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Markets

Ether Sees Higher Liquidations Than Bitcoin After Falling Under $3.2K

Nearly $160 million in ether long positions were liquidated.

Ether lost a major support level on Friday. (TradingView)

Videos

CoinDesk Releases Annual Report Highlighting Key Trends in Crypto

CoinDesk Research Associate George Kaloudis joins the “First Mover” panel to discuss the 2021 CoinDesk Annual Report. Topics include the decline of bitcoin dominance, Ethereum gas fees triggering the rise of scaling-focused altcoins like Polygon and Solana, and how El Salvador’s legalization of bitcoin impacted the crypto market. Plus, a look into the future of bitcoin mining as Kazakhstan, the country that became second only to the US in bitcoin mining hashrate, is suffering the worst protests in 30 years and internet blackouts.

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What Really Mattered to Crypto Markets in 2021

The CoinDesk Research Annual Crypto Review for 2021 examines some of the key themes and metrics that marked the year’s progress in cryptocurrency markets.

The CoinDesk 2021 Annual Crypto Review looks back on how crypto markets fared last year.

Finance

JPMorgan Says Ethereum’s DeFi Dominance at Risk Due to ‘Sharding’ Delays

Analysts from the bank said that the scaling of the network might arrive too late.

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Opinion

Facebook, Walmart and How Companies Shouldn’t Set Up in the Metaverse

Facebook’s “pivot to video” destroyed businesses that went along. The metaverse could be a repeat act.

A WalMart demo of virtual-reality shopping, first produced in 2017, has been making the rounds again as an example of the Metaverse. (WalMart/YouTube)

Opinion

2022 Is the Year of Ethereum

Everything important in blockchain is happening on Ethereum, says EY’s global blockchain lead.

(Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)

Tech

What’s the Healthiest Chart in Crypto? The Developer Count

An annual report from venture firm Electric Capital says the total number of new developers jumping on the blockchain bandwagon in 2021 broke previous highs.

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The State of Ethereum’s Fee Market

What was the motivation for EIP 1559 and, after four months, what real impacts on Ethereum have we seen?

(Nikom Khotjan/Moment/Getty Images)

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Videos

Arca Head of Research's 2022 Investment Forecast

Katie Talati, head of research for crypto and blockchain asset management firm Arca, discusses how her firm and its investors are approaching the digital asset ecosystem in 2022. Talati speaks on the movement away from bitcoin as other protocols like Ethereum prove their long-term value and concerns regarding bitcoin as collateral.

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Ex-ConsenSys Ventures Head: Why a Multichain Ecosystem Is Needed

Kavita Gupta, Ex-ConsenSys Ventures head and Delta Blockchain Fund founder, explains why her fund believes in the importance of a multi-chain ecosystem and the growing applications of blockchain technology.

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