Crypto at a glance
with Jason Deane
It “feels” like Bitcoin has been busy over the last few days, yet we find ourselves pretty much back where we were this time last week, price wise at least.
Of course, for many of us, short term price is completely irrelevant since we’re so focussed on where this thing is going and what benefits it can bring to the human race in the long term. Recently, for example, I found myself mulling over the concept of Bitcoin being the world’s first economic constant, something that may not be immediately obvious to most of us. Inevitably, I suppose, it led to an article on the subject.
But make no mistake, the crypto space is developing astonishingly quickly. As we saw last week, adoption rates continue to increase as a result of (or perhaps because of) the increasing rate of development in the industry. Frank Chaparro, director of News at The Block, reported in a tweet on Wednesday that 3,500 new hires have already been made by the major players in the first half of this year. This was then immediately retweeted by Barry…
