加密貨幣交易平臺(tái)Kraken的創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官杰西·鮑威爾表示,該平臺(tái)正在籌備非同質(zhì)化代幣交易平臺(tái),以吸引更多不只是希望收藏?cái)?shù)字藝術(shù)品的客戶。
鮑威爾表示,該平臺(tái)將提供保管服務(wù),并且正在考慮開發(fā)一個(gè)系統(tǒng),支持客戶以他們持有的NFT作為抵押物借款。
他在接受彭博新聞采訪時(shí)表示,Kraken正在開發(fā)一個(gè)可以確定客戶存入的NFT的清算價(jià)值的系統(tǒng):“如果客戶在Kraken存入一個(gè)CryptoPunk,我們希望能夠在客戶賬戶中體現(xiàn)它的價(jià)值??蛻暨€可以通過它從該平臺(tái)借款?!?/p>
鮑威爾在2011年成立了Kraken。他認(rèn)為今年將是載入行業(yè)史冊(cè)的一年,因?yàn)榉峭|(zhì)化代幣終于成為主流投資產(chǎn)品。
今年,加密貨幣生態(tài)系統(tǒng)中有許多新參與者加入。從散戶到品牌企業(yè),許多人都是通過非同質(zhì)化代幣接觸到加密貨幣投資。
鮑威爾表示:“這令我感到震驚。在比特幣誕生后的前10年,我們竭盡全力向人們解釋為什么他們應(yīng)該關(guān)注比特幣?!彼忉屨f,早在加密貨幣誕生之初就有NFT的概念,當(dāng)時(shí)開發(fā)者提出用元數(shù)據(jù)“標(biāo)記”部分比特幣區(qū)塊鏈?!拔蚁胨芎玫亟Y(jié)合了熱門事件,例如NBA最佳進(jìn)球等,從而真正成為了人們談?wù)摰脑掝}?!?/p>
雖然在2021年大部分時(shí)間,非同質(zhì)化代幣都被當(dāng)作一種收藏品,或許是通過投資加密貨幣大賺一筆的人們炫耀昂貴的Twitter頭像圖片的一種方式,但鮑威爾預(yù)計(jì)明年NFT的用途會(huì)逐步增多。
他表示:“人們投資NFT的第一階段是投機(jī),第二階段是購買藝術(shù)品和支持藝術(shù)家,第三階段才是NFT的功能性用途。”他表示,在Kraken將NFT作為抵押品就是它的用途之一。
Binance和FTX Exchange等大型競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手紛紛推出了NFT交易平臺(tái),與此同時(shí),Coinbase Global公司的NFT申請(qǐng)人數(shù)已經(jīng)達(dá)到數(shù)百萬人,正是在這種情況下Kraken才會(huì)有這樣的打算。Kraken表示計(jì)劃明年年初進(jìn)入NFT領(lǐng)域。規(guī)模最大的非同質(zhì)化代幣交易平臺(tái)之一OpenSea讓競(jìng)爭(zhēng)變得更加激勵(lì),盡管該平臺(tái)并沒有提供代管資產(chǎn)業(yè)務(wù)。
雖然過去一年,Kraken的客戶規(guī)模擴(kuò)大了一倍,達(dá)到850萬,但依舊遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)落后于其他大型競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。周四,Binance現(xiàn)貨交易平臺(tái)的24小時(shí)交易額一度達(dá)到約180億美元,Coinbase的交易額約為37億美元。CoinmarketCap的數(shù)據(jù)顯示,Kraken同期的交易額只有約10億美元。
這已經(jīng)比去年有大幅增長。隨著比特幣和以太幣等加密貨幣的價(jià)格屢創(chuàng)新高,某些網(wǎng)紅加密貨幣的收益高達(dá)五位數(shù),因此Kraken的交易額年同比增長了420%。
11月,Kraken在推遲一段時(shí)間之后宣布將上架網(wǎng)紅加密貨幣柴犬幣,使其價(jià)格在一天內(nèi)上漲了30%。鮑威爾表示,該交易平臺(tái)在決定上架一款加密貨幣之前,會(huì)制定一個(gè)“候選名單”。
各種加密貨幣可能因?yàn)椴煌虮涣腥朊麊危鐚儆谀硞€(gè)即將啟動(dòng)的新項(xiàng)目,或者得到Kraken技術(shù)開發(fā)人員的推薦等。該交易平臺(tái)在確定候選名單時(shí),還會(huì)考慮客戶的興趣。
鮑威爾表示:“如果我們收到了大量客戶申請(qǐng)或者埃隆·馬斯克發(fā)布了與其有關(guān)的推文,我們就會(huì)選擇在平臺(tái)上架這種加密貨幣?!?
之后,加密貨幣會(huì)被提交給由律師、分析師和工程師組成的評(píng)估委員會(huì),評(píng)估對(duì)它的分類,并確定在不同地區(qū)上架這款加密貨幣的合法性問題。
鮑威爾之所以決定上架柴犬幣,主要是考慮到客戶的興趣。
鮑威爾表示:“柴犬幣并沒有特別有趣的新技術(shù),它很大程度上是受到社區(qū)驅(qū)動(dòng)走紅的一款加密貨幣。它可以說是一款網(wǎng)紅加密貨幣,引起了社區(qū)的關(guān)注,因此有時(shí)候在這種情況下上架是必然之舉。”(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
加密貨幣交易平臺(tái)Kraken的創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官杰西·鮑威爾表示,該平臺(tái)正在籌備非同質(zhì)化代幣交易平臺(tái),以吸引更多不只是希望收藏?cái)?shù)字藝術(shù)品的客戶。
鮑威爾表示,該平臺(tái)將提供保管服務(wù),并且正在考慮開發(fā)一個(gè)系統(tǒng),支持客戶以他們持有的NFT作為抵押物借款。
他在接受彭博新聞采訪時(shí)表示,Kraken正在開發(fā)一個(gè)可以確定客戶存入的NFT的清算價(jià)值的系統(tǒng):“如果客戶在Kraken存入一個(gè)CryptoPunk,我們希望能夠在客戶賬戶中體現(xiàn)它的價(jià)值。客戶還可以通過它從該平臺(tái)借款?!?/p>
鮑威爾在2011年成立了Kraken。他認(rèn)為今年將是載入行業(yè)史冊(cè)的一年,因?yàn)榉峭|(zhì)化代幣終于成為主流投資產(chǎn)品。
今年,加密貨幣生態(tài)系統(tǒng)中有許多新參與者加入。從散戶到品牌企業(yè),許多人都是通過非同質(zhì)化代幣接觸到加密貨幣投資。
鮑威爾表示:“這令我感到震驚。在比特幣誕生后的前10年,我們竭盡全力向人們解釋為什么他們應(yīng)該關(guān)注比特幣。”他解釋說,早在加密貨幣誕生之初就有NFT的概念,當(dāng)時(shí)開發(fā)者提出用元數(shù)據(jù)“標(biāo)記”部分比特幣區(qū)塊鏈?!拔蚁胨芎玫亟Y(jié)合了熱門事件,例如NBA最佳進(jìn)球等,從而真正成為了人們談?wù)摰脑掝}。”
雖然在2021年大部分時(shí)間,非同質(zhì)化代幣都被當(dāng)作一種收藏品,或許是通過投資加密貨幣大賺一筆的人們炫耀昂貴的Twitter頭像圖片的一種方式,但鮑威爾預(yù)計(jì)明年NFT的用途會(huì)逐步增多。
他表示:“人們投資NFT的第一階段是投機(jī),第二階段是購買藝術(shù)品和支持藝術(shù)家,第三階段才是NFT的功能性用途。”他表示,在Kraken將NFT作為抵押品就是它的用途之一。
Binance和FTX Exchange等大型競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手紛紛推出了NFT交易平臺(tái),與此同時(shí),Coinbase Global公司的NFT申請(qǐng)人數(shù)已經(jīng)達(dá)到數(shù)百萬人,正是在這種情況下Kraken才會(huì)有這樣的打算。Kraken表示計(jì)劃明年年初進(jìn)入NFT領(lǐng)域。規(guī)模最大的非同質(zhì)化代幣交易平臺(tái)之一OpenSea讓競(jìng)爭(zhēng)變得更加激勵(lì),盡管該平臺(tái)并沒有提供代管資產(chǎn)業(yè)務(wù)。
雖然過去一年,Kraken的客戶規(guī)模擴(kuò)大了一倍,達(dá)到850萬,但依舊遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)落后于其他大型競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。周四,Binance現(xiàn)貨交易平臺(tái)的24小時(shí)交易額一度達(dá)到約180億美元,Coinbase的交易額約為37億美元。CoinmarketCap的數(shù)據(jù)顯示,Kraken同期的交易額只有約10億美元。
這已經(jīng)比去年有大幅增長。隨著比特幣和以太幣等加密貨幣的價(jià)格屢創(chuàng)新高,某些網(wǎng)紅加密貨幣的收益高達(dá)五位數(shù),因此Kraken的交易額年同比增長了420%。
11月,Kraken在推遲一段時(shí)間之后宣布將上架網(wǎng)紅加密貨幣柴犬幣,使其價(jià)格在一天內(nèi)上漲了30%。鮑威爾表示,該交易平臺(tái)在決定上架一款加密貨幣之前,會(huì)制定一個(gè)“候選名單”。
各種加密貨幣可能因?yàn)椴煌虮涣腥朊麊?,例如屬于某個(gè)即將啟動(dòng)的新項(xiàng)目,或者得到Kraken技術(shù)開發(fā)人員的推薦等。該交易平臺(tái)在確定候選名單時(shí),還會(huì)考慮客戶的興趣。
鮑威爾表示:“如果我們收到了大量客戶申請(qǐng)或者埃隆·馬斯克發(fā)布了與其有關(guān)的推文,我們就會(huì)選擇在平臺(tái)上架這種加密貨幣。”
之后,加密貨幣會(huì)被提交給由律師、分析師和工程師組成的評(píng)估委員會(huì),評(píng)估對(duì)它的分類,并確定在不同地區(qū)上架這款加密貨幣的合法性問題。
鮑威爾之所以決定上架柴犬幣,主要是考慮到客戶的興趣。
鮑威爾表示:“柴犬幣并沒有特別有趣的新技術(shù),它很大程度上是受到社區(qū)驅(qū)動(dòng)走紅的一款加密貨幣。它可以說是一款網(wǎng)紅加密貨幣,引起了社區(qū)的關(guān)注,因此有時(shí)候在這種情況下上架是必然之舉?!保ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
Kraken founder and Chief Executive Officer Jesse Powell says the cryptocurrency exchange is working on a non-fungible token marketplace that could appeal to customers who want to do more than just collect digital art.
According to Powell, the marketplace would provide custody services and the exchange is considering a system where customers can use their NFTs as collateral to borrow funds against.
“If you deposit a CryptoPunk on Kraken, we want to be able to reflect the value of that in your account. And if you want to borrow funds against that,” Kraken is working on a system to determine the liquidation value of the NFT deposited, he said in an interview with Bloomberg News.
To Powell, who founded Kraken in 2011, this year will go down in the industry’s history as the year non-fungible tokens finally made it into the mainstream.
The crypto ecosystem has seen a flood of new participants this year. And for many of them -- from retail investors to corporate brands -- their introduction into cryptocurrency has been through non-fungible tokens.
“It’s kind of shocking. For the first 10 years of Bitcoin we were trying so hard to sell people on why they should be interested in Bitcoin,” said Powell, explaining that the concept for NFTs existed in the early days of crypto when developers proposed “tagging” parts of the Bitcoin blockchain with metadata. “I guess it took the right combination of events, something really popular like NBA Top Shots that really got people talking about it.”
Although non-fungible tokens spent most of 2021 as collectors’ items and perhaps a way for people who got rich off their cryptocurrency gains to show off a very expensive Twitter profile picture, Powell is expecting the use cases for the tokens to grow next year.
“Phase one was speculation, phase two is buying art and supporting artists, phase three is going to be functional uses of NFTs,” said Powell. Using deposited NFTs as collateral on Kraken could be one of those uses, he said.
The push comes as larger competitors including Binance and FTX Exchange have already launched NFT marketplaces, while millions have signed up for Coinbase Global Inc.’s NFT waitlist. Kraken said its looking to enter the NFT space early next year. Adding to the competition is OpenSea, one of the largest marketplaces for non-fungible tokens, though that company does not custody assets.
While Kraken nearly doubled its customer base in the past year to 8.5 million, it’s still dwarfed by its larger peers. On Thursday, 24-hour trading volume on Binance’s spot exchange stood at around $18 billion at one point, while Coinbase’s was roughly $3.7 billion. Kraken saw about $1 billion in trading activity in the same time period, according to CoinmarketCap data.
The amount is still a significant increase from prior years. Trading volume on Kraken jumped 420% year-over-year as tokens including Bitcoin and Ether reached record highs and some meme-coins notched 5-digit returns.
In November, Kraken’s announcement that they would list the Shiba Inu meme-coin -- after initially holding off from listing -- sent the token up 30% in one day. According to Powell, the exchange places tokens on a “short list” before deciding to list a coin.
Tokens can land on the list for several reasons, like if they’re part of a new project that’s about to launch or if Kraken’s technical developers flag it. The exchange also takes customer interest into account whether deciding to place a coin on the short list.
“It could get there if we’re getting a ton of requests from customers, or Elon’s tweeting about it,” Powell said.
From there, the coin heads to a review committee made of lawyers, analysts, and engineers that assess how to classify the token, and determine the legality behind listing the coin in various regions.
For Powell, the decision to list the Shiba-Inu token was heavily rooted in customer interest.
“There’s not incredibly interesting new technology there or anything, it’s just largely community-driven interest. It’s basically a meme-coin that has the community’s attention and sometimes you have to just list those,” said Powell.