LATEST: CoinShares Reports Record Inflows in Digital Asset Investment Products

For the third week running, digital asset investment products have recorded an outstanding inflow, which takes the year-to-date total to $14.9 billion. CoinShares also commented that last week, bitcoin exchange-traded products recorded $1.01 billion in inflows. This came in the wake of the expected optimism in the market following favorable readings from the latest FOMC minutes and the latest macro data.

After regulators in the U.S. last week gave the approval sign in favor of ether exchange-traded funds, the momentum has also seen Ethereum bring in $36 million in inflows. This cements the role of Ethereum even more strongly in the crypto space, and at a time when digital asset ETPs are at an all-time high of $98.5 billion.

Market flows have seen a 28% increase in the volumes of ETP trading for the week, rising to $13.6 billion. While the U.S. region still dominates investments in terms of flows, other regions, including Germany and Switzerland, exhibit huge activity as opposed to the outflows experienced by Hong Kong in their spot bitcoin ETFs.

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Empire Newsletter: Governance tokens are in the midst of a reckoning

It’s all about governance bro

Governance tokens are in the midst of a reckoning.

UNI and MKR are, in many ways, DeFi’s most important experiments. But right now, the tokens themselves are suffering from the successes of their respective protocols. 

Both sit at the very heart of what makes DeFi so compelling: Uniswap enables peer-to-peer trading on an open, neutral platform that can’t be stopped or gatekept. Maker manages an overcollateralized, debt-backed and censorship-resistant stablecoin, DAI, the market’s third-biggest with $5.3 billion in circulation. 

Both protocols allow token holders to participate in governance — tweaking the knobs on aspects of the platform, voting…

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Building the Future of Bitcoin Education

Bitcoin Magazine recently sat down with Lisa, founder of Bitcoin++ and the Base58 Bitcoin Developer course, to discuss her work and vision for structured education in the Bitcoin space. 

Lisa’s journey in the Bitcoin space has been multifaceted. Currently working part-time with Blockstream on core Lightning projects, she also operates Base58, a platform designed to provide mid to senior-level developers with in-depth knowledge of Bitcoin technical development. This initiative stems from her belief that structured education can significantly enhance the Bitcoin development community’s capabilities.

“Structured education is hard, like good curriculum,” Lisa stated. “The pathways…

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Argentina Bitcoin Adoption | Insights From El Salvador

In a significant move toward embracing Bitcoin, Argentina is turning to El Salvador, the pioneering nation that made history by adopting bitcoin as legal tender in 2021. This could signal an acceleration in Argentina Bitcoin adoption strategies.

High-ranking officials from Argentina’s National Securities Commission (CNV) have engaged in detailed discussions with their counterparts in El Salvador to learn from their groundbreaking experience with Bitcoin.

This collaboration marks a crucial step for Argentina as it navigates the complex landscape of Bitcoin regulation and adoption.

Argentina has been increasingly focused on integrating digital assets into its financial…

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