November 24, 2020

This week’s newsletter links to a website that tracks miner support for
taproot activation, announces a new organization funding Bitcoin
research and development, and includes our regular sections with popular
questions and answers from the Bitcoin StackExchange, announcements of
releases and release candidates, and notable changes to popular Bitcoin
infrastructure software. Action items None this week. News ● Website listing miner support for taproot activation: Bitcoin
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BADGE HOLDERS. Want to win rare DeFi socks? Or PoolTogether Lottery Tickets? Enter these Bankless Badge Raffles and you’ll have a chance. Need a Badge?👇Join the Bankless NationDear Bankless NationExchange Traded Products (ETPs) are securities that track an underlying asset, index, or financial instrument. Tokenized indices—leveraged and inversed ETFs—this is a huge market for DeFi. And it’s just getting started. We’ve seen a few indices pop up recently (chec… … More

By Paul Grewal, Chief Legal OfficerIn response to new guidance from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, we are disabling our margin trading product.Customers currently using margin trading will not be able to place new margin trades starting 2pm PT on November 25. For customers using credit, all open limit orders will be cancelled at this time. The product will be taken offline in December once all existing margin positions have expired.We believe clear, common sense regulations for margin… … More

Hello Defiers! It’s a big day for crypto and DeFi today. Ethereum is now set to launch the first phase of its transition to Ethereum 2.0 / Serenity next week. The minimum amount of ETH needed was deposited, which will trigger the launch of a new proof-of-stake chain. This has been the moment the Ethereum community has been working on ever since the launch of the original chain, as its meant to make the network more scalable and sustainable. The milestone comes amid an accelerating crypto m… … More

Daniel Lv, co-founder of Nervos, speaks at the CKB anniversary event in Hangzhou on November 21st.Last week marked some important milestones in the Nervos ecosystem with the launch of the Simple User Defined Token (SUDT) standard, COFFEE token, and — of course — Lina’s first birthday.body[data-twttr-rendered=”true”] {background-color: transparent;}.twitter-tweet {margin: auto !important;} — @NervosNetworkfunction notifyResize(height) {height = height ? height : document.docum… … More

This installment of The Pomp Letter is free for everyone. I send this email to our investors daily. If you would also like to receive it every morning, join the 90,000 other investors today.Subscribe nowTo investors,The news broke yesterday that Janet Yellen will be Joe Biden’s selection for Treasury Secretary in his new administration. This nomination will have a significant impact on asset prices over the coming years, so it is worth digging deeper on Yellen and her perspective on variou… … More

Nervos is pleased to announce we’re collaborating with THETA.tv, the leading decentralized video application powered by Theta Network to bring exclusive live video content to the global crypto community. The marketing partnership will enable both Nervos and Theta to drive usership and engagement through increased content and exposure.To provide the latest developments in the ecosystem, Nervos often holds AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions for new initiatives, fireside chats with ecosystem partners a… … More

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Over the past month, Bitcoin has penetrated the mainstream once again. As always, the price is the story, but over the years, Bitcoin has honed it narrative and message for widespread consumption. The “digital gold” meme is accepted by the ­community, used by investors now, and most importantly, “digital gold” is appealing and easy to understand to a general audience.Ethereum is far behind on the narrative front, but ahead where it matters: price. ETH has outperforme… … More