Author: 21Shares Research

The 21Shares Research team provides world-class, data-driven insights into the crypto asset market. Our mission is to improve the professionalism, transparency, and accountability of actors and institutions within the industry whilst helping educate investors. To do this we produce monthly institutional-grade research on the most important topics within the industry.

A monthly review of what’s happening in the crypto markets enriched with institutional research on the most important topics in the industry in cooperation with the Swiss digital asset specialist, 21Shares AG. August was a breezy month for altcoins; namely, Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), and Terra (LUNA) are breaking new highs, picking up where they left off since the market crash in May. While they’re doing better than the previous month, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are still lingering below their peak levels. In other news, the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are once again turning heads after electronic payments giant Visa…

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A monthly review of what’s happening in the crypto markets enriched with institutional research on the most important topics in the industry in cooperation with the Swiss digital asset specialist, 21Shares AG. July was a robust month for Bitcoin, which benefited the long tail of cryptoassets. While there is a sea of factors contributing to this performance some credit could go to an Amazon rumour that was promptly denied about the e-commerce giant accepting Bitcoin as a method of payment. Rumors around Amazon trigger short squeeze Nevertheless, Amazon is hiring digital currency and blockchain talents, so there’s more to it…

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