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Binance Does It Again: Passes Deutsche Bank Quarterly Profits, Continues Leading With Token-based Exchange Model

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I am the author of this article and the original piece of content can be found here on my Medium blog . At the end of last year, I wrote an article entitled  Binance Exchange: Fueling a Hot New Era of Token-based Exchange Models? ,  diving into the  innovative token-based exchange model  Binance  brought to the competitive table.  Unarguably, their business model along with being at the right place and time  has catapulted them to being the top cryptocurrency exchange in the world  —  7-months after starting the business. This is  unheard of in the world of business . A startup becoming the all hailed unicorn within MONTHS.  Unicorn = billion dollar valuation . I don’t know what Binance’s valuation is or if we can even value the organization from a traditional valuation standpoint; however,  their 24-hour volume as I type this is $3.9 billion . They  charge a 0.10% trading fee  — we’ll do the math further down. This comes after Binance has reportedly surpassed Deutsche Bank i

Decentraland Land Marketplace Sales — First Half of April

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I am the author of this piece and the original article can be found on my Medium blog here. Image Source I don’t know about you, but I  keep on hearing more and more virtual reality commercials  while listening to music or watching YouTube videos. With the launch of the new movie  Ready Player One , I can’t help but get  more excited for the Decentraland Metaverse to officially launch!  It’s like a trail of breadcrumbs that lead to us learning about an entirely new Metaverse experience.  Keeping an eye out for Morpheus with the Red or Blue Pill option. http://readyplayeronemovie.com/ Since its March 29th release date, the movie has  raked in a whopping $476,077,946  in worldwide gross sales. Statista research (based on PricewaterhouseCoopers research) places the  average cost of a movie ticket across the globe at $5.16 .  This means approximately  92,250,000 people across the globe have seen  the VR-based film, not counting duplicates. We’re at the point where