Solid Research Call with some good Organizations listed at the bottom that we discussed today.
1) Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 has launched! And thankfully without a hitch.
Link to new blockchain explorer (BeaconChain): https://beaconcha.in/
Why Ethereum 2.0 is important: https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-is-ethereum-2-0-and-why-does-it-matter?ref=JLI1VBLA&utm_source=BinanceTwitter&utm_medium=GlobalSocial&utm_campaign=GlobalSocial
2) This started a massive Tax debate about whether ETH1 moving to ETH2 is a taxable event. The answer is "no-one knows yet, and I'm not confident the governments will get this one right"
3) Coinbase will now provide ETH2.0 staking services
Blog Announcement: https://blog.coinbase.com/ethereum-2-0-staking-rewards-are-coming-soon-to-coinbase-a25d8ac622d5
5) Yearn.finance and Sushi.finance are working together!
Article Link: https://medium.com/iearn/yearn-x-sushi-%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%81%8D%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99-41b2f78b62e9
4) Yearn.finance has been doing so many "mergers" that Andre Cronje felt it necessary to address nomenclature in the decentralized space. He was quite articulate. YFI grows ever stronger:
YFI x SUSHI
YFI x PICKLE
YFI x COVER
YFI x HEGIC
YFI x ALPHA
YFI x AKRO
YFI x CREAM
YFI x AAVE
YFI x SXN
YFI x COMP
YFI x MKR
YFI x ETH
5) THORChain continues to build
6) Cool website that is tracking who owns all the $BTC: https://www.kevinrooke.com/bitcoin
7) Libra is rebranding and changing it's name to "Diem". Still centralized.
CoinDesk Article: https://www.coindesk.com/libra-diem-rebrand
8) A Universal Carbon (UPCO2) token is being issued on Tuesday
CoinDesk Article: https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-coalition-launches-tradable-carbon-credit-token
10) We look at both the Oracle page and the Polkadot page on Coingecko:
https://www.coingecko.com/en?category_id=oracle&view=market
https://www.coingecko.com/en?category_id=dot-ecosystem&view=market
11) New Organization Found
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