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Diving Into DeFi to Navigate the New Wave of Finance
Decentralized Finance, also known as DeFi, effectively lets people be their own bank by replacing traditional institutions with trustless, transparent, and immutable code in the form of smart contracts.

Adding Value to Real World Documents with Authentication
Digitization is the sector that enables real world documents to be digitized as the blockchain technology makes proof of ownership, identity and authenticity possible.

What is So Smart About the Smart Contract Platform Sector?
The Digital Assets ecosystem continues its march toward greater adoption and institutionalization. Today, the Smart Contract Platform (SCP) sector represents over a third of the digital asset market capitalization. The SCP sector has captured industry-wide interest as it has enabled software developers to build a range of applications over Ethereum.

What Global Money Supply Means for Crypto Prices
A chart from Refinitiv Datastream on M2 and total crypto market cap shows how liquidity could affect the net demand for digital assets. If the current rally since March 11 can be trusted, crypto is predicting that central banks may have to keep printing more cash to avoid another financial crisis following recent bank failures. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down "The Chart of The Day."

IRS Looks to Tax NFTs Like Other Collectibles
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is considering whether to tax non-fungible tokens (NFT) on a par with other collectibles, such as stamps, works of art and fine wine, in a move likely to have an impact on those including the digital assets within their retirement plan, according to a document published Tuesday. "The Hash" panel discusses the proposal and the future of crypto taxes.

Bitcoin Touches 3-Week Low as Market Sees Federal Reserve Lifting Rates to 5.65%
Bitcoin fell to a three-week low earlier Wednesday, as U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's hawkish testimony to Congress spurred traders to price in a higher "terminal rate." The Digital Economy Initiative Advisory Council Member Martha Reyes discusses the impact of the central bank leader's speech on digital assets and the outlook on the dragging battle against inflation.

Digital Assets Outperforming Traditional Markets in 2023: Data
CoinDesk Indices data reveals that digital assets are beating traditional markets so far in 2023. CoinDesk Indices Managing Director Jodie Gunzberg joins “First Mover” to discuss. Plus, Gunzberg breaks down why computing and DeFi delivered double-digit gains last month.

Goldman Sachs Says It’s Open to Adding Staff to Digital Assets Team: Bloomberg
The investment bank’s tokenization platform was used by Hong Kong to sell digital bonds last week.

11,301 BTC Added to Global Bitcoin Investment Products in January
ByteTree data shows bitcoin ETPs are winning big with inflows, with 11,301 BTC added in January. ETC Group co-CEO Bradley Duke discusses the reasons behind the increasing inflows and his outlook on institutional interest in digital assets.

What Coinbase's Q4 Earnings Mean for Crypto Adoption
Anthony Georgiades, co-founder of Pastel Network, said investors are right to be wary but “digital assets are certainly here to stay.”
