC.

The head of Galaxy Digital, Mike Novogratz, announced that he had increased his position at BTC. This decision was made by projecting the recent Bitcoin rally.
Square

On October 8, Jack Dorsey said that they had purchased approximately 4709 BTCs for a price of $50 million. This represented 1% of the total assets that Square reported for the second quarter of 2020.

The long-awaited blockchain platform from Dapper Labs is getting closer and closer to its launch.

Flow, the blockchain platform from Dapper Labs, the developers behind the crypto collecting games Cryptokitties and NBA Topshot, could now have taken another step towards the introduction of its own mainnet.

Said step is the release of Flow Port, a tool that enables token holders to manage and stake their crypto funds on Flow

The associated notification explicitly explains how crypto users can stake their FLOW tokens via crypto custody service providers such as Kraken and Coinlist, and how they can pass their tokens on to existing node operators. Those users who want to operate their own node, however, have to undergo a review process, which may take longer, as there is already a long waiting list of candidates.

Another interesting aspect of the announcement is that the large crypto wallet Ledger is also supported. This allows Flow users to work directly with Flow Port via the Ledger hardware wallets. The new wallet provider Blocto will also offer this.

In a statement to Cointelegraph, Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou explains that the new „portal“ opens up a number of possibilities for crypto users who want to use the blockchain network

„With Flow Ports, anyone can set up Flow accounts with multiple custodians, including the Ledger hardware wallets and the Blotco software wallets,“ said the CEO. He then adds: “Community stakeholders can use port to manage their flow tokens, to stake for nodes or to pass them on to one of the 300 existing nodes that will be put into operation as soon as the staking starts. These include nodes from major partners such as Samsung, Ubisoft and T-Systems. “

The introduction of Layer-One Blockchain Flow is eagerly awaited by many crypto users. Accordingly, Dapper is preparing at full speed on several fronts.

An important part of this effort is intensive fundraising , which has raised funds from hedge funds and NBA players, among others. In addition, the Binance Stablecoin BUSD was integrated and the value of the company’s own flow token was increased fourfold in an auction process.

Eine neue Präsidentschaft von Joe Biden wird sehr wahrscheinlich bedeuten, dass Billionen von Dollar gedruckt werden, und es sieht so aus, als ob dies mit einer sehr zuvorkommenden Federal Reserve Banks (Fed) geschehen wird.

Im Sommer kündigte Biden „einen neuen Plan an, 2 Billionen Dollar über vier Jahre auszugeben, um die Nutzung sauberer Energie im Transport-, Elektrizitäts- und Bausektor erheblich zu steigern, als Teil einer Reihe von weitreichenden Vorschlägen, die wirtschaftliche Möglichkeiten schaffen und die Infrastruktur stärken und gleichzeitig den Klimawandel bekämpfen sollen“.

Diese 2 Billionen Dollar sind Teil eines neuen „Buy American“-Plans, mit dem etwa 700 Milliarden Dollar ausgegeben werden sollen.

Beides sind lohnende Ziele, aber in Kombination kosten sie fast so viel, wie die amerikanische Regierung insgesamt an Steuern für ein Jahr erhält.

Das bedeutet, dass ein Großteil davon geliehen werden wird, während Amerika hoch verschuldet ist und 100% des BIP überschreitet.

Diese enorme Verschuldung ist jedoch aufgrund der Monetarisierung der Schulden nicht spürbar. Das heißt, fed druckt nur Geld und kauft damit Staatsschulden auf, so dass die Zinssätze nahe bei Null liegen, und in Griechenland sind sie trotz der griechischen Schulden in Höhe von 175% des BIP ins Negative gegangen.

Dieser neue ungehemmte Druck wird sich wahrscheinlich beschleunigen, anstatt einige Brüche zu finden, wobei die Fed implizit Bidens Plan, 2 Billionen Dollar für den Klimawandel auszugeben, ihren Segen gegeben hat. sagte die Fed:

„Mitarbeiter im gesamten Federal Reserve System erforschen weiterhin die Beziehungen zwischen Klimarisiken und wirtschaftlichen und finanziellen Risiken, um letztlich die Übertragungskanäle besser zu identifizieren, über die Klimarisiken den Finanzsektor beeinflussen könnten.

Diese Arbeit wird in enger Absprache mit anderen US-Behörden und internationalen Gruppen durchgeführt, um das Wissen und Verständnis dieses wachsenden Problems der wirtschaftlichen und finanziellen Stabilität zu stärken.

Die Federal Reserve evaluiert und investiert in Möglichkeiten zur Vertiefung ihres Verständnisses der gesamten Tragweite der Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf Märkte, finanzielle Engagements und Verbindungen zwischen Märkten und Finanzinstitutionen. Sie wird das Finanzsystem mit Hilfe ihres Finanzstabilitätsrahmens auf Anfälligkeiten im Zusammenhang mit dem Klimawandel überwachen und bewerten.

Darüber hinaus erwarten die Aufsichtsbehörden der Federal Reserve von den Banken, dass sie über Systeme verfügen, die alle ihre materiellen Risiken, die sich für viele Banken wahrscheinlich auch auf Klimarisiken erstrecken werden, angemessen identifizieren, messen, kontrollieren und überwachen“.

Kurz gesagt: Drucken Biden Drucken! Mit der Ausnahme, dass es sich bei all diesen Drucksachen in Wirklichkeit um Schulden handelt und nicht um geprägte Blockbelohnungen, so dass sie zurückgezahlt werden müssen und mit Zinsen.

Biden plant, die Steuern für diejenigen zu erhöhen, die mehr als 500.000 Dollar verdienen, aber das wird wahrscheinlich keinen wesentlichen Unterschied zu dem riesigen und sehr schnell wachsenden Schuldenhaufen machen.

Letztendlich werden sie also wahrscheinlich keine andere Wahl haben, als den Dollar massenweise abzuwerten und die Daumen zu drücken in der Hoffnung, dass er nicht den Weg der Weimarer Republik geht.

Für alle anderen gibt es immer Bitcoin, das aufgrund seiner codebasierten, unveränderlichen 21-Millionen-Grenze wohl die beste Absicherung gegen eine signifikante Abwertung darstellt.

Die Auswirkungen dieser festen Grenze für die Abwertung kann man leicht in Brasilien, Argentinien, Iran und anderen Orten sehen, wo Bitcoin in ihrem eigenen Geld ein Allzeithoch erreicht hat, in einigen Fällen sogar weit darüber, selbst als es bei 13.000 Dollar lag. Also fast 50% vom globalen Allzeithoch entfernt.

Die Reaktion auf eine Dollar- und Euro-Abwertung wird wahrscheinlich sehr ähnlich ausfallen. Euro, weil sie bei einer massenhaften Abwertung des Dollars zu einer Abwertung gezwungen sein werden, da sonst europäische Waren zu teuer werden, um sie zu kaufen.

All das bedeutet, dass Bitcoin in investierbare Ersparnisse umgewandelt werden muss, da es auf Abwertungen reagiert.