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Get ready for a potential Alt Coin ETF Summer with Solana likely leading the way (as well as some basket products) via @JSeyff note this morning which includes fresh odds for all the spot ETFs.
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The reason why @Coinbase Commerce doesn’t support self-custody $BTC baselayer payments is simple
UXTO chains like Bitcoin lack the programmability necessary to meet the requirements of most merchants
1) Merchants don’t want to be exposed to crypto price volatility risk
Ethereum and EVM chains solve this by being able to programmatically covert whatever crypto token is used as payment into a stablecoin like $USDC, when can then be optionally redeemed for $USD and sent to the merchant’s bank account
UXTO-based chains like $BTC lack the native programmability to convert their native asset into stablecoins onchain, so a custodial solution is required
2) Merchants don’t want to deal with manual burden of resolving incorrect payments (eg: underpayment)
Ethereum and EVM chains solve this by being to programmatically reject payment with incorrect payment amounts
This is literally a single line of code in a smart contract (require payment amount == invoice amount, otherwise revert)
UXTO-based chains like $BTC lack the native programmability to revert payments based on amount, so a custodial solution is required
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Net result is that Coinbase made a calculated decision that the overhead/friction/cost of supporting baselayer $BTC payments was simply not worth it
Payment processing for self-custodial wallets is challenging, it’s not nearly as a simple as just giving a customer an address to pay into, they will fuck it up, it needs to be idiot-proofed
Can lightning fix this for $BTC? Possibility, but there’s a great deal of friction today in terms of managing inbound/outbound liquidity and channel rebalancing
Lightning also means you can support one additional asset, $BTC, while integrating with EVM chains means you can accept hundreds to thousands of crypto-assets (including stablecoins and $WBTC) and get paid directly into your bank account programmatically if you desire
That said, I hope Lightning improves enough to make it a realistic option for merchants to leverage
🔈 New Governance Proposal Posted 🔈
UF Governance Lead @eek637 just posted a proposal to upgrade Uniswap Protocol's governance system. Specifically, this upgrade would reward UNI holders who have staked and delegated their tokens.
Where is all the #Bitcoin?
Between ETFs, funds, private and public companies, governments and even DeFi🤮, it only comes out to 2,170,327 BTC or ~10.33% of total supply.
The remaining BTC is in the hands of individuals or lost for good. Stay strong, hodlers.💪
Agreed. Binance's market dominance and its hostile relationship with the U.S. government are among the reasons for the slow progress of #BitcoinETF . After reaching a settlement with SEC and Binance's influence undermined, it's good news for the crypto market in the long run.
1/ The new Curve stablecoin whitepaper is not an easy read, but I think I got through it. Let me share my first thoughts; caveat emptor applies.
At the center of the mechanism lies a new AMM called LLAMMA. I'll discuss only this component for now...
https://t.co/O7isDIsGjJ