日期: 2021-05-16

链闻消息，碎片化 NFT 交易平台 Unicly 宣布将于以太坊区块高度 12,458,975 （约北京时间 5 月 18 日 22:00）启动 UNIC 流动性挖矿。

原文链接：碎片化 NFT 交易平台 Unicly 将于区块高度 12458975 启动流动性挖矿

链闻消息，纽约比特币矿商兼发电厂 Greenidge 宣布公司将从 6 月 1 日开始通过购买碳抵消信用额度组合抵消比特币采矿产生的温室气体排放，以实现碳中和。碳抵消信用额度组合中的每个项目要经过美国碳注册机构（ACR）、气候行动保护区（CAR）和 Verra 的审查和认证。另外，除了抵消来自比特币采矿的碳排放量之外，Greenidge 还打算将其部分采矿利润投资于可再生能源项目，Greenidge 正在纽约州和全国范围内积极寻找可再生能源项目的直接融资。

原文链接：Greenidge 将通过购买碳抵消信用额度组合抵消其比特币采矿排放

A crowdfunded effort aims to set Elon Musk and the mainstream media straight.

As the headlines pile up about Bitcoin’s calamitous environmental impact, one group of investors and supporters have stepped up to the plate to defend the world’s largest digital asset with the help of a crowdfunded, FUD-fighting documentary film. 

First announced by investor, podcast host, and Bitcoin fanatic Brad Mills on Twitter, the goal of the film is to act as a “definitive” argument for “why Bitcoin will transition the world to renewable energy faster than governments.”

I found the filmmaker (@jamie_jk) to make the definitive short film on why Bitcoin will transition the world to renewable energy faster than governments.

It will only cost $20-30k for a professional mini-doc on BTC energy FUD.

I will put up $5k in, who’s with us?#GreenBitcoin https://t.co/7MSPTUlArP

— Brad Mills ✍️ (@bradmillscan) May 14, 2021

Mills’ choice of director is Jamie King, best known for STEAL THIS FILM — a documentary series about BitTorrent and one of the earliest examples of a crowdfunded, free-to-share effort. In an interview with Cointelegraph, King said that the narrative about Bitcoin’s energy consumption pushed him into action. 

“The idea for this new project, which we’re raising funds for right now, came about as a result of the increasing amount of attention being paid to Bitcoin’s energy usage,” King said. “Obviously this came to a head with Elon’s announcement about not accepting BTC for his cars for the time being — but it’s also a piece of ‘FUD’ we’re seeing repeated with greater and greater intensity.”

Earlier in the week, billionaire Elon Musk Tweeted that his company Tesla would no longer accept Bitcoin for payments — a comment that set off accusations of hypocrisy, but whose contents were echoed loudly in the mainstream media.

Despite Elon’s gripes, specifics about how much “dirty” energy Bitcoin consumes is difficult to calculate, however, and even estimates based off of Chinese consumption may only paint a rough picture.

Regardless, King and crew aren’t trying to argue that Bitcoin is clean, green tech.

“I think it’s important to acknowledge Bitcoin uses energy. A lot of it. That’s part of its design,” says King. “The question we need to ask is: is it worth it.”

To be clear, I strongly believe in crypto, but it can’t drive a massive increase in fossil fuel use, especially coal

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2021

King said that those who instinctively answer “no” to that question likely haven’t done their research, and that “in a broader social, political and economic context” the case for Bitcoin’s energy consumption is self-evident. 

So far the community has responded warmly, raising .5 BTC in just 48 hours. King also notes that while Bitcoin’s Lightning Network hasn’t seen the adoption some hoped for, after the project opened up to Lightning donations small backers began pouring in.

“I guess what we can see is that Lightning is very real for small Bitcoin donations, I’m glad to say,” he joked.

In the end, King’s goal isn’t to fling mud back at the FUD-sters, but instead to educate and elevate.

“I don’t just want to counter the idea that this is a ‘waste of energy’, but make something that inspires people about just what an amazing thing Bitcoin is. FUD-busting with a higher purpose!”

The cryptocurrency market now accounts for 2% of the global money supply as DeFi and stablecoin growth point to steady increases in adoption.

This year decentralized finance (DeFi) has proven to be a transformative sector for the cryptocurrency ecosystem and it is also making waves in among global financial markets as institutional investors become entranced with the potential to earn high yields on stablecoins, altcoins and Bitcoin. 

While the price action from Dogecoin (DOGE) has dominated the headlines in recent weeks, Delphi Digital has been chronicling the growth of the DeFi ecosystem on the Ethereum (ETH) network which has steadily been gaining strength over the past month.

According to Delphi Digital researchers, while the majority of growth occurred on Ethereum-based DeFi platforms, protocols across the top ecosystems including Ethereum, BSC, Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), Polygon (MATIC) and Terra (LUNA) have begun to gain traction and now account for 34% of the total value locked in DeFi.

The BSC ecosystem is the second-fastest-growing DeFi ecosystem behind Ethereum, thanks in part to its connection with the Binance ecosystem which has immense resources to help get its native protocols off to a strong start.

Venus (XVS), PancakeSwap (CAKE) and PancakeBunny (BUNNY) are the three top DeFi protocols on the BSC and the total value locked on the network totals $49.1 billion.

Collectively, all layer-1 ecosystems have now surpassed $130 billion in cumulative total value locked (TVL).

Stablecoins form the foundation

According to Delphi Digital, DeFi native stablecoins have played a major role in the growth of the ecosystem and now account for nearly $10 billion of the total market cap.

Dai’s (DAI) circulating supply recently surpassed the $4 billion mark to establish itself as the largest DeFi stablecoin, while UST is a rapidly rising challenger fr the Terra ecosystem.

From a wider market perspective, the growing circulating supply of the top stablecoins projects (USDT and USDC) has further helped to boost the value of the crypto sector as a whole by providing a simple way for new funds to enter the market.

To highlight the significance of the growth in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, Delphi Digital points to the global M2 money supply, the broadest definition of the money supply.

Due to gains made across the cryptocurrency ecosystem since mid-2020, the cumulative market cap of the crypto market is now more than 2% of the global M2 money supply with Bitcoin (BTC) alone accounting for 1%. Collectively, the rest of the crypto market accounts for about 1.2% of the global money supply.

As signs of increased cryptocurrency adoption arise on a near-daily basis, like the May 6 revelation that Goldman Sachs had launched a crypto trading desk, it’s likely that the amount of funds locked in DeFi will continue to rise alongside crypto’s share of the global money supply.

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.

The billionaire is bullish on DAO participation, networks with real usage, and mass adoption on the horizon.

In a Twitter thread today, billionaire investor Mark Cuban weighed in on the current state and the future of blockchain technology and investment, ultimately concluding that while there are real obstacles to adoption asset prices are increasingly reflective of real “utility” and “demand,” and that the day will eventually come when crypto is “mature to the point we wondered how we ever lived with out.”

Cuban posted the 10-Tweet thread this morning, noting that as the asset class matures prices for cryptocurrencies often are now a byproduct of current use, as opposed to speculative eventual utility.

Crypto and each implementation is evolving in real time from “what is the potential utility” to “What is the current utility and how many users does it have”. Tokens/Coin prices are now less a bet on the future and more a reflection of real demand.

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) May 15, 2021

“Having more TPS and lower gas fees is not enough,” he wrote, likely referring to often grandiose claims from various layer-one chains with little activity, “There must be a CURRENT network effect and significant user growth. This is a challenge for most L1s and L2s because w few exceptions, marketing in the crypto universe is beyond awful.”

He noted that he often leaves teams “confused” when he asks about “their products, sales , gross margin dollars and profits,” but that these metrics are hugely important in what he characterized as a tremendously competitive field.

Without users what value does a blockchain or L2 solution have ? But, they still haven’t figured out how to sell. They pay premiums to developers and for liquidity and validators. But invest little Marketing to attract users

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) May 15, 2021

In addition to marketing woes, the Dallas Mavericks owner said that a lack of widespread understanding about key mechanics such as protocol governance is hampering growth. Not enough is being done, he argued, to “emphasize the impact governance can have on platforms, and their products/services.”

Eventually, however, he believes that governance participation — which at its best can be a “thing of beauty” — will become standard:

“I think over time, governance will be expected of all users and most will contribute by at least voting. But today, it is little understood and that’s is stunting some platforms growth.” 

One crypto gets over its current phase — one where users need to “be educated and products and services need to be sold and deliver on their initial promises” — then digital assets “can mature to the point we wondered how we ever lived with out.” 

Cuban has been especially bullish in his comments on cryptocurrencies as of late, most notably reiterating his support for BTC and Dogecoin as payment options following disparaging remarks from fellow billionaire Elon Musk that may well have crashed markets: 

We at https://t.co/VUydpLFzGh will continue to accept BTC/Eth/Doge because we know that replacing Gold as a store of value will help the environment https://t.co/bs7NvnJY8A and https://t.co/ELhbuLOBRV shrinking big bank and coin usage will benefit society and the environment https://t.co/zu08F0STEQ

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) May 12, 2021