State of Crypto Blockworks

In the final episode of this season of the Amun State of Crypto podcast, the Hany, Hansen, and Lanre from the Amun team talked to Maya Zehavi, a well-known thinker and analyst within the industry, about the term "Dissident Tech". We touch on the role Bitcoin may play in authoritarian regimes, issues with Big Tech, and more!
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In the latest episode of the Amun State of Crypto, Ophelia (Amun's co-founder and president) and Lanre (Amun's researcher) discuss crypto's market microstructure with Noelle Acheson, CoinDesk's Head of Research. The group discusses the differences in the market microstructure between the crypto asset industry and traditional capital markets. The guests drew from their experience within capital markets to understand the intricacies of the crypto market.

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DigixDAO is arguably the world's oldest decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and has been a pioneering innovation in the crypto asset industry since its inception in March 2016. In addition, Digix was the first crowdsale based on Ethereum. It was launched to manage the minting of stablecoins backed by gold through the use of smart contracts on Ethereum. In January 2020, almost four years since the inception of the project, the holders of the DigixDAO token voted to dissolve the DAO and return the 380,000 ETH held by it to the token holders. What happened?

Hany Rashwan, Lanre Ige, and Hansen Wang from the Amun team are joined by . Digix co-founder Shaun Djie to discuss Digix's journey from launching the world's first DAO and minting the first gold token to the passing of the vote for the dissolution of the DAO.
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In this episode, the Amun team (Lanre, Hansen, and Rahul) came together to discuss the Bitcoin Halving with one of the leading crypto asset researchers in the industry, Hasu. In this episode we give a detailed explanation of how exactly Bitcoin mining works and what impact the halving will have on the mining industry, Hasu's research on Bitcoin's economic security, and the efficiency of crypto markets.
Reading list: A Model for Bitcoin's Security and the Declining Block Subsidy, A Model for Bitcoin's Security and the Declining Block Subsidy, Bitcoin Block Reward Halving Countdown, Bitcoin Wiki — Controlled Supply
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In this episode, the Amun team came together to review the top crypto predictions and theses of 2020 from Coinbase, Messari, and Blockchain Capital. The main predictions that the Amun team review in this episode are: (1) that the number and size of mergers and acquisition activity will increase in the years to come; (2) that general use of blockchain technology will become common; and (3) that the market capitalization of stablecoins will continue to grow rapidly.
Have a listen to our first episode of the year!
Reading Materials: Messari's Crypto Theses for 2020; Blockchain Capital’s 2019 Year in Review; Brian Armstrong's (Coinbase) "What will happen to cryptocurrency in the 2020s" blog
This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: blockworksgroup.io

In this episode of the State of Crypto brainstorm, the Amun team came together to discuss the current issues in the crypto asset industry associated with education. The external guest this week is Ria Bhutoria, Director of Research at Fidelity Digital Assets.

In this episode the Amun team and Ria discuss the main issues in crypto education such as: a lack of standardisation, issues with metric game-ability, and technical barriers to education.

Reading Materials:
Ryan Selkis (Messari) — An Open-Source EDGAR Database for Cryptoassets 
Coinbase — The Rise of Crypto in Higher Education
David Kimberley (Finance Magnates) — eToro Survey Finds Huge Demand for Cryptocurrency Education

This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: blockworksgroup.io