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On the Blockchain pedestal this week:

1. Peter Thiel Coins Bitcoin “Chines Financial Weapon” — Bitcoin suggestion as a suave move by the Chinese Yuan to get one up over the USD.
2. Crypto going Gree — The crypto industry coming out behind strong institutional interest, with a Paris Agreement-esque climate agreement.
3. Neuralink Update — Neuralink's latest in wireless brain signal interface technology.

1. Peter Thiel Coins Bitcoin “Chines Financial Weapon”

Institutional and early FANG investor as well as vocal pro-crypto advocate, Peter…

As of writing this, the Godzilla vs. Kong (GvK) trailer has broken Warner Bros. trailer viewership records with a monster-haul of 25.6 million across all shared platforms.

This is the film’s first fully-fledged trailer. Best yet, it’s the first time that fans got to see what’s in store for them when they tune in on their HBO Max accounts come March (more on why this is important later).

Now, you might be thinking, as anyone that has a fair share of trailer views under their eyelids, that the trailer is giving away the plot. That by showing us, at least…

New Year seems to have a way of bringing about the best in people. People are committing to new fitness goals. Individuals are promising to their past self how this year will be their best year yet. Some will even pick up a habit or two in the first five days of the new year.

We make resolutions for different things. Among the glamour of financial goals, relationship targets, and arbitrary weight milestones that I always find myself fussing over, learning is by far the one area that I have taken for granted.

Yet, I would make the argument that…

At the beginning of 2020, I listed out the ten books that I would at a minimum read over the coming twelve months. The list consisted of the typical mix of genres. From business biographies to Plato, the list was short and heavy with novels, deep dives, and classical fiction. I gave myself a list of 10 books to get through in a year.

At the end of it all, I read 8. Of those 8, there were three books in particular, that left a profound impact on my life.

1. Atomic Habits by James Clear

Atomic Habits by James Clear was, of the productivity books that I intentionally purchased, the best of its category. …

This week on the Blockchain Weekly pedestal, we’re doing a Quickfire newsletter on some of the hotter topics in blockchain and distributed ledger technology:

• French National Football Team Partners with Blockchain-Based Sorare on Football Sports Collectibles Project

This week, the French Football Association announced their working relationship with Sorare — a fantasy football game that uses blockchain technology based on Ethereum — to develop National Team cards. The project with Les Bleus will see some of the worlds best in football as nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on the sports collectibles platform.

The launch of the project is expected to kick-off while…

Blockchain Weekly Issue #9

This week on the Blockchain Weekly pedestal:

1. Worlds First Bitcoin Legal Tender in El Salvador
2. AntChain Blockchain Match with UEFA as Global Partner
3. China’s Digital Yuan Wallet Project Releases New Information

1. Worlds First Bitcoin Legal Tender in El Salvador

Major Step-Change in Bitcoin Crypto Maturity or Interesting Experiment?

Bitcoin and blockchain news outlets have been inundated with coverage of the recent news by El Salvador's President to introduce Bitcoin as legal tender for payment transactions for the country.

In the world's first moment for cryptocurrency, El Salvador’s constituents will now have a legally accepted manner to transact services other than traditional currency.

While it should be said that is still early to say…

Announced early this week, the Brazillian bank Nubank welcomed a positive seeding round of investment, looking ahead on international expansion to jurisdictions, most recently in Colombia.

From a stern standpoint against Bitcoin — and a general by and large distaste for cryptocurrency — as a currency of “basically no value”, Warren Buffet and friends with Berkshire Hathaway are now invested $500 million in digital bank Nubank.

As described by Nubank’s CEO, the influx of capital will be instrumental in “democratizing access to financial services” to a significant number of citizens that do not maintain a bank account. …

Blockchain Weekly Issue #8

This week on the Blockchain Weekly pedestal:

1. Bitcoin's Fall the Clear Markers of Another Crypto Winter?
2. INATBA and CLI Publish Blockchain for Climate Action and Governance Study
3. Apple Pay Teams Up with Coinbase on Visa Debit Card Integration

1. Bitcoin’s Fall the Clear Markers of Another Crypto Winter?

Much has been the debate of late on Bitcoin. For the once $60,000 BTC — currently trading at €30, 073.18 as of writing — the journey to an arguable “mainstream” adoption has not been without tribulation. The recent weeks however have shaken the asset class down to its core.

With an ATH that feels like a distant memory…