Block Party

In today's April Market Outlook, we were joined by Enjin's Chief Technology Officer, Witek Radomski, and Chief Operating Officer, Caleb Applegate.  Our Head of Research, Dr. Garrick Hileman and Co-Founder, Nicolas Cary sat down with them to discuss NFTs: what are NFTs, what new functionality do they offer and why have they attracted so much interest? They also dive into the background of the Enjin team and platform, how Witek and Caleb first got involved in NFTs and what new products they're working on. Enjoy!

On today's episode, Garrick Hileman, Head of Research at Blockchain.com, reads his article 'The future doesn't look like Robinhood'. The article covers why disgust over GameStop’s trading shut down will accelerate DeFi adoption and how you can gain DeFi investment exposure. Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/the-future-doesnt-look-like-robinhood-793e70b1dcd2

On this episode of the Blockchain.com Podcast, our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, reads the opening to our March Market Outlook report titled, Trust | Want | Need. This report discusses the three important elements of crypto adoption and how the space has grown - or still needs to grown - in each particular dimension.   Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/trust-want-need-e2fcec8653f6

During today's March Market Outlook, we were joined by Ambre Soubiran, CEO of crypto market data provider, Kaiko.  Our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman and VP of Marketing, Jason Karsh, discuss with her what the institutionalization of crypto adoption could mean for the duration and depth of future crypto winters, the current state of crypto data and the one data point that is particularly difficult to obtain, and much more. Enjoy! 

This month’s Market Outlook live event, we’re joined by Lewis Tuff, Blockchain.com’s VP of Engineering, to dig into why some exchanges go down during times of volatility and how the ecosystem could mature.

Today Blockchain.com Co-Founder Nicolas Cary and Head of Research Garrick Hileman are joined by Anthony Scaramucci - American financier and founder of Skybridge bitcoin fund. The three discuss Anthony’s odyssey into bitcoin, why he believes it to be a new store of value and why other institutional investors are adding bitcoin to their balance sheet.  Enjoy!

On this episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast, Blockchain.com's Head of Research, Garrick HIleman, reads his article titled, The Great Mother of All Financial Crises. This article outlines why we're moving closer to a US dollar crises that would threaten the dollar's dominant reserve currency status.  Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/the-great-mother-of-all-financial-crises-83c8f73328f2

Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, recently wrote an oped article for CoinDesk entitled: Governments Will Start to Hodl Bitcoin in 2021. In today's episode, Garrick reads this timely piece diving into outsized government spending and money printing, the U.S-China economic and geopolitical tension, and post-pandemic acceleration. Read the article here: https://www.coindesk.com/government-hodl-bitcoin-2021

Blockchain.com's Co-Founder, Nicolas Cary and Head of Research, Garrick Hileman ring in the new year with a discussion on the crypto markets, featuring our Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Markets, Charlie McGarraugh.  It's no secret the markets have been on the run these past few weeks, but what does that mean looking ahead and is that sustainable? Are there signs of overheating and an upcoming correction? Listen as they discuss this and much more including Wall Street's adoption of crypto and the bitcoin digital gold thesis as the main adoption catalysis today. 

Blockchain.com's Co-Founder, Nic Cary and Head of Research, Garrick Hileman sat down with Peter Van Valkenburgh, Director of Research at Coin Center, to discuss the crypto regulatory space, including recently proposed STABLE act, hosted vs unhosted wallets and the likelihood of bitcoin getting banned.