Ryan Selkis, the founder of Messari, a cryptocurrency research company, has announced he will be running for the U.S. Senate in 2024. The entrepreneur made the announcement on Twitter after finding out one of the speakers at Messari’s Mainnet conference, whose identity could not be confirmed, was served with a subpoena by the SEC. This…
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Sherlock will provide fundamental and technical analysis for fund managers and investors. Asset management giant Fidelity is delving deeper into the digital asset space with the announcement of its analytics platform called Sherlock. In an announcement on Thursday, Fidelity Investments, which has $10 trillion assets under management, unveiled a digital assets data and analytics solution…
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With Binance Chain’s 11 validators hand-selecting Binance Smart Chain’s validators daily, analysts are warning of the protocol’s centralization. Despite Binance supporters celebrating Binance Coin’s (BNB) chart-topping performance for Q1 2021, concerns are growing regarding the centralization of the Binance ecosystem. On April 12, Messari researcher Ryan Watkins took aim at the centralization of Binance Smart…
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Since launching its V3 iteration in October, PoolTogether has paid out more than $750,000 in risk-free lottery returns. Data published by crypto analytics provider Messari indicates that PoolTogether’s V3 no-risk lottery platform has amassed more than 6,000 users since launching in October. Messari asserts that PoolTogether’s user base ranks it “one of the most utilized…
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Data from Messari shows the top 20 “Fair Launch tokens” are outperforming both the top 1,000 crypto assets and Ethereum-based assets on average this year s far. So-called ‘Fair Launch’ tokens are outperforming most projects released via centralized token distribution events, according to crypto market data aggregator Messari, Messari defines Fair Launch tokens as having…
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Japan’s biggest brokerages are looking to compete with the country’s crypto-native exchanges for digital asset market share. According to research by Messari, the top three online brokerage firms in Japan are experiencing surging revenue from their cryptocurrency exchange services. In its Asian Crypto Landscape report, Messari noted the operating revenue and net worth of exchange…
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Data compiled by Messari indicates that the 157 crypto assets that posted record highs in 2018 are still bumbling along at prices more than 90% down from their ATHs. Data published by crypto market data aggregator Messari shows that 83% of crypto assets that tagged all-time highs in January 2018 are still down by at…
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Weekly BTC trade volume has surged to dwarf the previous record by 100% amid Bitcoin’s dramatic run up to $40,000. Bitcoin’s meteoric rally to $40,000 has seen BTC smash its previous all-time high for ‘real’ volume by roughly 100%. On Jan. 7, Quantum Economics founder Mati Greenspan shared a chart showing that weekly spot volume…
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Bitcoin’s explosive gains are strongly reflected by the number of days it has closed above $16,320. The Bitcoin (BTC) price, which is currently sitting at $16,320, has only been at this level or higher for 12 days in the coin’s entire 4,332-day history, representing just 0.28% of the cryptocurrency’s life. Crypto analytics platform Messari published…
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Crypto research firm Messari has estimated that Bitcoin could trade for $50,000 each if institutions allocate a low-single-digit portfolio percentage to BTC. Messari’s Ryan Watkins has crunched the numbers and predicts that if institutions allocate just 1% of their portfolios to Bitcoin, then BTC’s market cap could rise to above $1 trillion, Watkins’ research sought…
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