CMCC Global writes monthly to investors, sharing our views on market dynamics and demystifying this new asset class.
Here we share selected insights, exploring important topics in the blockchain ecosystem.
The trading infrastructure surrounding digital assets is maturing. Trade volumes have risen dramatically over the last three years, helped to a large degree by the creation of derivative markets and over USD1 billion in investments allocated to institution-serving firms.
The third ever Bitcoin Halving takes place on 12 May. This is where the issuance of new bitcoin to miners is cut in half. This is more than just an interesting technical characteristic of the Bitcoin protocol. It is the reason that Bitcoin is becoming recognized as a true alternative form of money.
数字人民币试点工作初见端倪,这给国内的移动支付吹来新风,也会在世界范围产生深远影响。 A Digital RMB pilot has been released in China. This will impact local payments in China, but also has strategic significance for the rest of the world.
The Solana smart contract platform boasts a string of technical innovations and one of the most experienced teams in the blockchain ecosystem. Solana’s newly launched network is operating at speeds 1000x that of Ethereum and is poised to take the blockchain world by storm.
In 2016, Leemon Baird, a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon, released a paper describing the hashgraph consensus algorithm. This novel algorithm formed the basis of what would become Hedera Hashgraph, a new type of distributed ledger system.