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Crypto - 3 mins read

Lendaview Weekly #11

THE RUNDOWN The Rundown Powered By Arcane Research •    The overall health of the DeFi ecosystem in Q2 2022 results in Total Value Locked (TVL) decreased 70% to $70 billion, mostly due to a fall in token prices rather than withdrawals. •    Growth in Stablecoin supply and growth of DeFi TVL are highly correlated. •    Rehypothecation of assets for Q2 peaked at 27% but is now less than half of that. •    Bitcoin has been stable over the past seven days, hovering between $22,500 and $24,500...

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Crypto - 4 mins read

Passive crypto income

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Lenda - 3 mins read

Lendaview Weekly #10

THE RUNDOWN The Rundown Powered By Arcane Research • Bitcoin’s recent strong momentum stalled in the middle of last week, and the price has decreased by 6% over the past seven days. Still, the price remains firmly within the $19k - $22k consolidation range. ( Read article ) • Ethereum saw inflows totalling US$8m, while the corrected prior week data saw inflows totalling US$120m. These inflows mark the largest single week of inflows since June 2021. • The Fear and Greed Index briefly h...

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Crypto - 3 mins read

Lendaview Weekly #9

THE RUNDOWN The Rundown Powered By Arcane Research • Bitcoin’s recent strong momentum stalled in the middle of last week, and the price has decreased by 6% over the past seven days. Still, the price remains firmly within the $19k - $22k consolidation range. ( Read article ) • Ethereum saw inflows totalling US$8m, while the corrected prior week data saw inflows totalling US$120m. These inflows mark the largest single week of inflows since June 2021. • The Fear and Greed Index briefly h...

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Crypto - 3 mins read

Lendaview Weekly #8

THE RUNDOWN The Rundown Powered By Arcane Research •    Bitcoin and the overall crypto market have experienced strong momentum over the last week, pushing BTC towards its consolidation range highs of $23,000. The Fear and Greed index has climbed from the extreme fear area after a record-long 74-day streak of extreme fear. (Read article) •    The most remarkable recovery is seen in ETH, seeing an enormous 40% week, pushing ETH above $1,500, leading the ETHBTC pair to climb to 0.07, level...

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Blockchain - 4 mins read

NFT Investing Exрlained

Cryрto economy may suffer hard times, but wise investments require strategic thinking and a visionary approach beyond momentum – good or bad as it may seem. NFTs were strongly influenced by the downward trend of the industry, but recently the recovery of both volume and floor рrices has become visible to the naked eye. In mid-June, a significant event - NFT.NYC – followed by a multitude of Twitter reрorts рroved the рredictions of early NFTs death wrong and as it seems the attitude towards n...

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Crypto - 3 mins read

Lendaview Weekly #7

THE RUNDOWN The Rundown Powered By Arcane Research •    June U.S. CPI numbers are released on Wednesday. The last release ignited the June sell-off in bitcoin, and the market expects a 40-year high YoY level of 8.8%. Will expectations be right this time? Read article •    The pace of the M&A activity in the crypto sector aligns with what we saw in 2021, per a new half-year report published by Architect Partners. Read article •    The offshore futures basis has declined below 2% as BTC...

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Crypto - 4 mins read

Lendaview Weekly #6

THE RUNDOWN The Rundown Powered By Arcane Research •    Small inflows were seen into long investment products in regions other than the US such as Brazil, Canada, Germany and Switzerland totaling US$20m. This highlights investors are adding to long positions at current prices, with the inflows into short-Bitcoin possibly due to first-time accessibility in the US rather than renewed negative sentiment. •    Bitcoin saw little inflows over the week, totaling ju...

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Finance - 4 mins read

Cryptobanking 2.0 by Lenda - Part 2: Mobile banking meets crypto

Wе all know thе alrеady lеgеndary vision of Satoshi Nakamoto, thе crеator of Bitcoin – to rеvolutionizе еxisting financial systеms using a chеap and fast, trustlеss pееr-to-pееr еlеctronic cash nеtwork that еliminatеs thе nееd for intеrmеdiariеs such as banks and othеr financial institutions. Now, morе a dеcadе aftеr and rеgardlеss of all fluctuations and volatility, crypto has bеcomе an univеrsе on its own and an industry which valuе is еstimatеd to rеach ovеr a trillion-dollar markеt capi...

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Crypto - 3 mins read

Lendaview Weekly #5

THE RUNDOWN The Rundown Powered By Arcane Research •    Digital asset investment products saw outflows totaling US$39m with total assets under management (AuM) now at their lowest point since February 2021, at US$36bn, down 59% from the November 2021 peak. •    Uncertainty related to the collapse of 3AC, corresponding defaults, and lending platform Celsius’ halting of withdrawals as they face a potential bankruptcy is leading to a vicious withdrawal cycle on ...

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