We are back with the 122nd volume of ICRYPEX CryptoEconomics Newsletter 😊. This is the first newsletter in Turkey in which you can find CryptoFinance, FinTech, DeFi, NFT and On-Chain themes all together. We have compiled this week’s metrics 📊 and news 📰.
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Metrics and Stories of the Week
FinTech
Crypto lending firm Matrixport is looking to raise $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation.
Russian President Putin said there is a need for a new and independent international settlement system based on digital currency technologies and distributed registries.
Projected growth in Middle East and North Africa FinTech unicorns.
DeFi
The MakerDAO community rejected a proposal to use up to $500 million of the stablecoin USDC to invest in bonds with crypto investment firm CoinShares.
Ethereum developers decided to consider eight Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) for inclusion in the network’s upcoming hard fork, called “Shanghai.”
Top 15 stablecoins in terms of market capitalization.
CryptoFinance
Binance released its first batch of results for Merkle tree Proof of Reserves (PoR) System.
BlockFi, which filed for bankruptcy, owes more than $1 billion to three of its largest creditors.
Total value locked in DeFi on the Ethereum blockchain from November 2018 to November 22, 2022.
NFT
NFT marketplace OpenSea will support digital assets built on the BNB Chain blockchain.
Sony is launching motion capture wearables for the metaverse.
NFT trade volume by chain.
On-Chain
Following the FTX collapse, number of unique user addresses recorded on AAVE V2 and Compound V2 saw their user bases increase.
ETH total value in the ETH 2.0 deposit contract just reached an all-time high of 15,492,407 ETH.
Merkle tree method for Proof of Reserves.
Trends of the Week 📈
Highlights of the Week
Reading List of the Week
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Jihan Wu's Crypto Lender Matrixport Looks to Raise $100M at $1.5B Valuation
Russia President Putin Calls For Blockchain-based International Payment System
Ethereum Developers Agree on What Could Be Included in the Next Upgrade – but Not When
OpenSea announces support of NFT collections built on BNB Chain