We've been working on this with the folks at Algorand for a while now and, today, we're psyched to announce the development of what we’ve been calling “AlgoMart.” AlgoMart is an open source platform for creating your own NFT marketplace, built by us on top of the Algorand blockchain. The [...]
We're thrilled to announce that Rocket Insights has once again been named a Top Place to Work by The Boston Globe. We are ranked #23 in the list of Small Employers in Massachusetts. The Globe recognizes the most admired workplaces in the state voted on by their employees. The survey [...]
Rocket Insights recently completed a project with one of the largest affiliate marketing consulting firms in the US which turned out to be a great success for everyone involved. We asked one of the lead consultants on the project, Jason Lombardo, to answer a few questions which we hope will [...]
What Came First, the Market or the Fed? The hardest part about interpreting the inflation situation is that you can build a case for being optimistic or pessimistic depending on what you focus on. Here’s a summary of the December data released yesterday: • Headline CPI +7.0% y/y compared to +6.8% [...]
The Tech Sector’s Metaverse Focus Is Obvious, But Others Want In The metaverse is largely associated with the tech sector for obvious reasons. Accordingly, proponents envision a full-scale digital realm that combines the use of equipment and software. To date, tech giants like Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (FB), Alphabet (GOOGL), and [...]
Highly Volatile Stock Market Makes TPG’s IPO a Test Case Bankers say yesterday’s initial public offering from private-equity firm TPG (TPG) is a good test of where the IPO market is headed this year. Analysts had expected the shares to be offered anywhere between $28 and $31, with TPG ultimately [...]
Online Financial Services Company Qonto Valued Near $5 Billion As French Fintech Roars French Fintech Qonto is announcing a new fundraising round of 466 million euros. This brings the company’s valuation to just under $5 billion, or 4.4 billion euros. The outfit services small and medium-sized companies, offering both bookkeeping [...]
The news that U.S. inflation has hit 7% not only makes people recoil at the sticker shock at the gas pump and in the grocery-store aisles but also leads to some questions about what’s the best housing option right now, buying or renting. Although to some, it’s more what is [...]
Decentralized derivatives first came to being on Ethereum. Ethereum, of course, is the first mover smart contract platform that remains home to the vast majority of decentralized application (dapps) activity today. Yet for these derivatives projects to flourish going forward will require them to “move up a layer,” so to [...]
Crypto miners are starting the new year by increasing their accumulation of bitcoin, according to on-chain analytics firm Glassnode’s data. Amid the recent sharp drop in bitcoin prices, however, some miners might be forced to monetize their mined bitcoins. The “miner net position change,” which tracks the 30-day change in [...]
